Navratri Dress for Men and Women to Get Decked Up in the Finest Traditional Attire and How to Look Beautiful and Stylish in Navratri and Garba Night. (2019)

At the core of her heart, India is a diverse country. Diversity thrives here as people from various cultures and ethnicity reside here. They bring their food, own literature and own culture. Everything here seems to be unique. When it comes to religion or rather religious rituals, our ways of worshipping changes as per our differentiated customs. While celebrating a religious festival, our intentions are the same, just the process of celebration is different in various corners of this country. The Navratri festival is a fantastic example that portrays unity among diversity. Celebrated in the autumn, Navratri is a Hindu festival spanning nine nights and ten days.

Now let's delve into the story of Navratri a bit. Navratri is celebrated to show devotion and respect to Devi Durga. According to Markandeya Purana, a demon (asura) named Mahishasura (buffalo demon) had been intimidating Gods for a long time by causing a tantrum. To teach him a lesson Bhramha, Vishnu and Shiva with other devtas created a feminine maha Shakti and she is Devi Durga. She engages in a battle with the Asura and slays him to restore peace on earth and Devlok. Thus she shuns evil and ushers good.

Traditional Navratri Chaniya Choli is a type of skirt held by string and tied around the waist. The skirt is extremely flowy and voluminous in shape. Due to this volume women, dancers can create graceful and aesthetic movements and gestures in it. With the skirt comes to a blouse and this blouse or choli is usually fitted and ends just above the belly button. Here we have handpicked an awesome chaniya choli from Varni Creation. The fabric is cotton and traditional embroidery work has been done here. It comes with a very pretty green embroidered dupatta. The whole collection is available in amazon.in for Rs. 2,699.

Who says kediyas are meant for boys only? If you are a girl, you can absolutely rock a kediya. This Mesmora Kediya with tulip pant we have brought to you is available on mongoosekart.com for Rs. 1,999. The kediya is green in colour. It is heavily embroidered with traditional artwork. The top has a wide border and you can see beautiful wollen pom and seashells are dangling in unison. The tulip pant is as always bit unusual and asymmetrical. But if you can carry it you will look fantastic! It is fuschia and purple striped with a bright yellow tassel attached throughout the entire border. Pair this outfit up with heavy oxidized jewellery.

Here we bring you a beautifully tailored maroon short length Kurti. It is made up of Taffeta Silk and the Kurti is a full sleeve. The sleeves are embroidered with zari Resham work. With this comes a dupatta and Santoon made dhoti pants. Together this outfit is extremely posh and elegant and a perfect fit for Navratri party. This kameez set comes in at Rs. 6,300 and is available at andaazfashion.com. This dress is worth splurging.

Saree is traditional wear is preferred in almost every festivities. Therefore Navratri is no difference. Here we have brought you this pink kota saree from Jaipur Kurti. This vibrant piece is six yards long and is graced with famous leheraiya prints. These prints are present throughout the body of the saree and the border is made up of golden zari work. Thus this rich colour pallate will give you a royal look and definitely you will turn many heads. This beautiful piece is available in limeroad.com for Rs. 4,133

What if tradition came with a touch of modern technology? To show such an example we have found you a flamboyant digital print lehenga choli. The choli is mauve in colour and has a fancy silk fabric. The lehenga is colour blocked with yellow and green. The dupatta comes in a silk material and beige in colour. This piece of art is available in ethnicroop.com for Rs. 1,849

Any outfit is incomplete without a necklace. If you are wearing a lehenga or saree or churidaar, with any ethnic wear necklace is necessary. we have handpicked two designers' handmade Garba necklace. From anuradhaartjewellery.com we found this multi-colour designer necklace set which is truly very elegant and attractive. It is intricately woven with care and sparkling crystal stones accentuate the metal surface. This necklace set is high end and will not cause any rashes to your skin. It is of Rs. 475 only. Go get yours today!

The next one is from snapdeal.com and it has cute little multicoloured pom poms in it. You can wear it with your Garba dress but also with your Indo-western outfit. It is a win-win situation! It costs Rs. 464.

In mirraw.com you will find the perfect ethnic silver oxidized heavy necklace with earings for Dandiya and Garba for Rs. 1,209. This piece is sold by Jaipurmart and can be worn as party wear. Its base material is an alloy with silver plating. The design is enormous and you can create an outfit around this necklace. It comes with a pair of silver-plated danglers.

To glorify your Garba dress we have brought two antique style earrings. On flipkart.com you will find this cute metal antique jhumki which is perfect to go with your kediya dress. This earring comes in Rs. 199.

The other one paytmmall.com is an alloy based rhodium-plated Afghani boho earrings. Both of these are oxidized. The Afghani boho earring comes in Rs. 249 and it is sold by Parna jewellery. Apart from your Garba dress, you can use it as Indo western accessories too.

Maang tika is an optional accessory item but you can add it to give a certain edge to your ethnic look. Here we have found your silver oxide finished borla maang tika. Wear it with your chaniya choli and put it on a bindi! This maang tika is from anuradhaartjewellery.com and is of Rs. 250.

There is another one we found on amazon.in for Rs. 250. Its is stone studded and perfect as a piece of dance jewellery.

No outfit is ever complete without a bag and surely a Garba outfit is not the same without a gorgeous potli bag. Here we have handpicked a designer embroidered silk potli bag from amazon.in. The bag is beige in colour and studded with stones. Embellished by artificial pearls, this potli bag will take your look to a new level. It is only Rs. 600. Grab yours now!

We have also found a red zardozi sequined potli bag from vintagedesi.com. It costs Rs. 2,540. Its worth the price.

Since a festival like Navratri is for everyone, therefore it would be unfair to the gentlemen by not giving them any insights about Navratri dress designs. So brace yourselves as we are going to rain down some useful advice on how to prepare for your Garba moment.

The traditional kediya dress for men will never get old. Here from amazon.in we bring you a Gujarati kutch work kediya. In white fabric, it has heavily embroidered scenes of men and women doing the Garba. The dress is fully stitched. It also has a beautiful tassel or pom-poms attached all over the borders of the dress. This handpicked designer piece from Aglare comes in Rs. 1,299.

At a traditional event, kurta and trousers never go out of style. It is sober yet elegant and can make you look attractive. We found a perfect piece of white Ikat print kurta which has full sleeves and Chinese collar. This kurta is available on fabindia.com for Rs. 2,400 You can pair it up with any cotton chinos.

On myntra.com we have found another fantastic pair of brown kurta with dhoti pants. The sherwani has mandarin collar and it is bound to make you look handsome. It costs Rs. 3,599

Earrings on men give them an edgy look. To wear a baali one does not have to have a piercing. Just get a press on earring and with proper dressing, it will look awesome on you. If you want to show off the manlier side in you then you must go for bangles this Navratri. Do look for the sturdy ones and wear multiple in number.

You can rock a metallic necklace if you want to! To accentuate your ethnic looks grave a trendy stole and Kholapuri Sandals. They are not only comfortable but quite affordable also. Finish the dress with a nice expensive watch to make most of the festive bling.

Nine-day long festival means nine days of diet plan breaking. We are not asking you to be harsh on yourself this festive season but you may consider having lunch on time. And do drink lots of water. It will help you detoxify.

As we all know Dusshera follows Navratri and loads of firecrackers are going to blow up, so maintain a safe distance from the doll of Ravana. Wear cotton clothes while seeing the fireworks if possible.

Navratri means a lot of dancing. So stay on the tip of your foot and do not forget to grab the Dandiya stick before going to the dance floor.