By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : ‘Solah singhar’, the traditional decked up appearance for the new bride is now out of fashion with more and more working women shunning their gold and glitter for a more westernised look.
Today’s hard pressed working women find it a headachet o wear to traditional symbols of wedded bliss preferring to flaunt the single and smart look.
The job scenario also seems to encourage such trend with Kiran, who has been married for six months, and is on a job hunt preferring to dress in formal shirt-pant, sans any bangles or bindi.
“If I go all dressed up as a new bride for an interview I will never get the job. Employers as such feel that a newly married woman will be unable to give her full attention to the job at hand,” she says explaining her reason for such austere looks.
“There is a little discrimination to get a job if you are newly married or have small kids. But the scene changes if you are married for quite some time. There is a conscious belief that family is a priority among women, this could be a reason why women are shunning traditional wear,” says Anita, a married executive.
The metrosexual male doesn’t mind having a hep looking arm candy wife by his side. And believes in giving her the freedom.