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TEEYAN·The Wedding Week
House illustration · rendered from the working drawing Bridal atelier moment — a bride in oxblood silk gharara at her mehndi hour
The Wedding Week

A Punjabi wedding is not one day.

ਵਿਆਹ ਦਾ ਹਫ਼ਤਾ · Viah da Hafta

It is roka, chunni chadai, sangeet, mehndi, chooda, anand karaj, reception. Sometimes ladies sangeet on its own night. Sometimes jaggo on the road.

We do not dress the bride for a wedding photo, ji. We dress her for the whole week — and her sisters, her friends, and her mother, so no woman in the family arrives without a suit that is truly hers. Every piece is made to measure. Every timeline is honest.

Three ceremonies, three moods

What she wears, when.

ਕੀ ਪਹਿਨਿਆ, ਕਦੋਂ

Every Punjabi wedding has a spine of three moments — colour, colour and quiet. We dress the bride and her circle for each.

01

Sangeet & Mehndi

ਸੰਗੀਤ ਤੇ ਮਹਿੰਦੀ

The nights of family. Loud dhol, mother's boliyaan, cousins singing badly and beautifully. The bride wears colour, real colour — plum, oxblood, deep saffron, pistachio. Dupatta pinned so she can sit for two hours of mehndi without slipping.

Suits from the house Jamun — plum gharara
Gulabi Dhup — dusty rose
Kaudi — kohl cowrie suit
02

Chooda & Anand Karaj

ਚੂੜਾ ਤੇ ਅਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ

The ceremony morning. Red and ivory chooda on both wrists. Kaleere ringing. Gurdwara. Palki. She wears something the guru's darbar deserves — antique gold, not shiny; heavy silk, not shine; a dupatta long enough to cover her head properly.

Suits from the house Peengh — bone signature suit
Neel — indigo chope phulkari
Bespoke bridal commissions spoken about on the first call.
03

Reception & After

ਰਿਸੈਪਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ

The evening she becomes a hostess. Deeper, quieter, more architectural — ink anarkali, midnight column, teal kurta. This is the suit she photographs in. This is also the suit she wears again, to friends' weddings, three years later.

Suits from the house Nili Raat — ink anarkali
Morni — teal peahen kurta
Ambi — pine modern kurta
The honest calendar

How long we need.

ਕਿੰਨਾ ਸਮਾਂ

The karigar's hand cannot be hurried. Here is what a full bridal wardrobe takes, from the first WhatsApp to the parcel landing at your door.

Week 0
First conversation. One WhatsApp call, forty minutes. We ask the wedding date, the ceremonies, how many suits, who else in the family we are dressing. No forms, no deposits.
Week 1
Mood, moodboard, options. We send three to five directions per suit — real fabric names, real karigari technique, honest hour estimates. You choose from Punjab, or from Toronto over video.
Week 2
Measurements & deposit. The twelve measurements taken over video call by a client advisor, or in person at our atelier by appointment. Fifty per cent to begin.
Weeks 3–14
The karigar works. Fabric sourced. Dye lot chosen. Karigar assigned by name — you will meet them by voice note when they begin. Pret pieces take four to six weeks. Bridal pieces take ten to fourteen weeks. There is no shortcut, ji.
Week 15
Fitting & final. First fit on video call. Any alteration, we do in-house before shipping. Final photograph shared with you before the parcel is sealed.
Week 15+
Shipped, duties-paid. Twelve to fourteen days to Canada, USA, UK, UAE, Australia. Seven days across India. Balance settled on despatch. The suit arrives named, in a cotton bag, with a hand-written note from the karigar.

Realistically — begin the conversation at least four to five months before the wedding for a full bridal wardrobe. For a single kurta or sangeet suit, six to eight weeks is enough.

House illustration · dupatta detail Concept image — dupatta pinning detail, chope phulkari edge in marigold silk floss

Dress the whole family.

ਸਾਰਾ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ · Saara Parivaar

The bride's mother, her sister, her chachi, her best friend from college — every woman in the wedding photograph should look like she was thought about.

  • Mother-of-the-bride pieces in deeper, quieter palettes — plum, oud brown, midnight teal.
  • Bridesmaid co-ordination in one shared thread — a single colour that appears differently on each suit, so nobody is matching and everybody is together.
  • Grandmother's suit — always. In khaddar, in her comfort, embroidered on the border only.
  • Discounted karigari hours when three or more suits are commissioned together — real discount, not marketed.
The commission

What a bridal Teeyan costs — honestly.

ਖਰਚੇ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ · Kharchey di Gall

We do not print prices. Every bridal commission is priced on the karigar's hours and the fabric chosen. But so you know the shape of it, ji — here is the honest range.

Guest / Bridesmaid

Sangeet suit

30–50 karigar hours

A single suit for the family or a friend of the bride. Made to measure, one karigari technique, one dupatta. Four to six weeks.

Ceremony / Party

Reception suit

60–90 karigar hours

The layered evening suit — anarkali, sharara, or bridal column. Two karigari techniques, dupatta with borders on all four sides. Eight to ten weeks.

The Bride

Anand karaj suit

150–300 karigar hours

Bridal sharara or gharara with achkan. Three-plus karigari techniques together — zardozi, gota patti, mukaish, moti. Ten to fourteen weeks.

Price on request · shipped duties-paid to Canada, USA, UK, UAE, Australia and across India

Begin the conversation

How a bridal consultation actually works.

ਕਿਵੇਂ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰੀਏ

No form, no calendar link. One WhatsApp message opens it. A client advisor writes back within a working day and books a real forty-minute call.

Step one

Message us

Tell us the wedding month, the ceremonies, the city you will wear each in.

Step two

The first call

Forty minutes with a client advisor. WhatsApp video, or voice-only if you prefer. Nothing to sign.

Step three

Fabric & mood

Within seven days, three to five suit directions with fabric samples couriered to you, if you want.

Step four

Begin

Measurements taken. Karigar assigned by name. Fifty per cent to start the hand.

or write to clientcare@teeyan.co

Questions we are often asked

Puchhna hai, ji?

ਪੁੱਛਣਾ ਹੈ ਜੀ?
How early should we begin?

For a full bridal wardrobe — the bride's suit plus mother, sisters, one or two friends — begin four to five months before the wedding. Bridal alone: three months. A single sangeet suit or reception kurta: six to eight weeks. Rushed weddings are possible but the karigari options narrow. Speak to us and we will be honest about what your calendar allows.

Can we do a video consultation from Canada / UK / USA?

Yes — most of our bridal buyers are NRI. A client advisor takes the twelve measurements over WhatsApp video (we send you a diagram beforehand). Fabric swatches can be couriered to you before you decide. Every stage of the karigari — first line of zardozi, first mukaish placement — is shared with you as short voice-note and photograph updates.

Do you make the bridal suit only, or also lehengas and sherwanis?

We make Punjabi suits — sharara, gharara, anarkali, achkan-gharara, straight suits, co-ords. This includes bridal suits worn for the anand karaj. We do not currently make lehengas or sherwanis. If a bride wants a lehenga alongside her Teeyan suit, we happily recommend two houses in Amritsar and Delhi we trust.

How do the twelve measurements work?

Bust, under-bust, waist, hip, high hip, shoulder to bust point, shoulder to waist, kameez length, sleeve length, sleeve opening, salwar or gharara length, ankle. We walk you through each one on video call with a measuring tape and a helper. Ten to fifteen minutes, once. For bridal, we take these twice — once at start, once before final stitching — because bodies change during wedding preparation.

What if it does not fit when it arrives?

Fittings are done over video before shipping — the karigar photographs the finished suit on a mannequin sized to your measurements and shares it with you. Any adjustment needed after arrival: local alteration is reimbursed up to a modest limit, or the suit can be returned to Punjab for alteration at no charge. Please see Alterations for the full policy.

Is the karigar's name real? Or just marketing?

Real, ji. We do not print a karigar's name until they have chosen — themselves — to have it printed. Every bridal suit comes with a small tag inside the seam bearing the karigar's mark. For the buyer, we share who worked on the piece — first name, town, years of experience — and a short voice note in their own voice when they begin. This is what our house is built on. Please see The Hands.

What is the deposit, and when is the balance due?

Fifty per cent to begin — this covers fabric sourcing and the karigar's first weeks. Twenty-five per cent at fitting stage. Twenty-five per cent on despatch, before the parcel leaves Patiala. We accept INR bank transfer, UPI within India, and Wise or bank transfer from overseas.