7 Bollywood Blouse Designs Trending in 2014

Since Bollywood is the Mecca of Indian fashion, influencing greatly the Indian audience; We thought of sharing some of the popular blouse designs flaunted by Bollywood actresses at large.

If you ever notice any Bollywood actress, they always focus on their blouse styles rather than their sarees, which effortlessly blend femininity with fashion.

While traditional women prefer fully covered blouse designs to keep up the sophistication, the new age fashion-forwards opt for deep cut blouse necklines and bare backs to show a lot of skin so as to be under the spotlight.

Respecting both the preferences, the designers have conceived an array of styles, suiting almost every requirement and likeness.

Here are top 7 Bollywood blouse patterns, which are trending a lot these days. Continue reading!

#1 Princess cut blouse

This is perhaps the most versatile neck design, fulfilling both conventional as well contemporary requisites in terms of fashion. This is the reason; you’ll find this blouse neck design on the leading fashion runways at large.

From actresses like Sonakshi Sinha and Tamanna to Vidya Balan and the very young Genelia D’souza, every actress adores this style for her lehengas and sarees. The lastest seen was Sonakshi Sinha wearing a red lace lehenga with princess cut blouse at the Amby Valley Bridal Fashion Week.

#2 Chinese collar blouse

This is the best formal blouse design for working women, who are more into presentation and public relations. This kind of neck design offers a serious professional look with utmost modesty and elegance at the same time, if chosen smartly.

This type of blouse pattern was made famous by the evergreen Bollywood diva Rekha, who used to don this style in 80′s whenever she portrayed a typical Indian bahu role. Perhaps Rekha had taken Coco Chanel’s quotation to her heart, who has said that the less skin you show, the sexier you look.

This is the reason, when Rekha wore a saree, she made sure to show less of her décolletage. Her long neck with exposed collar bone made this design look great on her body. She looked extremely sensuous even though her back is completely covered.

And when fresh actresses like Nargis Fakhri don this style; it’s evident the timeless Chinese collar is still trending.

#3 Backless blouse with 3/4th or full sleeves

For those with heavy arms should always go for 3/4th or full sleeves. Aishwarya Rai, who always knows her flaw areas tactfully manages to hide them away from the camera, just as she knows the moment she gains weight, her arms are the first to tell. This is the reason; she prefers full sleeve blouse designs for her saree and same goes for her anarkali suits as well.

#4 Noodle Strap/Spaghetti Strap Blouse

Mandira Bedi made this blouse quite popular when she had hosted the World Cup Series. This blouse is bold and sensuous and is for the modern fashionista, who prefer to flaunt their assets and skin. Wear this blouse pattern only if you’re comfortable in showing skin and you’ve toned arms.

Katrina Kaif’s Swarovski-encrusted spaghetti strap blouse had gone viral, which she had paired with her matching fuchsia saree.

#5 Blouse with strings at back

This is one of the popular Bollywood styles, which was hugely trending in 90′s. In this classic blouse pattern, the back is left bare with strings connected to the shoulder in a crisscross manner.

Madhuri Dixit’s blouse designs on the reality show Jhalak Diklha Ja had become viral and a source of inspiration for all saree-wearing ladies across the nation. The actress flaunted almost every possible pattern including the blouse with strings at back. So, you can definitely go for this design to stay in fashion.

#6 Blouse with transparent full sleeves

This particular blouse pattern is elegant in its own rights and is both stylish and sophisticated. The sheer fabric on the sleeves both hides and reveals the skin simultaneously, thereby keeping up the curiosity level of the onlookers. Plus, the full length smartly hides away the heavy arms, whilst offering a seductive look to the wearer.

The sheer saree blouse is also commonplace these days among the Bollywood divas. Priyanka Chopra had promoted this design largely at the Marrakech Film Festival held last year.

A Ritu Kumar ensemble, the sheer saree blouse had long transparent sleeves with rich detailing and design. The actress had paired the black and gold sheer blouse with a lovely black and gold border saree, long danglers and coral lips.

Kajol, who was the showstopper of Manish Malhotra at Lakme Fashion Week last year, as he celebrated 100 years of Indian cinema, had also worn a full sleeve sheer blouse in boat neck design. She looked resplendent in this black sheer blouse with a delicate floral pattern running across the boat neck and long sleeves.

#7 High neck designs

This pattern looks great on tall women, especially women with long and thin neck and a great décolletage, as it highlights their best features. In Bollywood, it is often preferred by Sridevi, who looks extremely gorgeous in high neck design blouse and even Deepika Padukone, who looks resplendent in Sabyasachi sarees with high neck blouse designs.

As per fashion designer Kapil Arora,

“High-neck blouses are back in fashion, they are easy to match with any attire, one can team them up with different types of lowers such as cigarette pants or pallazos or one can also wear them under jackets. They easily suit almost all body types.”

And as per Pria Kataaria Puri, “such blouses have a very Victorian look and project a very vintage image. Also, they can be worn on formal and informal occasions and they look very sensuous and stylish.”

While Deepika had sported an elegant high-neck blouse with Anamika Khanna sari for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s birthday bash, Kareena had also opted for a high-neck blouse with a net sari for the inauguration ceremony of an annual business conclave last year.

And how can we ignore Vidya’s look at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2013? She made several heads turn with her Sabyasachi Mukherjee attire – a high-neck brown blouse with an ivory sari.

Hope you liked this post! Stay tuned for more awesome blouse designs!!