Indian Wedding Vendors We Recommend — Los Angeles
We sell the clothes. These are the people we send you to for everything else.
The question we get after someone has bought an outfit is almost always the same one: who ties the turban, who does the henna, who helps me put it all together. So here is the list. Everyone below is someone whose work we know and would put our name to — not a paid placement, and nobody here pays us anything.
Planning and event design
Ethnic Essence
@ethnic_essence · Anaheim, CA · ethnicessence.com
Full event planning and design, with floral, rentals, fabrication and production handled in house. Over thirty years of it, across Southern California.
Worth knowing: planning, florals, rentals and production are all in house, so you are not coordinating four vendors who have never worked together.
Turban tying
SoCal Turbans
@socalturbans · California, travels for events
Turban tying and sword rental for weddings and events. They handle the groom, the family, and the whole guest side of it — which matters more than people realise, because a turban tied badly does not survive a full day.
Worth knowing: they will tie for the groom, the family and the guests, not just the one turban. Say up front how many you need on the morning.
Bridal henna
Suhenna Creations
@suhenna_creations · Phoenix and Las Vegas, travels worldwide
Professional bridal henna. West-coast based and takes destination bookings, with work that has been featured in Vogue, People and Times of India.
Worth knowing: bridal henna is an hours-long sitting, usually the day before. Book early — good artists are the first thing to go in wedding season.
Styling and draping
Bhagvat
@bhagsola · Los Angeles
Stylist and artist working across South Asian and Western wardrobe, with a stated focus on making fashion inclusive. Good person to talk to if you have the pieces but not the confidence to put them together.
Useful for: sari draping, and working out a look across several wedding events rather than one outfit at a time.
Rumsha
@__byrumsha · Los Angeles
Stylist, creative director and costumer. Works across Pakistani and South Asian formalwear as well as editorial and costume.
Useful for: South Asian formalwear with an editorial eye, if you want something less conventional than the obvious choice.
Content and social
Ashna Parikh
@ashnaparikh · Los Angeles and Las Vegas
Content and social media, with a South Asian audience. Runs @urbandesiii, a resource for South Asians, and @elevenagency.us, a marketing agency for creators and small businesses.
Useful for: couples who want their events covered properly for social, and for other small businesses in the area.
Eating on Pioneer Boulevard
If you are making an afternoon of it — and most people shopping for a wedding do — these are the two we eat at ourselves. Both cater as well, which matters if you are still working out how to feed two hundred people.
Ashoka the Great
@ashokathegreatinc · 18614 Pioneer Blvd, Artesia · ashokathegreat.com
North Indian cooking and cocktails, serving Little India since 1988. Lunch buffet on Saturday and Sunday, takeout and delivery, and catering through @cateringbyashoka.
Worth knowing: it is a two-minute walk from our door. The weekend buffet is the easiest way to feed a group halfway through a long shopping trip.
Jay Bharat
@jaybharatfoodsla · Los Angeles · nationwide catering
A family business since 1985, cooking Gujarati and Indian food, and one of the largest Indian caterers on the west coast.
Worth knowing: vegetarian Gujarati is what they are known for. They will feed you lunch and they will also cater a wedding at scale.
Why we keep this list
An Indian wedding takes a lot of people. We are one shop on Pioneer Boulevard and we do one part of it well — the clothes. Nobody walks in asking only about clothes, though. They ask about henna, turbans, draping, photographers, and who they can trust with a date that cannot be moved.
Rather than shrug, we would rather point you somewhere good. This list will grow.
Are you a vendor who should be on here?
If you work in and around Indian and South Asian weddings in the Los Angeles area — henna, turbans, styling, hair and makeup, photography, decor, catering, music — we are happy to look.
We are not selling placements. What we want to know is where you are based, what you do, whether you travel, and something we can look at. Message us on Instagram or come by the shop.
Loveleen Sari Palace
18507 Pioneer Boulevard, Artesia, CA · free parking behind the store
Tuesday to Friday 12:15 PM to 6:45 PM · Saturday and Sunday 11:15 AM to 6:45 PM · closed Mondays
Read next
- Where to buy Indian clothes in Los Angeles — a guide to Little India in Artesia
- Going to your first Indian wedding — the events in order
- What is a mehndi? — what happens, and what to wear
- FAQ — hours, parking, sizing and prices
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