When we talk of parties, there are birthday parties, marriage, marriage anniversaries, kitty parties, official parties, family get togethers and so on. Indians celebrate any kind of festive occasion with great zeal and enthusiasm. In any occasion, every one wants to look their best. There is an emergence of variety of dresses both Indian and Western in the market for party wear. Indian ladies prefer to wear saree, salwar suit or other formal western wear in parties. However, keeping in mind, the occasion, some ladies prefer to wear ghagra cholis in parties like sangeet ceremony before a wedding or a theme party where you are supposed to wear traditional outfit.

Today, young girls prefer a contemporary look. They don't mind being more flamboyant or going for the 'mix and match look'. For party wear, heavily embroidered ghagra cholis with sequins and other stones are not always preferred. If it is a sangeet ceremony, ladies go for pastel shades with light embroidered lehenga cholis. Generally, the fabric is georgette, crepe, chiffon, net and sometimes silk. Even the cotton bandhani printed ghagra cholis are preferred.

Most of these party wear ghagra cholis are not the regular umbrella shaped ones. Rather, the lehengas are mermaid shaped or A cut or fish tail or straigh cut lehengas so as to give a sleek look to the wearer. The colours are generally soft pastel and earth colours. These party wear ghagra cholis are designer ones and also inspired by bollywood. Even the choli (blouse) has undergone a sea change. There are sleeveless blouses, spaghetti straps, and bell sleeves to give a different look to the traditional outfit.