To be a bride is to hold two worlds at once: the weight of generations, and the lightness of a new beginning. This is the Pakistani bride at her most powerful: serene yet regal, it isn’t just a bridal look, it is heritage, the opulence of what it means to be a bride.

It is a display of all the craft that goes into making a bride, the craftsmanship of the clothes, the intricacy of the jewellery and the surroundings.

In this, she isn’t posing. She’s becoming. And that’s what it means.