Winter Ponchos | Capes| Asymmetrical Skirts And Fashion Knee High Boots

The last leg of winters are playing their usual game. It gets cold in the evening , but scorching heat during the day makes me  want to look at closetful of my sleeveless, waiting to be shaken off  the airtight.

But till that happens, lets take a look out there at my white boots , and this pretty  Poncho.

January had been an unfettered month, filled with boom and bust, lots of travelling , and experimenting fashion in different climates. How ? Let me explain...

There are some outfits which practically doesn't need much of thinking, and you throw a few pieces together, and you get- Boom- the mode of the day !!! Now see what I am talking about ?? (Boom-you got it )

It was one such day, where I practically did no thinking , except only cared to linger on the streets of India Gate (delhi), and see how they were taking up with the upcoming rehearsals for the 67th Republic Day Parade, and do some strutting alongside, matching boot whites to boot whites(u dont want to know what my auto-correct just suggested for boot haha ). 

Minutes later, after happily swirling in my cape or better just call it a Poncho,(it doesn't matter, coz the feminism of this piece, doesn't let me exercise dark and underground),It got crowded while the parliament was in full swing, and people came out of their offices to have lunch.

Their angle and sight was worth their lunch time, which made me pretty uncomfortable feeling a bit oddly dressed. Look at those knee high boots youuu. The stares kept on going from the boots and upwards, and for some it stopped at that hint of  flesh c/o this asymmetric skirt,not a good thing outdoors with staggering 400 multi-gender eyes but nevertheless it was a shoot , and what ought to be done should be done.

I kept my rest of the look pretty sleek, and didn't want to volumize any other part of my body, hence this bodylicious or booty-licious hugging (very red carpetyy) asymmetric skirt, came to light with full force.  

Maybe the feeling was not that good on that day, but it surely is great at the moment as I pen down my thoughts and my response to the world around me. It was an underscore tribute to fashion on one of the most scenic place of our country in a best way I knew. Perhaps I should dismiss this feeling and rest my case, so that you move over the pictures, and let me know what you feel about this look?

Cape And Tassels

Today's outfit is a chalk full of ultra femme paired with beautifully rendered conversation starters. Why should a women not love statement pieces ? Be it a statement dress or jewellery , surrealism with modest elements evokes a homage to beautifully rendered brave looks.

This cape dress with pretty florals worn at fashion week last month brings a new meaning to outerwear which has a mix of both parisian and street, is the forefront of good taste we are fed with at sometime.

The look is pretty basic, but the detailing pushes the edges out. I worked along these statement earrings and a simple cuff  available online at wildflower.inc to lend a small bit of ornamentation to the whole look, which does not take attention away from either the outfit or the jewellery, rather complement each other and deliver intelligent mix and tweak for the chic to happen .

Although this look appears effortless, but to tell you the truth, there is a very smart amount of calculation behind  it to get it right. I decided to piece together everything, thinking that I would be wearing the look from AM- PM hence I dare not ERR on the most practical side ie. to incorporate flats .Although  nothing in the world could part me away from the most comfy shoes in my closet (more ideas for you)but the lightening truth is that I feel I could have enhanced the look better   with a nice pair  of criss cross straped sandals as well.

Introducing Wildflower.Inc

The jewellery at wildflower is instinctively desirable, comes at a great price, looks ultra modern, rich and expensive (while being not ),and bring a new meaning to the idea of freshly inspired trend notes and should be a included in every trendy  ,for the love of fashion girls who also loves a loaded stake of her accessory repertoire.   

Cape Dress- Label TFF (Buy Same )

Shoes- Clarks

Bag- Elle 

Earrings- Wildflower.Inc

Cuff - Wildflower.Inc
  Pic Credits   Tarun Chawla Photography
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Work Wear Monochrome

Going down the nostalgic lane, "I catch myself in the mirror, skinny self , in my long pencil skirt which had a half sheer bottom , pin striped shirt that fit, black block heels and mauve lippie. It was an era of "Never a slave for fashion " and I was the only one breaking rules. I liked the influence and power that came along with dressing well back in those days. Even now, beyond that, I liked the way dressing sharp makes me feel. 

I have never been a fan of workwear since the time I became girlboss. Obviously you don't need an expert-endorsed outfit to wear to work. Sometimes its less complicated than you may think, and in more present times, if you are cool to experiment, its actually a no brainer. For eg this Monochrome Co-ords from Stalk Buy Love. What I needed to throw in was a good pair of hoops, wine lips and a popping bag , and I was done to shake up my office style and call it power dressing.

Its always a great idea to invest in basics. And with that I mean more of blacks an whites in the closet. This way they could be easily paired with a lot of other pieces.You should really know your stuff coz ,No one's gonna discount you for dressing well. But they'll sure as hell discount you for dressing like a slob, so why give them a chance ?

The Girl In Turban

There had been some trends which I was contemplating to try, And this turban trend was one which I wasn't even sure of.

I didn't even know if it was a thing. I wanted to wear it with some sparkling diamonds or bold lips. But chose my glittery blazer instead. According to me, the turban adds a lot of drama to this basic white tee and pants look .

The best part is that I didn't even want to buy a turban.  Hubby bought it for me, thinking it would be a nice alternative for a wrap during my winter swimming sessions. Clearly his choices are more practical than sartorial, lol. But thanks to him, I had an accessory that could be sported in any way I wanted.
So evidently I rocked up wearing one, on my way to a Glitz party,and the theme was Diamonds.I simply had to wear this blazer, and later before we reached the venue, I even attached my Jeweled Emerald earring onto the turban . Trust me I had enough people staring at me for the shoot. People even stopped their vehicles and paused to look until I opened the floodgates of my verbal slam.  

Whether it’s a traditional head wrap style or a headband, or a full turban, it’s the season newest flavor and a show stopping way to top anyone’s look., and am so so glad that I checked this trend  off too.
P.S- My turban look was featured on Society.Co which is an online lifestyle magazine headed By Nisha Balwani.They curate content for the young South Asian generation, on a lot of topics which I am sure you would love to read.Follow them, show them some love coz its simply fascinating to read traditions with a modern touch and an enchanting way to learn trends and ideas.

Tee-Bangkok

Pants-Thrifted// GK

Turban-Bangkok

Bag-Bangkok

Pumps-Choies

Sparkle Blazer- Bought Online

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Inspired By Retro

I grew up listening to George Michael and  UB 40 and rummaging through thrift stores bins. I was a case of constant stream of curious rebel back in my college days.My style was derivative from my choice of music back then.It went on from unique and bizarre to Hip hop. Clearly I had many moods of dressing up, and Armageddon of them all was music.

Last month I received Sudio Sweden Ear phones. I woke up in the morning,combined all factors, weather, mood,picked into the radio station, and synced into the 80s playlist, and suddenly the rock n roll kicked my courage for more liner,and then I remembered My Dad doing a Denim on denim with flared bottoms when I was back in school. He used to wear big black  thickly rimmed squarish glasses too. Of course the Bandana is my quick style rendition to what is distinctively me and only me.

In a world where the quest for latest is the greatest, is all consuming,this retro fever look can be an anomaly. In my case Music has succeeded  in creating some cults, and this look being one of them. I am actually living a fashion moment which belonged to the past. I didn't even have to search today's fashionistas on Pinterest to hand me a sartorial cue. Its like I wanted to re-live a theme I already had in mind.

The credits for this Inspiration goes to my Dad, and in a way its a small tribute to him since Father's day is just around .

Lookbook | Resort Wear with Clarks MyShoeDiaries- II

This is the second look, I built around these Clarks shoes for #myshoediaries contest . The good part about the day was that after wrapping up with the photographs, I get to jump in the massive pool which was the only thing you need to come to fruition after a sweaty day. I was expecting this. The resort and the poolside spa provided for a leisured existence, and that is what I let that encapsulate in this outfit.

An ideal resort wear is a gamut of cool , and fluid and very mainstream maxis and kaftan styles which are easy to fit in and pack. I broke the stereotype here a bit and explored a whole new crop of trends for 2015, and went more realistic.

I wanted to get in a clean, simple yet polished look, and the extra room in the short pants (culottes ) which surprisingly float in the wind, have movement and are as good as a maxis had me game to the style. Paired this earthy green color with my kaftan style blouse which is destined to become my new uniform , matched some luxe jewelry with the shoes, and came with a bona-fide fashion look. In a way I found a new fabulous way to nod to the 70s in a most dreamy nonchalant resort wear dressup which looks flamboyant at the same time. Its almost like I literally fell into this outfit, coz I couldn't wait to have my evening doze of tea and snacks sitting by the poolside. 

Travel In Style with Clarks #MyShoeDiaries - 1

Today I created the whole look around the shoes. Its summer holidays and that means travelling on cards, not only for me , but am sure for a lot of us. So just because our schedule includes planes,cars or trains , it doesn't mean that our wardrobe has to suffer, especially when all the while we have a selfie fever tapping on, and it's got to be always a winning one. That's correct. Everyone wants to look good and have good travel pictures .

So this holiday season Its all about travelling in style and when it comes to that, I think, laid back look, breezy outfits, lots of sunscreen, and comfort shoes for that  endless slip on and offs in the car and flight.

I was thinking to go super casual, but also wanted to keep my individual style intact. And since we were spending the weekend at  Heritage Select Manesar, I decided to blend in with the alcove style village interiors , and bring my gypsy style to play. The bindi, layered semi-precious Jewellery , deep kohl, helped me play the case of cool and casual. I really felt that these pretty Ennis weave Dusty pink shoes from clarks were the only thing that I needed to make my travel style pop. They even lent a good amount of style emmo to the Jewelry I wore which I sartorially layered skipping anything which was overly trendy and less than anything loud, helping me show a bit off my Indian roots with a side of cool. 

Knowing that it was gonna be the hottest day on record, I wanted to keep the outfit airy,but at the same time injecting the flavour I wanted , and nothing could demonstrate that than a pair of hot shorts and an off sleeve blouse.

So this was my take on tripping out of town in style  and a way I could meld travelling hours without looking boring.

Bonus: This look could go straight from travel to dinner to drinks, or even sightseeing. 

Someone rightly said- "Good shoes take you to good places " So behold as I take you through my next episode of #shoegasm in #myshoediaries with Clarks.