A Day In Loungewear | The Club Emerald - Mumbai

These summer holidays were a perfect time for me to gussy up and go out, but hubster was too less inclined to spend time with family. It was a holiday vs Work Tug-O -War situation at home.

The work kept him busy all throughout , and he was a living example of Ass Jack of all trades,( work front ) engrossed in climbing some Mt. Kilimanjaro, Disconnected and not reachable. It was time to break a bottle of some old wine, alone at home,when an idea struck me to follow him everywhere.

Co-incidentally both of ours work made us land in Mumbai at the same time. Now it was a golden opportunity to take a break from solo-parenting and just throw everything and perform my laid back couch potato edit. 

Things became slow. Mumbai was rainy and sluggy, not that I am loving Delhi at the moment, but its that time of the year where the pattern of sweat don't know the city its trickling down from. Yes, Monsoons !!

Obviously we don't have a different wardrobe for monsoons,like we do for winters, but casuals and lounge-wear only seems like an obvious directional choice in this weather which on a side note, also lets me achieve the bonus of every conceivable form of daily activity and save me the Gusset between my legs too ( I said that on Instagram already )......

This Kurti and the linen pant set was the most dressed up I needed to be on a rainy day in Mumbai. You can see my hair is tied up already in a bun. Kurta's can prove to be a Mecca for lounge-wear and also maximise your chill time and that's what precisely I was doing at newly launched Sports Club -Emerald in Chembur, Mumbai. I think there is room for style and taste in every part of women's life. But its only when a fancy place like Club Emerald which is full of luxury notes provides a vantage point for me to swaddle myself up with a cup of coffee in the quietness of the library and loose myself to a book.  After hours of curling up on that library sofa couch, I got in a mood to hit the playground , play some squash and it was exactly when I found out that this Fab India outfit proved every bit in the righteousness to obscure my secondary sex characteristic, unencumbered and non fussy.

Balance in Fusion | Fashion East Meets West

Sometimes I am envious of women dressed in Indian finery. If you know me well, I love getting a good dossier mix which the bloggers(including me ) have smartly coined as fusion .So what exactly is this fusion we are talking about ? For all I get right now, and where the sartorial pages of fashion take me , I  think it's a progressive or rather smart interpretation of east meets west  or a path less ordinary . No we are not talking about the silk route but a right balance of  standard strata of Indian accents . 

There is this cultish contemporary affiliation or status quo when it comes to Indian fashion.

There is a new world where we want to show that we have switched codes enough ,to wear a dhoti with a knotted shirt, saree with jeans, or blouse over a dress etc... and infuse elements in a fin-de-siecle way .

But you know what ? We are not the only ones embracing this trend . Beyonce in Coldplay video, and coachella which happened earlier this month are proof enough that now Indian fusion is not the path less ordinary. It's a pleasing break from the rigid adherence and is fundamentally altering the way we decode the customary form of dressing.

So here I am , wearing a slit skirt, with a long shirt dress both from StalkBuyLove, a dupatta to indulge with the mathapatti, and bangles bought from Bapubazaar Jaipur, and give you suffusion of my character in a form that you would clearly see more in times to come posts to come.

P.S- I wore this outfit to my friend's Chura ceremony.

Contd- From Part 1 series of Indian Ethnic fusion Fashion. Part 3 coming soon :)

Indian Fashion Blog | Fusion Ethnic Outfit | Street Style Delhi

Street  !!! The character of any city is expressed through its Streets .They tell a tale . Every street has a name, while the numbered streets gets you going where you want, it's the name of the street, that must be paid attention to..hidden in it is the history,ethnicity,culture,food habits and even the entire mood of the city,

Street Style - What's the first thing that comes to your mind ?

Sidewalks, Food, hawkers, people on the roads, motivation of the people , noise , bustle, shopkeepers, tarot readers, Astrologers(Panditji), Banglewala , haphazardly assembled group of tables at the chaiwala, the girl in rag clothes , the homeless, graffiti on the walls .....accidentally or not, there is a lot of visual effects these streets lend to our subconscious.

While, our sophisticated avatar shops in air conditioned malls,but our inner child is always drawn to this cacophony of cluttered shops . One gives you ease of shopping , and the other offers a personal humane touch and luxury of rummaging through hundreds of things without the obligation of buying. In a local street, I guess, I am able to spend some time with my own self where my inner confusion is able to sync with the clutter of the street just like a river meeting the ocean. 

Sometimes its good to be candid and leave the beaten track.

In between all the madness,  strolling in an outfit fit for a wedding, definitely catches the eye. Well that was not the purpose of my post. We took our love for the street to the next level, and thought about bringing a change of how we perceive dressing up in our everyday life. I think this outfit made everything symbolic. Change was quite literally in the air.

We tried to capture various characters  in this post. I was welcomed by the churiwala to get inside the shop, and take pictures. He moved the little halogen dangling from the top , obstructing the camera. Men were at work. The panditji thought that he is going to be the next sensation , and posed for the shutterbug as if he would be the face of front page of the newspaper. Palmistry was rendered free of cost.Chai was ordered. Slippers and bags were taken care of. The entire Indian hospitality was rolled over. We captured many expressions and faces of Panditji , but then I realized he would need a post of his own.

The gift shop was small, but the owner was warm. he offered me tea, and invited his whole family from his home to come and have a look at the" MEMSAHIB"

Soon his kids gathered around me but were soon outnumbered by all the beggars in the vicinity, who expected a huge tip.

If you love shopping but hate the streets , then I have a new website to tell you about that would make your browsing horses gallop. This outfit , ordered from Sareez.com was a made to fit piece. 

From varied section of Indian pieces , to fusion wear, to multi designers, this one would definitely awaken the shopaholic in you . 

From the fabric to the stitching everything is meticulously done.

A bit skeptical in the beginning I was not sure about the level of fit, and the fabric, since the price points are not very high, I was amazed at the extraordinary service and diligent delivery which was 2X times faster than my nearby masterjee .The colour was pure love, the embroidery is neat, and the style is different. The hint of Marsala with the spice of burgundy is what makes this get its own edge, from the league. The possibility to style this suit is endless. On one day I want to wear the jacket as it is, and on the other switch the Anarkali with something more slaying . A hoarder of everything versatile , I really doubt that any brick and mortar store would have lend me their sartorial talent, into creating something as flexible as this Anarkali. 

What do you say ? 

W For Woman SS16 Collection Preview | Indian Ethnic Fusion Wear

Another spring season has sprouted, and with that we finish the winter fashion circuit of 2015. On one hand some of us may get busy tucking back our woolies while on the other fashion savvy women like me find it the most viable  time of the year to see and smell what's new in stores.
After ticking off last season's architecture inspired collection, this season W for Woman , a famous retail brand for women ethnic wear is back with something "UNUSUAL " with our perennial favourites in offbeat styles ,fabrics and patterns unveiled with a new twist. If you are one of those who likes to play cliche, for the heck of being safe, they want you to stop, re-think and do something off beat. And that's exactly where I spent my last Saturday, sifting through the new collection, mixing different prints and silhouettes to come up with an unusual look of our own from the latest SS16 collection at the W outlet in Select City walk , Saket ,Delhi.

Happy Mother's Day

Had been wanting to do a post like this from so long. Also it puts an end to all the queasy looks people give when I disclose that I have a daughter . Really ? How big ? Man I never knew that, tilting their heads in angles which I am discovering just about recently. Clearly I don't fit the stereotype of how a mother looks like.As of now we can say that I am blessed to have happy genes. 

My Mom(Resting in Heaven), had hair like mine(which of course y'all love) My friends say that I smile like her, and my daughter has her eyes. She was a fashionista too in her  own classic days. A school teacher by profession, with me as her most intolerant student. She loved her Sari's and had one in every color, ----colors, that now we find only in Pantone. I secretly used to put on her bindis,just before going out to play with my friends. A few made fun, until I thought it was getting too much, and confined Bindi dressing to my bedroom later. She loved Bindis too. 

When I grew up, and started exploring make-up, and bought some too  after my first job paid me well, I had never seen anyone so enthusiastic about putting on makeup than her.She told her friends, "My daughter has the best make-up skills." I used to blushingly pinch her and always brushed my elbows with hers, telling her to stop publicly displaying my knack. I was shy. She was too, and my daughter just alike.

Mom was too young when cancer hit her. With all the adversities that came along, symptoms, and hair loss, it was me who still loved brushing my makeup on to her to hide her afflicted look. I saw her age into a seventy year old when she was in her forties. Wish could have made her look young. But my knowledge was limited and so were the developments in skin care.

Ever wished that you could turn back the time ? Every Mother's day I wish the same-Just once. But you know what - If she was here today to witness your surprising glares on my motherhood, I am pretty damn sure about her display of verbal gymnastics to her friends- Yes - My daughter looks the best in her time.

* Thank You for Reading Till The End *

Special Thanks to WforWoman for sending these lovely Kurtis for both of us to take our #twinfies for this post. #Likemotherlikedaughter

Autumn Layering with Indian Bandhani Print Maxi Dress

Hope You all had a great Halloween ? I just came back from a tiny escapade to Pench Tiger Reserve and it was one of the most  thrilling trips we had in such a long time.... More on that in future posts.
Its a known fact, that I have some admiration to mix Indian pieces with a bit of modernism. I don't know when this style sprung up, or what Inspired me at that moment. Safe to say, I like experimenting things , and the appreciation was the the only driving philosophy behind all this little brushstrokes styles, I have been trying out.
Sometimes , its the contrast of colors, that works the best, or maybe the prints, but their is something so substance fueled about Indian handicrafts that conjure the Inventive Imaginations into something that it takes an instant switch for me to turn up the level of fusion wear Incarnations on my blog.
For this outfit, I picked up the beautiful colored Bandhani Print Maxi dress from Bandhej, and tried on this embroidered jacket, and I was sold in a minute. The color complements so well, that I took a minute to warm up to the decision and brought them home. I can't wait to explore more hybrid patterns and fusion staples that I could bring forth with these prints, and display my freewheeling mix of Indian culture on a platter for Y'all !!