Fashion Panache

Written by Bhushavali

Max Fashions has come up the Spring Summer 2015 collection and its so cheery & colorful! The colors were great, bright, happy and summery!!! One color that esp. caught my attention was the gorgeous hot pink! Well, I'm not much of a pink person. You wouldn't have seen many OOTDs of mine with pink. But this color was not a girly pink. It was a much brighter pink! A found a pink camisole with an interesting back neck design with bright blue trims and I opted to pair it with 3 other pieces to create 3 different looks. Here they are!!!
And yeah, to go with this bright, sunny look, I opted for the hot pink lips & dusty rose eyes!

First is a bit semi formal look, the styling is formal, but the print & colors are playful, going with the trend for florals, in bloom!!!

Camisole, Skirt: Max Fashions

Blazer: Persunmall

Shoes: Thrifted from a Flea Market in Chennai

Earrings: Naidu Hall, Chennai

Skin: Revlon Photo Ready Foundation in N*de

& Revlon Photo Ready Compact in Light / Medium

Blusher: Lakme Pure Blusher in Peach Affair

Eyeshadow: Coastal Scents Go Palette in Beijing

Eyeliner: Lakme 9 to 5 Eyeliner in Jade

Kajal: Himalaya Herbals

Lipstick: L'oreal Paris L'Or Color Riche Moist Matte in Glamor Fuchsia

Second is Free-Spirited Traveller look. I skipped the jacket and took up a floral printed jeans instead of the semi formal skirt! A spacious tote bag and a happy lacy hair accessory and multiple strands of beads accompany this look.

Camisole, Jeans: Max Fashions

Bag: Received as gift

Earrings, Hairband: Made by me...

N*de wedges: Globus

Beaded chains: Handmade by the tribes of Rajasthan

And finally a Bohemian Rhapsody! A wide, maxi skirt of blues with print that reminds of the gardenia!!! With quirky blue accessories that are traditional & native, and combining them with modern outfits, just to suit my personal style!!!

Chennai being a hub of art & culture, and fondly called the cultural capital of India, the backdrop of my OOTD should also reflect it right? You've already seen the Fleur-de-lis wall art as background in my earlier post. Introducing another wall art here! I call her Medusa. Yup, you read that right. Medusa is the Greek monster lady! My thought - every monster would have a pretty face also, just to lure her victims. Here's my version of Medusa - the Temptress!!! A detailed post just on both the backdrops, coming soon. Watch the space!

Camisole, Skirt: Max Fashions

Goggles: Thrifted from a Flea Market in Chennai

Earrings & Short necklace: Kairali

Hand Painted pendant: Handmade by a Mural artist of Kerala

Draw String Bag: Handmade by the tribes of Tamil Nadu

Blue glass bangles: Thrifted from a Flea Market in Chennai

Beaded Green bangle: Handmade by the artisans of Uttar Pradesh

Arm band: Handmade by the artisans of Rajasthan

Rings: Naidu Hall, Chennai

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Written by Bhushavali

Pastels for Spring - Orange, Pink, Green combo

So here comes what I wore on my birthday! Mint green is so in this season and I'm falling in love with colored jeans ever since I tried that pink trousers from iknowstudio, and when I spotted this at Globus recently, I bought it! I combined it with summery pink & orange kurti...

The jean is colored by a technique called over dyeing and they're called 'over-dyed' jeans! Normally in our regular blue denims, if you look into the inside of the jeans, it would be more of white than blue. That's called 'yarn-dyed' technique. But then, here, the fabric is dyed and that too is dyed too much, so it gets is a very deep hue. After that these denims are dried in sun for long for the color fades. This results in a softer color, softer texture to touch, and to some extent unique pieces coz, since its sun dried, each piece dries and fades is a slightly different way.

On a totally different note, here in south India, baby shower is called Valaikappu. Valai means bangles and Kaappu means protection. And during the baby shower function the lady is customarily stacked with several glass bangles, atleast 60+ in each hand. Every guest of the function is also gifted with bangles. They may be just 2 or an entire dozen depending on the budget. So, why am I talking about his now. Well, I have some 5 boxes of such assorted glass bangles received as gift in several baby shower functions. I mix matched some pinks in it and here's the effect!

Kurti: Bhushavali
[made of natural dyed Khadi (Handspun Handloom) fabric
Jean: c/o F21 by Globus
Earrings: Naidu Hall
Glass Bangles: Received as gift
Green Beaded necklace: Handmade by artisans of Tamil Nadu
Pink Beaded necklace: Khadi Kraft, Chennai
N*de Patent peeptoe wedges: c/o Globus
Eyeshadow: Coastal Scents Mirage Palette

Btw, when I was there in Globus, Phoenix Mall this time to buy the jean, I was attended by this young chap called Baskar from Calcutta. He was just an intern there, but his way to dealing with customers was so so good. He made me feel like a princess! I had a bit of difficulty in finding those shoes and he made sure I got it! Honestly Globus would be lucky to have him into its sales section, permanently!!!

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