Monday blues

Blue on Monday

We all have our own personal feeling for Mondays! I used to love Mondays when I worked in retail. The most brainless day of the week, Least number of customers (managers day off!), Half the store staff is on their weekly offs. it used to be a vacation at work! I guess the time for that is over. When you choose to work for yourself (finally!) Monday is that day of work your dragged to, Because you start discovering so many responsibilities you didn't know exist. Do you still get the opportunity to dress up to work? Ya maybe a little bit enough to make you happy, and a lot more enough to be practically convenient when you know you don't have meetings for the day.

However keeping in mind fully, how fat I've grown I guess being lethargically is excusable. Or not, who knows! I decide to wear full black, yet the unsettling felling of gloominess needed a blue denim shirt as a cover up (instead of a heavy jacket) and pink socks with floral print sneakers. Oh ya, now It felt done.

Cami : splash

Trouser: Zara

Belt : Pantaloons

Shoes & socks : Bata

 Denim Shirt : Factory reject @ Rs200

This picture was blur but couldn't resist posting it after enhancing it on pixlr.

Shopping season : White dress

Shopping season

You know that decision you been wanting to take for a long time, but it just keeps taking a back seat because it is too bold to deal with. Yes! I got a new hair cut. I kept complaining that I had a big forehead so Sid said get Naomi bangs done. But now that it is finally done and it's been almost more than a month, I still find it too bizarre even for my own style. 

It's been shopping season, first Christmas then new year and now all the sale! The main reason I went on a shopping spree at Forever21 this season was because they have just launched their store in Bangalore. Yes please, it is a little bit of F21 overload, But hey the out come was kinda cute. I know those boots again! I guess winter is the only time I get to were my boots everyday.

Dress : Forever21 

Stockings : Forever21 

Boots : Forever21

Ring : accessorize

Cuff : thrift

Necklace : Tribal zone 

Boots

These Boots are made for walking...

I love my boots. Makes me feel exotic, sensuous, super strong! Every girl loves her boots. Don't you? I know I wore this outfit only for the boots. There is something about  Knee length boots that make you feel tall (though mine could have been a little longer), or maybe they make us look stronger, either way there is something about the boots that has attracted women to them. Can you seriously name one super star that hasn't  worn a pair of boots in their career?

Wait I think all the things said before came from a pre-conditioning from the pop culture. What is the need to put women in boots all the time? Honestly I wear my boots for functional reasons. I live in a city where it gets really cold, also the monsoon makes the whole city murky and muddy, I think wearing boots makes my feet warmer, protecting it from the cold and rain. I remember my first pair of boots were the converse red canvas boots. I wore them every day until the sole got holes and that made my socks get wet. The worse day of my life was when I had to discard them (they were my prized possession!) 

Boots are an extremely good accessory, you get used to it's protection and you will never give them up like an addiction. Also it makes a very bold accessory! I'm not just saying to satisfy my pre-conditioning. I've always been amused by knee length boots and how they make your legs look never ending.

Boots : Marks & Spencer

Jeans : Levis

Belt : Local leather dealer

Top : splash

Animal print in trend

 Ready to bring out the animal in you?

Why do you thing there was a boom in the whole animal print trend? Or even in music when Miley sang fly on the wall, Shakira sings she wolf, Baha men sing who lets the dog out, even Elvis, The Beatles, Cobra starship, etc give refrences to animals. I guess it's because we might be all civilized but at that strange moment we all know the animal inside us wants to do something not so typical. We all have one animal we can all relate to, So whats your animal?

The most popular animal print in the market is Leopard, Zebra, and the Snake. its very easy to shop for one but the trick is to buy one that perfectly suits you. I never did buy an animal print, because wearing any sort of print in itself is quite the task in my head. I prefer to keep it simple, but then I found this top I was so thrilled I just couldn't let it go. Most prints look tacky and unrealistic like a modified graphic print, But this one just stood out like a real leopard coat. It was PERFECT considering my massive feline obsession.

It's a ensemble that came together perfectly in my head and when I wore it. Also I feel so delighted that every time I wear it, the top's always complimented :) Especially when my mom, who's always criticizing my choices, decides to make a direct compliment (that is without adding her but's after it!)

Shirt, Cuff, Ring : thrift

Trousers : Scullers

Shoes : Done by None

monochrome

The all time famous... B&W?

"Black and white" she said. It felt like I was condemned for no reason. I remember it was my 2nd assignment in college, we were told to do the whole submission in black and white. Right up to that point the two did not classify as colours, Its taken the maturity that came with age to understand the value of these colours. 

Many people would say that black and white are too jarring to be wore together, personally I find them elusive best friends. the combination still doesn't sit in my head. Yet it exhibits a lot of strength and control, the lack of the ability to fully derive a mood in the combination is most intriguing. But my mind that has to be Sherlock Holmes has to kill the mystery therefore to break away I picked to carry my red bag and gold choker to try to look edgy yet bring in that subtle classy look.

Photographer: Kavya 

Top : Inmark

Skirt : AND

Shoes : naturalizer @ bata

Bag : Jabong

Choker & rose studs : thrift

Watch : Tommy Hilfiger

I know its been a long time since the world has been talking about monochrome! but we all know this is a trend that's always been around and can never go out of style. Trends are for those who forget that the things in your wardrobe can not be buried, remember to wear your style like your skin.

"Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. You have to be strong." Catherine Zeta-Jones