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Summer is finally here. Tis the season for crop tops and cool trousers. Recently, vintage looking outfits seem to catch my fancy. This outfit is something along those lines. I am currently all above high waisted skirts and pants with crop tops. I styled this outfit for a friend's dinner party. I had a meeting that day, so I actually wore a shirt through the day (remember this outfit) and then changed into the crop top and vest.










I have a lot of love for these trousers. They had to be altered and I can't believe I almost returned them! Thankfully, mom saw a way of altering them without messing up the silhouette. The button detailing at the waist is absolutely my favorite thing!  Oh, in case you've noticed, I've mentioned the approximate prices of items that weren't bought by me. A friend recently pointed out that I mention a lot of things that are gifted and in turn, don't add their prices to the overall total. Well, I may not always know the exact price of the gifts, but from now on, I'll mention prices of similar items. I hope this helps you guys get a better idea of the total outfit price range.

PS: Sorry I've haven't been posting regularly (Thank you, real life!). I've got a few people asking me if I'm unwell and its great to see that someone does read the blog and notices the absence of posts. I'm thankful for your kind words and I hope I can blog regularly soon. 

Last weekend I took some time off to meet an old friend. We hadn't seen each other for months so obviously, we spend a lot of time walking and talking. Of course I stuffed my face with anything and everything in sight, including half of his sandwich, but then I always do that when I've spend half a day pouring over a particularly vexing problem.

While I was dressed in my Saturday best, which is bascially something that doesn't need any effort at all, I was extremely awkward when he offered to take my pictures for the blog. I think I loved him when he offered. Barely any friend ever offers to do this because I'm very awkward, weird, mental demanding. Right. So the outfit isn't much, there's lots of selfies and barely any makeup. But its the weekend, and that's how we roll!

We gotta take selfies!

Random thoughts...

Where we walked....

Did you just add your finger to the picture?!

Then we pose!

Make mid meal faces at the camera.

Pre donut face.

Oh I was screaming that I wanted to stuff my face at this point!!

PS: The title of this post is cos my friend said I looked like a vampire by the end of the evening with my dark clothes and the not so flattering light all around! 

Its mid November and summer refuses to leave my city. Yes, I love summer and all its glorious views like being roasted alive on public transport with a dozen other people, but I do pray that winter comes soon. Or atleast "not summer dresses" weather. Its really frustrating when you have all your pretty winter clothes lined up and nowhere to wear them!

In the meantime, however, I shall wear all my summer dresses to death. I've been into interesting design details lately. Give me something with a knot or a cutout and I'll be all over it (also if its stripes, ALWAYS get it). When I came across this dress in one of the shops it called to me with its interesting back. The print is extra girly (not what I usually go for) but then, to be honest, what sold me was the pockets! Hello, summer dress with pockets you can chuck loads of things in without looking like you are an overloaded boat? Win!!








You may have noticed that the pictures for this post seem to be taken at different times. That's absolutely true! I took these pictures on two different occassions when I wore it. Once while meeting friends, and the other, especially for outfit pictures for the blog. I've tried really hard to take a good picture of the back, but I'm still not happy. So next time I wear it, hopefully I can convince my friend to take a picture. In the meantime, hope you have better (read cooler) weather than my city. I look forward to tweaking this dress to work for cooler weather!

By now everyone and their mothers have a variation of these geek glasses. While I'm always on a hunt for bigger glasses, the last few weeks have made good glasses a necessity. So when my brother offered to give me anything for Raksha Bandhan(yay!! cue bed jumping joy!), I jumped on the chance to get a new pair of peepers! First off, THANKS a million bro!! They've made long hours in the lab much more bearable (read now changed to various states of sleep deprived, minus the creepy red eyes).








The other new bit is the twirly skirt. When I laid hands on my Jabong shopping goodies (read my shopping review here) one look at this skirt and I knew it was going to be a geek chic outfit. I feel this look could be excellent for a casual date lunch(also where I casually show off how nerdy I truly am!). I added a bit of color to the outfit with my new blingy blue bag that was gifted by my cousin when she came down to India. The skirt is a perfect blend of flirty and feminine and can be worn in many different ways. Overall, a very versatile piece to have in your closet.

What's your take on casual date outfits? Tell me in the comments below. You can also find me on FACEBOOK, TWITTER and INSTAGRAM

PS: Just like the previous post, a quick reminder that the Jabong.com team was kind enough to provide me with a shopping voucher for Rs. 500 for my review. All views in this post as well as the previous one are unbiased and my own.

Today is possibly the first day of Summer. The beginnings of a hot and sweaty summer always mark a sad goodbye to winter trends. One of these, and of course my all time favorite is the tartan trend that has caught everyone's fancy. However, my city's weather makes it quite impossible to wear anything 'warm' as soon as we hit March. Well, unless you wanna turn into a human pot roast its time to say say tata to tartan. Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to try and sneak it in every once in a while (I can't seem to live without it) but its definitely going to be a little less, unless I find a summer tartan shirt. (Come on Colaba, make me a lucky girl!!)






I love red on red. Its just such a pretty color that it makes me feel pretty and powerful, even if I'm just bumming around the house. I've lived in this shirt the past few days, and I'm going to miss it once the mercury hits its high notes. Its simply too warm to be worn in summer. The skirt has been around for quite a while and the rest of my look is typical of a weekend in my world.

Are you getting ready for Summer? What new pieces are you adding to your wardrobe to make it summer friendly? Tell me in the comments!

I love birthdays! They're that time of the year when you celebrate a person for no reason other than existing. Last Sunday was my favorite uncle's birthday and I was super excited to go celebrate with him! I decided to dress according to my mood and this meant the bright clothes came out with a vengeance. I bought these palazzos on my birthday and this is the first time I've worn them. They're a little too big for me around the waist but I simply couldn't wait till I got them fixed. Enter stage right, pretty scarf as a belt coming to my rescue!









I love how cool the blue and the yellow look together. This belt is actually a scarf wrapped around twice and tucked in to make it snug and ensure that my pants don't slip of my non-existent waist! I kept the rest of the look fairly simple by adding a white blouse and messy hair. Okay, so maybe the hair was more due to being late than style but nobody needs to know that!

How do you celebrate birthdays? Tell me in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you!

First off, I'm really sorry for taking so long to put up a new post. My internet connection seems to be determined to stop me from posting here.

The holiday season is over. This means that we now have to deal with the after effects of over-eating diwali sweets, happy days spent hanging out with the family and evenings spent bursting crackers with the kids. Mostly, in my case, these after effects are a high level of lethargy which means I'm looking for no effort dressing. These are the clothes that fall into the 'I'll do all the work for you, ma'am' clothes! Yes, even fashion bloggers (well, me atleast) do that!








This vintage little dress given to me by my aunt fits the bill perfectly. Its numerous layers of frills are perfect for hiding all the holiday weight while making me feel like a pretty cake decoration. Its good to feel like that sometimes no?

What have you been wearing post holidays? You can tell me in the comments below or talk to me on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.