Neon flowers

What turned out to be a Mother's Day out with Sheehan and mom, spurned into an impromptu outfit post for me. It was mom's idea to go to Jogger's park (because she took us there when we were younger) and take some pictures. 

What surprised me was this full bloom of flowers, that very coincidentally blended truly well with my dress! 

There was this patch that had a blend of white, pale pink and peach flowers..

While the rest (which I chose) had a really bright almost neon pink.

Outfit Breakdown

Ombre peach-neon dress - Primrose Art Gallery (The small lane next to the Linking road McDonald's)

Pale pink studded sling bag - Bag shop opposite KFC (Linking road again)

Neckpiece - Raju's stall (Dubey art gallery - Hill Road)

Turquiose and brown skull bracelets - Blur

Pearl multi-strand bracelet - gifted

Sunnies - Claire's

Navy ballet flats with stud details - Max

Beside's Jogger's Park, we also went towards NCPA, where we were stared at a lot by many random people. Overall it was a really fun day.

Life in technicolour

So let me update with current work stuff. I'm working on a Marathi movie (yes Marathi) and hence I've been a bit too busy and distracted to do any outfit posts lately, even though I have a lot of nice outfits lined up! So the minute I had a little bit of time to waste around, I got this done. 

The skirt featured here, is my latest street buy. I'm in love with it completely. It's got a bit of a high-low hemline. Thanks to it's technicolour pattern, I can wear it with whatever colour I want to. Although here I stuck to shades of pink. 

P.S - Look who joined the shoot midway!

No! No! You do not show your butt to the camera!

Much better, I guess. This is Joel, my dog. He's just too hyper to not be a complete blur!

Oh how I enjoy a little bit of breeze!

Outfit Breakdown

Technicolour skirt - Parle station W (street side)

Black tank - Victoria's Secret

Oversized cardigan - Hill Road (street side)

Belt - Motivi (Milan)

Black studded bag - OVS

Pink snakeskin heels - Zara

Brown wrist wrap - Blur 

Yes! Yes! Yes!

You know that moment when you spot something so fabulous! - YES!

Then there's that moment when you see the price tag, and find that it's way in your budget - YES!

Then finally that exhilarating moment when you part with some of your money in exchange for a piece of awesomeness - YES!

Well this is one of those moment but 100 times better!

I managed to snag this pretty little bag from a store in Bandra for 500 bucks! Really! 

Ironically, the bag also says 'YES'.

When I first spotted it, I faced those same questions that every 'reformed' shopaholic faces - do I need another bag? Is it worth it? Am I going to use it as much? Will it look good on me? etc, etc.. 

And all those questions were answered with a very big, pink, over the top, and studded YES!

Another awesome buy was this pretty playsuit, all striped, cotton and colorful. And for just 100 bucks!

Look who joined me? My sweet little cat, Puchu!

Outfit Breakdown

Striped playsuit - Lokhandwala!

'YES' bag - Bag store in the linking road KFC lane

Studded belt - At an exhibition

Multi layered neck piece - Raju's store (Hill Road)

Wedges - Gifted (from Dubai)

Printed shades - Claires

Red wrist wrap - Blur accessories

Beaded bracelet - Old piece found at home.

Orange embroidered bangle - From a press release

Desi Captain America

Okay I get it, the title might not make a lot of sense, but wait till you get a load of this. Before the ramblings begin, let me focus on palazzo pants. As the temperature in Mumbai seems to be climbing crazily high, I think it's almost time to say good bye to our trusty denims and trendy coloured pants. 

No really, I'm very serious. Save them for evenings, but for the day, to keep cool, invest in something that is more weather-friendly like skirts and other bottoms that let your skin 'breathe'

Enter palazzo pants, which are so chic and cute and super duper 'airy'. Go for prints, or a solid colour, and rock the look and stay cool as well!

So here are one of my palazzo pants, that I thought would look good with a plain old tee. In came my 'Captain America' tee, which I thought was a great contrast with the pants and the entire look. A braid added to the 'desi' feel, and sunnies to beat the heat!

Palazzo pants can be very tricky to style, and overwhelming at times as well. If you need more inspiration on how to wear them, here is my Pinterest board. Yes, I did a bit of research, before this post! Ha!

Outfit Breakdown

Captain America tee - Bangkok, Khausan Street.
Red cotton palazzos - Fab India
Sunnies - Claires
Skull chain worn as bracelet - Hill Road, Raju's shop
Wedges - Irla (previously worn here)
Studded yellow sling bag - Linking Road footpath for 200 bucks!

And always remember, you wear the pants, don't let the pants wear you!

All Pictures by Sheehan

Rickshaws, yellow vans, mustaches and studs

Today, new on the blog, we have a guest. My oldest friend, or better put as 'longest known friend' (we've known each other since we were 4 years!) - Tanisha Prabhu.

Ever since we were young, we traveled to school together.. We either traveled by our school bus or 'tempo van' or in a rickshaw (when we were old enough to). The journey to school was just another adventure by itself. Although school was merely 20-25 minutes away (by rick or car), we took around 45+ minutes for the same, as the school bus/van had a route to follow, to pick other kids up. We had 'our seats' in the bus as well as 'our gang'. I genuinely miss those school bus travelling days!

In this post, we re-visit our two favorite modes of transport - the rickshaw and the tempo van.

  

Outfit Breakdown

On Tanisha

Dress - Colaba Causeway

Neon belt and bracelets - Splash

Studded bag - Aldo

Flats - Zara

Egyptian ring - Soap Opera

Funky book - Chamku (Facebook)

Neon sunnies - Gifted

On me

Tank top - From Tanisha's closet

Skirt - Lokhandwala

Cardigan - Hill Road

Belt - Splash

Studded convertible bag - Hongkong

Neon spiky bracelet - Borrowed from Sheehan (bought at Hill Road)

Mustache neckpiece - From Tanisha's closet (available at Raju's store at Hill Road)

Sunnies - Claires

Peep toe ballet flats - Max

Thanks to the guy who let us pose in his rickshaw and didn't stand by and gawk while we acted a bit crazy.

Thanks to Yashas Mitta who graced us with his presence, a few creative outputs and lent us his mustache book.

All pictures by Sheehan, solo picture of Tanisha in front of the van, taken by Patrick.

P.S - We're working on a lot more posts like this.. Stay tuned for more.

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xox

Vintage tea party

Whatever happened to being dramatic and kooky?

Whatever happened to wanting to be something that you're not?

Whatever happened to wanting to have a little fun?

Whatever happened to wanting to wear an almost bridal like gown - just for digs - to prance around - and act like the total princess you are?

Welcome to my very 'vintage' tea party.. Enjoy.

Attending phone calls in between.. Turned out to be a good picture. Bravo Sheehan!

Would you like some tea?

Outfit Breakdown

 Ombre maxi dress - Forever New (old collection)

Chunky Neckpiece and 'tea party' ring - Raju's shop (Hill Road)

Bracelet - Gifted

Floral wedges - Tresmode (one of the first ever collections)

P.S - Let this post inspire you to chase your dreams, and do whatever the hell you want to!

All pictures by Sheehan.

Edits by me (on the iTouch with the 'Snapseed' app)

Location courtesy - My lovely neighbour's veranda.