Bright and Breezy Menswear at New York Fashion Week
Between the sequins of starry nights and the sheer of sun dripping mornings, I oscillate with my tastes, but more often than not, borrow the stars and sparkle them in the day. So to sum it up, I like...
View ArticleThe Many Faces of (and Behind) Eyewear
I am admittedly a sunglasses addict. See my lookbook for evidence. I wear a pair indoors, in the car, on a plane, at brunch, while people watching, whilst waltzing the city streets… and take them off...
View ArticleWomen of Fashion: Trends in Transit at the Tents of NYFW
As Coco Chanel aptly put it, ‘fashion changes but style remains the same’. Something I have taken to heart since childhood. In the same way, times change but habits remain the same. And taking cue from...
View ArticleBags, Shoes or Jewelry? Trends in Transit at the tents of NYFW
Jewelry takes your mind off of wrinkles, they say. Bags take your mind off of their constituents when life gets hazy. Shoes are the silent witness to all this time spent in mischief. On seeing trends...
View ArticleA Glossary of Indian Sweets… with Candlelight, Opulence and Celebration
It comes as no surprise that the best part of any festival is the food. And for the biggest Indian festival of Diwali, nothing less than mithaai catches my undivided attention Often even more than the...
View ArticleMen of Fashion: Trends in Transit at the Tents of NYFW
I have been told many times that we are shaped and fashioned by what we love. Something that has proven itself since childhood. In the final segment of fashion gaping at New York Fashion Week comes...
View ArticleSocial Media Habits of 2014
Evolution is distinct from change. Evolving is the bettering or worsening of a sturdy phenomenon. Change is a more radical spin on the very same. But when it comes to social media habits, it is tricky...
View ArticleThe Fashion Forecast of 2014: 10 Trendy Colors and Fabrics
Trendhunting is an addictive hobby. One that starts from staring out the window at a fashionable stranger, moves on to flicking the twitter feed at luscious fashion images, or coyingly staring at the...
View ArticleDelectable Womenswear Trends at Milan Fashion Week (MFW)
There have been many distinctions of interpreting fashions and tailoring them to one’s own style. But perhaps what comes to mind the most in Milan is Oscar de la Renta’s saying that “Fashion is about...
View ArticleEn Vogue: The Shape Shifting Sand Edition
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. For sand is more than a terrain, but a metaphor for time. Following the treacherous rocky footsteps of a...
View ArticleGive Me Love via Polka Dots
Some say childhood is simplicity. Others call it the baggage that prevents aging. But childhood is an inspiration for artists and fashions alike, for to a certain degree, the worlds of art and fashion...
View ArticleLife via Glass Mosaics and Magic Gardens in Philadelphia
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle The wise words of yesteryears could not ring more true when pondering over the art that...
View ArticleVanity and Peacocking With the Models of Death to Tennis at NYFWM
Dont make me walk when I want to fly, said the peacock. While the peacock may be a bird and symbol of beauty, its variant of peacocking has its footholds in narcissism. For one who is guilty of...
View ArticleReturn of the Retro: Fashion and Food through FUJIFILM’s new tech toys
A photograph is a memory captured to revisit, over and over again. As a photographer since consciousness, I was thrilled to be part of the influencer program for FUJIFILM‘s launch of the hybrid instant...
View ArticleNightlife and Books: The Mert and Marcus Launch at Public Hotels
Come nightfall, this city starts to glint like the stars. One of my favorite new properties in New York (documented on Dot and Pin too), Public Hotel, celebrated the fame and launch of Mert Alas and...
View ArticleThe Guy in Pink: Printed Art by Wacky Wacko for Print All Over Me
A work of art is an adventure of the mind. I have always been fascinated by art, and a travel inspired lifestyle that took me to many cities and streets showcased that talent does not need to be...
View ArticleOvercoming Boxed Definitions: Using Fashion to Showcase a Gender Neutral...
I frankly do not believe in definitions. And I especially despise stereotyping. These things seem fundamentally archaic in the almost mid 2000s. Almost akin to zodiacs and horoscopes, which seem to...
View ArticleArchitecture as Frozen Music in Simmering Heat
Architecture if frozen music. Although, boating through the rivers to ogle at Chicago‘s epic architecture in the summer heat was anything but a feeling of frozen… Nonetheless, my penchant for art,...
View ArticleBirthMonth: Pondering (and Celebrating) the Passing of Time
April is my birthmonth. For why celebrate only a day, when inching towards the day itself, or recovering from an overwhelm of interaction during it, seems as important? Given my infatuation with the...
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