My Latest Award :)

Hey all!
I'm hoping the week is progressing fairly well for all of you'll who do not have to write exams in the next few weeks. Ah, the dreaded exams and at the risk of exposing my readers to any obscenity I'm just going to say #*%&#%&%.
However, it is little joys like this that makes me come back to my blog at the end of a very long day. The lovely Shristi of Style Fashion Etc has given me the Stylish Blogger Award.

As a ritual, I pass on this award to 7 other lovely bloggers and state 7 random facts about myself. Did I cover everything? I think. Here goes. I shall pass on this award to:

1. Peaches & Blush
2. Oh To be A Muse
3. The Fabulous Life of Not-So-Rich and Infamous
4. The Sidewalk is my Runway
5. COSMICaroline
6. Bohemian Rhapsody: Capturing Fashion
7. Full Closet But Nothing To Wear

As a ritual, if you've been awarded this award, please link the person who awarded this to you and pass it on 7 other stylish bloggers with 7 facts about yourself. Also, let them know by way of a comment that you've awarded them this award.
7 Random facts about myself:

• My first love was journalism and not law. My second love is Human Rights Law, where I'm headed.
• I CANNOT live without at least 3 cups of coffee/tea in a day.
• I am also actively involved in theatre. I might want to study theatre at NYU someday.
• I have the biggest fetish for perfumes. Tried them all, Chanel for keeps.
• I LOVE debating. Have been debating ever since school and continue to do so.
• I love dancing. I have trained in salsa and hopefully shall train in some other forms in this lifetime
• I can be hypochondriac-ish sometimes. Note: SOMETIMES :D

Love love love, chicitas.
XOXO

My style Icon FOREVER.

Hello Lovelies,
I hope the week's begun on a good note for you'll. Mine has been one, long sleep-a-thon. Not bad, I hear you say? Very very bad, I have exams coming up and its time I get my act together. One post I've been meaning to do for a long while so here goes. Its a little personal yet its an answer I think most my readers and friends need to know. Very often people ask me who my fashion icon is. Of course, there are answers customised for different people. I've said Anna Wintour to some, Audrey Hepburn to others and Sarah Jessica Parker to yet some other people. However, very realistically my style icon ever since I even remotely understood what fashion or an individualistic style meant, has been my sister. Till the time we were in school, I think I made it awfully obvious that I tried to emulate her style. From her skimpy short tops with stretchable jeans look, to wearing colorful loops(Ewww)..from wearing 'short' skirts to wearing white ruffled knotted tops with platform heels, I've copied all her looks. Even when she went away to Uni and I was still in school, I used to ask her to buy two of whatever she shopped for herself. She's married now and I'm in Uni and I still look up to her for now very-Aussie fashion sense. It is so inspiring to see her wear classic designer clothing with so much elan and yet pull off a casual minimalistic look with hawainas with the same amount of ease. From her sunglasses to her choice of accessories and oooooooh her make up, everything makes me feel like a little girl in a barbie store. And then there's her collection of designer bags and shoes which I hope to inherit someday :D Here are some of her looks which I randomly put together for this post. Tell me what you think.

Loving the Tony Biancos

Perfectly put together for a day out with Husband :)

Sister and I in front of the Opera House :)

And then she manages to look so fly even in a saree

Don't forget to enter my Big-Fat Giveaway chicitas, its right HERE and its also posted in the sidebar of my blog. So DON'T FORGET.

XOXO

Draped Dress Illustration

I was just looking through my portfolio when I came across the illustration I did for the draped dress I made for my summer project. This is the same dress that I did a photoshoot with not that long ago with my sister - you may already have recognized it.

It looks so much better once I've uploaded it onto the computer and tweaked the colours and contrasts to make it stronger. Pen and watercolour on paper can often look a bit weak so I've given it a bit of a boost!

Sketching...

Pearls and Flowers

Embroidery Branding of A.R.P

This week I had tutorial to learn and play about with the ZSK embroidery machine. I wanted to try out stitching different texts with my initials which could be used as a signature on my final collection garments. This is just like what you see with Jack Wills, Ralph Lauren etc. I wanted to brand and personalise my clothes just like they do.

Above are my final favourite four. I don't know if I will definitely be using them or not as as often you have to have them embroidered on at the flat pattern cutting stage so I don't know if I will have time for it as it is just a little added extra.

The Big-Fat Sony Ericsson Giveaway

Dear Readers,
I can finally unveil the big surprise that I’ve sat on for a while now. I’m not sure but I think the title gave it away :D Yes, there is a gorgeous Sony Xperia X8 up for grabs on this very blog. The contest for winning the phone is sponsored by Sony Ericsson India and hence is open only to bloggers residing in India.

However, there is something for my international blogger friends in this too. You can enter this contest too and one lucky winner shall be featured in an entire style post.
So whats new and so great about Sony Ericsson’s new range, the Xperia phones? Apart from the first of its kind human curvature design which fits the phone right into your palm, there are a gazillion other yummy features that would want to make you buy this babe ;)

 

I am using the Sony Xperia X10 Mini Pro in the pictures which has all the latest applications along with a great 5 megapixel camera and whats great is that you can also upload these pictures directly on facebook.

Touchscreen, Google Maps, Android based applications are some of the features that make it absolutely trendy and fashionable to own. It also comes in a ravishing Red in case you’re interested!

The phone we are giving away in the contest is a Sony Xperia X8 which is the perfect phone for the ladies. It is compact and has a 3-inch screen so watching videos earns a cooler quotient. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera with all the awesome google features and a stunning touchscreen. If you’re slightly edgy in the colors you choose then this one’s for you because it also comes in a dark blue apart from the shiny white. For all the geekily fashionable women who want their phones on the best operating system, there’s another ‘one up’ – the X8 is on the Android 2.1.
The contest is simple as hell. Get your creative juices flowing and tell me in about a sentence why you would want to own this phone. The answer should be left in a comment to this post only after you have become a follower of the blog. The winner will be decided keeping two benchmarks in mind: the creativity of the answer and the number of times you publicize this post (this includes sharing it on facebook, tweeting about it and including a link to this post in any blog post you do). The links of sharing this post should also be included in the comment. The contest closes on December 17, 2010 at 12 p.m, the winner will be declared in the same week and the phone shall be couriered to you once I receive your contact details. 

The photo credits for all the great looking pictures go to BFF. She’s awesome.
Keep the fashion alive, chicitas.
XOXO

Latest from A Lot Like Fashion

Hello everybody! :)
My week is drudging along thanks to those awful things you call 'exams'. If you ask me, I do not even get the point of testing us like a billion times in a year. One set of exams, get done with it already. Its a pity the concerned authority does not have such liberal conceptualization of education as yours truly. Moving on, the reason behind this post is a new feature which I have inducted into my little world of blogging. The plan is to make it a weekly feature but I might be a little flexible about that. In this feature, I shall be featuring one very stylish person who will be my muse in a certain location :D For instance, today's post is about style hunting in a Shopping mall. Keeping that in mind, I have decided to share the lovely Tenzing with you. I ran into her in a mall and the first thing that caught my attention were her gorgeous shoes. Also love, her gorgeous curls.

Her style is simple and chic. She has made a conscious effort to put together her ensemble and yet, keeping in mind that she was hanging out in a mall..its not over the top. Her grey dress and grey cardigan are perfect for the slight nip in the air and the purple sling breaks the monotony of the greys perfectly. I like the fact that she wore black tights with the dress and GORGEOUS grey ballet flats which were embellished with rhinestones and a bow, also embellished with rhinestones. Here is a closer shot of her shoes.

Thats all from my desk. Sleep beckons. Tell me what you think of Tenzing's style and also if you like the new feature on my blog. I also would like to know where all would you like me to go style-hunting (Honestly, I make no qualms about it..its a WONDERFUL job :D )
XOXO

Hair Color-ing Ideas

I'm back and how.
I have a test to write tomorrow but this looked like it needed my commitment so much more. Mom-Dad, I hope you're not reading this :D
So being back to Uni is not such a bad thing but it isn't the greatest feeling in the world either when you've been in your part of the country for more than a month with all your favourite people, people who've known you longer than you can even imagine. So 1st day back and I knew I had to treat this depression. BFF here, is very supportive and she literally jumped out her skin(in the good way!) when I suggested that I could get my hair cut and colored to give my boring black locks a much desired new look. I headed to a new salon this time. Yes, I've been on an experimenting spree. I have gotten my hair streaked in the past, in class 10 I think and I cringe everytime I look at those old school photographs with my loud blonde streaks. Nu-uh, fashion faux pas if done in this day and time. It was quite the hit then, of course ;)
I love L'oreal for its hair color ranges and I was pleased no end when the stylist told me he would be using their products for highlighting my hair. Here's some gyaan on how hair streaking/highlighting works. I learnt all of this from the stylist and it makes sense for me to tell you about it. The two ways you can highlight your hair in a uniform fashion are either highlighting at the crown, which is the top most part of your head. The other method is called global highlighting and in that case, they pick strands of hair from all over your head and use multiple colors(usually2-3, maybe even 4)to streak it. It is fuller, of course. I decided to go with highlights only in the crown so in most ways I usually tie my hair or wear hair bands, the streaks show. I got dual streaking done wherein they use two colors, mostly contrasting(of the same shade family though) and alternate on the streaks. Both the shades used in my hair are from the Brown family. One of the lighter shades was an Indian equivalent of  this and the darker shade was this. The difference in the colors gets more pronounced after a couple of washes. Immediately after the cut and color, it looked something like this.

Here's another one. Loving these shirts from Zara btw, the ones with gather on the sleeve and the high neck. :)
Global highlights look something like this. Taken from Rodolfo Valentin's hair coloring website.

Tell me what you think of the Great Experiment. Much love to all the fashionistas.
XOXO

A Taster Of Things To Come

I wasn't sure whether to show you these just yet or not...but I guess here you are!

This is a small taster into my final collection; mood board, muse board, drapes and preliminary designs.

These, no doubt, will be altered and developed but I've been finding it really hard to work in sketch books at the moment so I've been putting my ideas into boards on photoshop.

What I really wanted to do for my final collection was make a book for the final presentation but that can only be an additional piece so I really need to get a focus on my sketchbook!

I'm constantly re-wording and figuring out what my concept is but just so you get the jist its about combining the society of the 1920s with the semblance of a rose and its relationship with the pre-raphaelites. I want this collection to reveal and conceal, create desire and express sophistication...I hope you can see the reflection!

Beret style

Hi folks! :D
My internship is over and I can very proudly say that it was an enormous success. Coming back to Uni after a month full of bringing sexy back, literally :) Difficult to say the least. Girlfriends and I have shopped everyday of the last one week, gone out for lattes and cheesecakes, drinks and italian yummies, mall hunting and sheesha-ing(yes, thats what we call it :) ).
Forever New being one of my most favourite places to shop did not disappoint me when I wanted a lovely beret for the grey Delhi winters. This is also when I chanced upon the lovely LookBook which you saw here. I wore the lovely off-white beret which has an embellished bow at the front with a black and white off-shoulder shirt from Paper Scissors-an Australian store I absolutely adore for their very trendy and innovative clothing. Needless to say, I am hearting berets and tweeds and fedoras this season. Are you?
Tell me what you think :)

Share the love! :)
XOXO

What I'm Wearing 15/11/10

I thought the one thing I don't do on my blog which you see on other fashion blogs is sharing 'what I'm wearing'. Therefore I'm going to try take pictures of certain outfits that I think look really cool, especially if I have just bought something new and feel the need to show it off a bit! Exactly the reason behind this outfit as I just bought this mustard/gold pleated skirt from Gap which I LOVE! I've styled it with an Abercrombie and Fitch shirt, Zara v-neck cardigan, H&M neck tie and gold locker necklace.

I had a bit of fun with the image on photoshop purely because I have just decorated my mirror with fairy lights and it looks AWSOME. In the background you can see me playing with this gorgeous sparkly fabric on my mannequin, which I will reveal more of soon...