Twinning Long in StalkBuyLove

Hey there, my gorgeous girls! Hope y'all are doing good. This month has been crazy and I've literally gone bonkers managing events, travelling to places and a lot more that you've been seeing on my social media. With that, it had been really long since the last time I collaborated with one of my blogger friends for a post, and I just wanted to get a new girl on board this time. Hence, I teamed up with Saakshee Khosla from The Style Veda for a quick new outfit editorial.

A lot of you had been requesting me to show you different looks with the trend that's taking over fashion — the Amber Skirt from STALKBUYLOVE. Literally every second girl you see on instagram has been wearing it since it came out on sale and my mails were flooded with look posts for the same. Saakshee and I while scrolling through our inbox finally came up to a thought of sharing our personal styles twinning in the yellow buttoned down skirt, and below you can see the pictures and read some fun details about our collaboration!

She's wearing - skirt : StalkBuyLove | top : Zara | shoes : StreetStyleStore

necklace : Amore Couture

I'm wearing - skirt, shirt dress : StalkBuyLove | dupatta : Old Buy

heels : Jabong | necklace, earrings, bracelet : Auhna Creations | ring : Myntra

Its true that everyone has a personal style of their own and we hate to play favorites, but if we were to pick one ‘70s trend to adopt, it would have to be the button-front A-line skirt. This season, strong iterations in both denim and suede have been spotted everywhere and since we've been searching the perfect piece, StalkBuyLove like always came to our rescue.

Yellow has been my love color since forever and pairing the bright long skirt with a long black shirt dress from StalkBuyLove itself, to give it a structure was my main move I say. The skirt is made of cotton linen with partial lining and inverted waist. You can wear it all the year round with tops and layers. As for this post, styling the skirt and shirt dress with a red dupatta inwardly from one side and gold necklace and earrings with a metallic handcuff made my look appear sleek and gave a hit to the Asian fashion I believe. The cream heels I wore, merged into the skirt color making the look appear super classy and fad. You can really try this look for evening parties and Indian functions as well!

On the contrary, Saakshee went in for an off-duty look, teaming up her skirt with a casual lined crop top from Zara and pairing it with her current favorite sneakers because she's more of an informal wearer. As I know, she's one crazy lover of accessories but for one thing goes at one time for her and hence she only chose to add a silver coin necklace to give the whole an edge and vibrancy. PS : The tattoo choker is like a permanent settlement there. You can carry this look in the day as well as in night by exchanging the pair of shoes with heels! Yeah?

Hope you all liked reading this post as much as we liked working on it for you. If you ask me, both the looks are my favorite as both Saakshee and I have created different styles to showcase. Being different body types we both enkindled the skirts in our own way creating surprises! — Do let us know in the comments below which look do you like more and if you have any further suggestions, do mention those too. We'd love to hear your take on our first collaboration :)

Photographed by : Mrinal Khatnani

~xoxo~

Co-ordinating in Florals

Hey guys! Well, yes I know you've been wanting to read a bit of poetry and sneak into my kitchen recipes since a long time but what all I fed you this whole month was crazy fashion, but I promise I'll deliver you some good recipes and poems very very soon! But for now, I really wanted to introduce you to a style I've recently discovered (though its been on the ramp past a few years) but my job is to bring to you new styles through this blog, so here it is... a perfect set of co-ordinates or as we call it co-ords!

co-ordinates : StalkBuyLove.com | zipdown spaghetti : ZARA | heels : Inc.5

bag : Flea Market (Nepal) | watch : Felix | earrings : Gifted

This is a trend not all of you will love, but I have to admit, it’s one that I am very keen on! Matchy-matchy in co-ordinates, the season’s coolest combo. Quit clashing and update your look with uniform dressing - I'm talking of top to toe textures and plenty of printed pairings. For the trendiest two pieces, team tops – a boxy crop is best – with tailored trousers, shorts with shell tops and printed blazers with pencil skirts for a polished yet pretty take on the 2-in-1 trend. Recently reading the stalker magazine from stalkbuylove.com, I came across lots of matching separates coming into the SBL website and researching upon the look I found out that its something that isn’t going anywhere! All the high-street stores from River Island, Zara and Oasis to Misguided and ASOS, all have some great styles in so there is no escaping this trend!

So because I never shy away from trying new styles, I got my hands on this pair of lemon yellow, floral printed cotton blazer and pencil skirt! Choosing from the wide range on stalkbuylove.com is always a difficult task and I took about 20 minutes debating with myself but finally grabbed this set of co-ords. Its a pretty one and indeed colorful so perfect for a summer day-out or a light brunch session! I teamed it up with a black spaghetti inside and a pair of black low heels to keep it matching with my black danglers, after all its all about coordinating from top to toe! Only the color I added to match those blooming flowers on my skirt and blazer set was a red wrist watch & a maroon, vintage sling-purse, which is about a 25 years old, damn it! I wasn't even born when my mom got it from across the borders! Well, that's how I completed my look and the best part is that I realized I can carry it from day to night and attend day-meetings and a get together in the evening because neither these co-ords looked over-the-top not made me look under-dressed for any of the events!

Now, I'll just give you some quick tips on how you can nail this matchy-matchy trend :

1. You DON’T have to go for crop top and skirt to style this look. I know the thoughts of wearing a crop top make a lot of us very nervous, but there are lots of styles now that are not crop tops!

2. Pick a print, colour and style that you love and that can be mixed and matched through your current wardrobe. If you go for a printed co-ord set you can pair it with block colours and vice versa plain co-ords look great teamed with prints and colours.

3. It is so important when buying a set that you love BOTH parts of it. You need to get wear out of them as a matching set but also on their own. It it’s a skirt and top; think about how you would wear them on their own, same goes for a blazer and shorts or trousers!

4. Keep your bodies well toned and that bulging tummy tucked in while you choose to go in for a sexy pair of co-ords because hey, nobody is guilty of blaming you for the rest, else!

Matchy-matchy sets make choosing an outfit stress-free, while mix and match separates take the trend to a DIY level, so you can put your own spin on co-ordinate dressing. So, check out stalkbuylove's co-ords collection and look twice as nice in a two piece! This season we’ll be calling on the co-ord day or night; because hey it’s time to meet your match!

Photographed by : Exposure Imageries


~xoxo~

Accidental Coordination

Remember the days when we all were in school and started planning with our friends about what to wear for a particular celebration or function, almost a week before? Yes! We all did that. Even if we went on school trips, we definitely wanted to consult each other and wear same colors or prints and go out flaunting it together. At that time, it was suppose to be a 'best friends thing', or if I may put it like, a group of friends decided upon wearing similar styled clothes to show up to an event, so it became a 'gang thing' after all. To be true, coordinating clothes has always been my favorite part of friendship at school. No matter where we're going, I felt my friends and I should always match anything and everything we wore or carried along!

She's wearing -  palazzos : Rajouri Garden Market (Delhi) | top & heels : Delhi GK1
earrings : Flipkart | ring : Shopnineteen

I'm wearing - croptop & palazzos : AND | heels : Steve Madden
necklace & earrings : Flea Market (Lucknow) | ring : Myntra | palmcuff : Pep My Persona

Well, I recently met an old friend of mine from school days. It had been five long years since I last saw her (of course at our farewell last). It was certainly delightful to meet her again, but what surprised both of us more was that, we hugged each other realizing we wore almost similar looking clothes, which brought back the good old memories in a flash. It was so pleasing to see her all grown up to be model like and stuff, doing advertisements for big brands; and trust me she is into real fashion! So, we sat together and discussed over how this accidental coordination took place, while we had no intentions to look like twins! While me and my DELL girl started to discuss about the coordination, it became a bit obvious that since its hot in the day, we both tried to wear comfortable clothes that are easy-breezy and as this new trend, palazzo pants, looked so elegant and feminine and because it kept us cool on a hot summer day, we picked up a pair each! These palazzo trousers are extremely easy to wear, provide balance & flatter your figure and create an illusion of a maxi skirt while keeping the freedom of pants intact. These fluid beauties can make your legs look taller and they are so comfortable that you would literally wish you could live in them. With the wide variety of fabrics and prints available out there, it won’t be a challenge either. 

As per the DELL girl, "palazzos are a great choice for a girl on the go; not only are they ultra stylish, but are super comfy which is perfect for a long day." So, she chose to team up her solid lemon yellow palazzos with a black sheer shirt-top with polka prints all over and pumped up her look by adding lemon colored earrings that dangled down and complimented her palazzos. She also added a black stone ring to her fingers finishing off the accessory part over all to keep her look simple and subtle. For her foot, she chose to wear black heels which matched her top perfectly because of the polka dot detailing on the straps at the upside of the footwear to make it comfortable for her to walk. Whereas, I chose to wear my light yellow printed palazzos with a lose, black crop top which had net borders hanging at the end of the top and the sleeves. Since I'm petite, and always thought palazzos aren't meant for short girls, for my footwear I chose heels that could help me cover up my daintiness! Its a beige colored pair, plated with gold blocks and strapped up above. I only picked up these heels to match it with my gold coined neckpiece and similar looking earrings with the gold palmcuff which I recently bought from this amazing e-store Pep My Persona; and a brass ring since I wanted to add a little sparkle to the gloomy day as it was! The best thing about the whole coordination we noticed was, we both had applied the same shade of red lipstick to complete our looks (well you know I don't apply it often)!

There was certainly a lot of matching that was happening. Still, as you can see (in the pictures above), both our looks appeared quite independent as my friend wore a printed top, where I wore a plain one; and while she chose a plain pair of palazzos, I chose to pick a printed one for myself! Also, she's on a fairer side and I'm a little duskier, so it became quite unconventional! You must have also noticed, that both the 'styles' of our palazzos are different too. As, she is wearing a pair with extremely wider bottoms at the end which looks quite flowy; while I'm wearing one which is straight and more structured at the length. Well, there are countless types of fabrics and cuts of these easy-breezy wonders which make them look different in style. Most girls are apprehensive about embracing the palazzos as the fear of looking bigger than usual exists. But that’s not true and it actually helps you look taller, a lot slender and non-bulky, waist down. You can find structured as well as flowy palazzo pants and depending on what suits your body type, you can add them to your closet. If you’re considering purchasing a pair of palazzo pants, the key to maximising wearability is to consider the proportions of your outfit. Think balance! You must remember a few smart tricks to up your style quotient. Palazzos are bottom-heavy since they flare out from the knees below, so keep the top you’re wearing light and well-fitting. Add a lot of character in by sporting a stylish accessory for a diva look. Wear high heels to add height and accessorize with contrasting jewellery for jazzing up the outfit and you're ready to rock at your work, day-outs, night parties or just anywhere!

Note : All this while, you must be thinking why did I kept calling my friend 'The DELL Girl' instead by her name, throughout the write-up. Well, its solely because she did this startling advertisement for the tech brand DELL, which most of you must have been watching on your television or before various videos on youtube (if not, watch HERE), and since then she's been named so by most of our friends! And yes, it was too much fun while collaborating with Saonyaa Shashan (yes, that's her name) for this post. A big hug to her for twinning up with me!

Photographed by :Rhea Ghosh (Exposure Imageries)

Shot at : Cappuccino Blast

~xoxo~