Culottes and Lilac Love

                                                                                

                                                                                    

                                                                                 

                                                                             

                                                                               

Shot By - RanaGurtej Photography

                                                                             

Trust your mom to give you the best fashion advice for life. She can battle all the notch heads to be a visionary when it comes to trends, statements and come-backs. Case in point these culottes, which my mom insisted me to HAVE and since then have been lying shunned except for those lazy days at home. Skinny and ankle-cropped pants have held the court for years now, and though they will never go out of style, it’s time to welcome some drama with culottes.

Culottes are a mark of innovative design. Cropped, wide-legged and falling a little lower than the Bermuda shorts, culottes encompass these stylish elements and spell élan and comfort in one.

Casual, sporty, sleek or tailored, I personally feel that the demure of culottes call for sophisticated dressing. Also, the silhouette and an over-flow of fabric can seem a little intimidating. Hence, minor attention to details never harms. A tucked boxy-top, a well-fitted top or T-Shirt or even your perfect fit button-down is the best way to accentuate the structure of culottes. Since I wore this outfit to a celebratory brunch, a little show of skin suited the occasion. Unlike the last time, I teamed this outfit with heels as they not only help elongate your frame and render some balance to the look, but also define the mid-calf area better. Now who can possibly mind that? 

With temperatures soaring I kept the tone of the look very monotone (and soothing if I may call it myself) with statement earrings, a printed clutch and a pop via the heels providing the adequate amount of colour and break.

However you may choose to wear them, I vouch that culottes are a summer staple. Besides, isn’t culottes a cool word to say? Your dependable fashion idol, breather for legs and a cool word…I hope the post has been worth a wait!

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Wearing - 

Top - Forever21

Culottes - Mango

Sandals - Myntra.com (worn here)

Earrings - H&M

Clutch - ALDO

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Meanwhile...

Top - Forever 21 | Neck-piece - Miss Flurrty | On my lips - MAC RubyWoo

                                                                          

                                                                 

                                                                      

Top - Gifted | Skirt - Forever New | Sandals - Marie Claire

                                                                            

Sunglasses - Forever 21

                                                                         

                                                                     

Blouse - TrimmingsAndLace | Sunglasses - RayBan

                                                                            

Pumps - Done By None

                                                                        

Skirt - TrimmingsAndLace | Cuff - The Closet Label

                                                                          

                                                                 

                                                                    

It's been a while since I came around this circuit. The past few weeks have been hectic with work and with exploring new ideas and projects to come through TrimmingsAndLace. If the blog got dull, my Instagram was surely buzzing with action and lots from my everyday life. Today, sharing some bits with you. Care to join - @trimmingsandlace.

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Watercolours And Serene Rumblings

                                                                            

                                                                       

                                                                                

                                                                    

                                                                    

                                                                               

                                                             

                                                                                

If you've been a regular on the blog and my page, you must be having an idea about my crop-top infatuation turned obsession. So with a couple of posts lined up to do so, today let me not take you down the route of how the cropped trend is ruling the fashion scene and the numerous ways it can be worn. 

Over the past few weeks, I have grown to acknowledge and accept more the lessons life teaches us everyday. These are a few thoughts I have been going to bed with and I am taking a chance to share them with you - 

1. It has become increasing important for us in the present day to value our real relationships and accept the fact that virtual relations are, well virtual. As easy as it is to make a relation, a simple reject/block/unfollow is enough to break it. The human connect and presence has been reduced to a mere click. How lonely can this make us eventually, don't stick around to explore that. 

2. Forgiveness - it is the hardest thing to do. It takes every inch of strength our body possesses to let go and forgive. But at the same, it is vital to understand that as humans we are bound to make mistakes - good, bad and ugly. And when the time is on us, we must also accept them and seek forgiveness. But one mustn't allow a mistake to govern his/her future. You cannot live being apologetic for the rest of your life. Your mistakes made you who you were, not necessarily to govern who you will be. 

3. Imitation is indeed a very powerful gesture of flattery. But it stands justified only to an extent. Post that, its called stalking. You seriously don't need to do things the way I do - pictures, comments, social messages and even hashtags and fonts. Trust me, you can do better!

4. There is nothing in life that shall go unanswered. Sometimes, we twirl ourselves in egos, criticisms, anger, disgust, regret and revenge. And that's what proves we are human. But there is a stronger force above this all - Karma. Let it take its course. And it doesn't disappoint. But at the same time, make sure to keep your circle positive.

5. Rise above pettiness. There is more to life than indulging in the petty frictions it brings. Don't make or allow yourself to construct your life with mediocrity.

I would love if you all participate and share your views on the same. You can drop in comments, email me or send in a tweet. Thank you for reading.

Wearing - 

Crop-Top - Old (DIY-ed)

Skirt - Forever New (here)

Sandals - Marie Claire (here)

Earrings - Thrifted

Rings - Romwe

On my nails - O.P.I Alpine Snow 

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Agam

Denim Reflectors

                                                                            

                                                                     

                                                                            

                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                 

                                                           

                                                            

                                                          

Much like many qualitative and abstract things in life, there are certain fashion trends that seem to grow on you. You know that one song you didn’t like in the beginning but its eventual replays made you love it, similarly there are certain pieces in our closets that make you cringe and ask yourself, “Do I really own this”, albeit you cannot stop styling it in your head and working out occasions where you can possibly wear them. That has pretty much been the case with these trousers. I received these in December last year courtesy Front Row Shop, and they have experienced some massive dressing room sessions. From crisp monotones to acidic neons, from subtle prints to bright ombres they’ve been introduced to many possible combinations, before they clicked well with the good lord denim.

The metallic trend’s got a whole new motto for Spring 2014 with designers (love this and this) pedaling up mirror metallic and iridescent fabrics. Once reserved for accessories and jewellery alone, this space-age inspired, playful candy-wrapper foil trend prompts a fresh sense of escapism to the always colourful spring season.

With the pants finally out of the dressing room, I can’t wait to style them with simple button-down shirts, crop tops and ethereal white kurtas. If you’ve been considering, picking up on this trend but doubted its wearability, I suggest dive in unabashed. Keep your look simple complimenting it with minimal make-up and fuss free hair and trust me it’s the shine you’ll never regret!

Wearing - 

Trousers - c/o Front Row Shop

Shirt - Ralph Lauren (here)

Peep-Toes - Mango

Haathphool - ALDO

Neck-piece - XOXO Accessories

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Agam

 

On The Street...Verka Girl

                                                                    

                                                                      

                                                                     

                                                                               

     

                                                                 

                                                                                 

Blogging has always enchanted me with new and exciting experiences along the route. A few months back, Baliabhishek.com and I went to the streets to capture the impulse of fashion from ground zero. An uncontrolled environment with no monitored poses and expressions was not only a fresh experience for me, but also made me liberal and free in the posts that followed. This weekend, sharing our experience with you. 

Wearing - 

Top - Forever 21

Skirt - Thrifted (Wore it back here)

Sandals - From a vintage store in Shimla (like these)

Bag - Stradivarius

Necklace - Forever 21

Brooch - Gifted

Bracelets - Assorted

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Agam

Spring, Prints and Getting Lucky

                                                                                      

                                                                         

                                                                             

                                                                    

                                                                          

                                                                       

                                                                       

                                                                     

                                                                     

An overload of pictures explain my happiness of returning with an outfit post. It indeed has been long (remember this). The past two months were a crazy roller-coaster to say the least, albeit the most memorable two months of my life. If you are on my Instagram, you might know but for those who aren't, my sister's wedding last month accounted for all this craziness and the missing posts ofcourse! So, what goes into making a typical Indian wedding...well you got to stay tuned for it!

Spring finally is showing colours in this part of the world, after a string of rainy days. Across fashion circuits, spring undoubtedly is the most loved season. For me it signifies happy dressing. Stockings, bare legs, dresses, blazers, light cardigans all seem to fit the bill. Its the vibe of the weather which makes even the monotone outfits bright and cheery. In this case, the orange satchel did the trick too. Much like crop-tops, my love for black and white too has been on a rise. With this outfit, I kept the overall contrast to a minimum retaining the satchel as the statement piece. A special mention to these velvet pumps which I bought sometime in December at a steal price. Ain't you just lucky when you find heels you can literally run in. Gold accessories and my new-found love for nude lips finished my look. What are you loving this March? Tweet and share with me - @TrimmingsNdLace. 

Wearing - 

Dress - TrimmingsAndLace

Blazer (DIY-ed) - TrimmingsAndLace (before)

Bag - ASOS

Stockings and Belt - Forever 21

Bracelets - Mango and Gifted

Rings - Romwe

Pumps - Marks & Spencer

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Love

Agam

March Loves

March is my favourite month of the year. Pleasant, warm weather, signs of spring, carried forward love month, flowers, longer days, birthday month, love of life birthday month, mini-holidays, macaroons, bare-legs, light cardigans, happy skin...and the following (newer) reasons!

 M.A.C Ruby Woo

   M.A.C Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in shade NC35

100% Pure Organic Argan Oil

March L o v e s!

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Agam