What i wore this winter

I have been away. But this is what i wore all winter Red lipstick , black dress, a black jeggings,boat neck sweaters, sneakers and woolen mufflers ( not scarves)...Oh and i cut my hair short.

JUMP

 Clothes by QILS

 Clothes by QILS

 Hauz Khaz, New Delhi

Rann of Kuchchh

 Jumping is a act which brings joy and a sense of freedom. It gives us a feeling of taking flight and a sense of weightlessness for a few seconds before the gravity brings us down.

Paule and i have started this series on "JUMP". We would like all of you to join us in this act of joy!

Vintage Love

Vintage me
Vintage Dress : Les Parisiennes
Vintage Silver Necklace : Jaipur
Vintage Nikon F3
Vintage expired role.

Warm

Winter is for deep Red Lipstick and Open Hair with layers of warm colors and a matching red scarfs to go with your lips. The way of making "homeless" look modern and chic is to pair it with a sexy woolen tight. And don't forget the socks! They can add that extra zing to any outfit.

Scarf - NUN
Shirt- Bhane
Sweater- Ginger
Red Retro high neck - Sarojini
Woolen Tights - Hongkong Market, Siliguri
Grey Socks - Lajpath Nagar

Photography - Mad Paule, clicked by his NikonF 3 manual , expired film

Layered Layering.

Traveler Kaftan Sweat Shirt by NUN
Woolen scarf by NUN
Crochet Scarf by People Tree
At the Unstable farm, Chattarpur, New Delhi
Photo by : Mad Paule

One of my favorite piece of accessory is a muffler or a scarf. I am one of the few broad built women who can layer as much as they want and still look proportionate and i use this physical quality to the fullest. I love layering.Sometimes mixing 2 scarves at a time to give texture and depth to the whole look.

Wandering me...

Photography : Mad Paule clicked with a Nikon F3. ( i swear DSLR doesnt look this good) :)
Date : 1st Jan 2014
Place: C P New Delhi
I have been complimented a lot on how my style is and how unique it is in many ways, i never felt the need to look at myself as someone who should be recorded,until recently i started to document it with the help of Mad Paule'. Its not only the way i dress but also a reminder of a language which i might loose with time. '.

The way i put my clothes together is a organic process. Sometimes it comes easily, sometimes i have to struggle. For me it is like putting a work of art together. I love every bit of the process, every bit of detail and i can do this everyday of my life every morning.
Playing with textures, colors and structures and affcourse a sense of story telling is what i look for in the end result.
Some of my most favorite pieces has been picked up from most unusual places and always has had story behind it. I am curious, and by now i get a gut feeling about a place where i will find such treasures.

The Story inside my head

In my head, i always start with a story. I always manage to carve out a space for myself in any work i do, so as to not loose myself and my identity which i wish to communicate with the work. People keep complaining about how difficult it is to be yourself in commercial works, but i have always found it easy to mould myself in the given box and then slowly pushing myself forward to break it. Luckily it gets accepted as fluidly and organically  like the process i indulge in for any creative project.

I am juggling many projects professionally and personally recently, constantly stimulating me to push my boundaries and explore what i can do with my ability to understand and execute aesthetics. My aesthetics has always rooted from 'nostalgia'..i have this innate urge to make everything i do look and feel used, lived in and narrative.

This particular series was photographed for 'Anupamaa'. Her gulabi collection is as bright and lively it can get. Like the flowers in springtime. As usual we started with a story and took the shoot forward with a narration. The story of 'Gulabi', A woman who waits for the night to bloom as she wears every treasure she owns and roams around in the Haveli in anticipation.

The idea eventually became more romantic as we moved forward, the wait became for a lover.  We wanted to capture the process of a woman who is getting ready for her lover and capture that anticipation and nervous energy while she goes through time.

Affcourse the story of Gulabi and her haunting inside the Haveli remained in my head. I revisited the shoot and tried to bring in the feeling i got when i first visited the haveli before the shoot. The haveli is situated in Munirka Village. It is owned by one of the Jat landlord of the area. For some reason no one lives there anymore. The remains were numerous medals and photographs of a man who must have been a swimming champion at some time. His photographs were everywhere one of them alongside Amitabh Bacchan. The old blazer hung on the brick wall with a very dusty cloth on it for protection. The chaarpais were as casually unkept as if the man decided to just leave the space one day while he was doing a mundane chore,never to return. The haveli looked like someone just left it and never looked back, never looked back to come collect the pictures, never looked back to shift some of the furniture's and never revisited to revisit memories.

As if a lover left and never looked back to what happened to 'Gulabi' and she was left iternally waiting in anticipation.