The Collar Story
23 May 2013 By Swati Ailawadi You are possibly reading, seeing and wearing emphasized collars for about 4 years now. ( Yes ! it has been that long since Miu Miu in their Spring Summer 2010 collection favored the pointy and oversized animal printed collars, even though Miuccia referenced the youth that season) In my mind, that is the farthest that I can trace back the collar fascination in recent ...
Design for All (Part I) : Blobism
19 April 2013 By Swati Ailawadi I am really excited about introducing this new series on the blog called Design For all. Its idea was conceived over dinner, that I recently had with someone who is an engineer and has strong roots in software. Stepping in alien territory, the question of fashion, design and even 'fashion as art' and its relevance came up. It opened my eyes to a reality that how so many ...
Fascinated by White on White
6 May 2013 By Swati Ailawadi If you have been following my Facebook page, you might have seen me share Tilda Swinton's surreal appearance in W magazine in white clothes complete with a painted white skin and white hair made to stand against a white backdrop. I have been fascinated with white on white for quite a while now, and I have been seeing it everywhere. David Shah representing Pantone in their ...
We have a Responsibility!
30 April 2013 By Swati Ailawadi I realized this a while ago, and it has changed my perspective towards my own blog and the others. As we hit publish on our admin panel and let our words and pictures be available in this cloud of a space, that is the internet, we touch upon many a minds. The content we generate is read by real people; and not only for a week, it would be read for months and years to ...
Easy DIY : Recycling Old Audio Cassette Tapes
23 April 2013 By Swati Ailawadi I think I will speak for a lot of individuals when I say it is hard to throw away old audio cassette tapes. Technology changes fast; and the same kind of charm an old gramophone record has today, the audio cassette will have, maybe a decade down the line. My dad has his old days and memories contained in the magnetic tape safe inside the plastic encasing, and so do I. ...
Why is Emerald Green the Pantone Color of the year 2013?
15 April 2013 Pictures courtesy Pantone 17-5641 Emerald board at Pinterest You would ask - how am I qualified enough to comment on that? I do not work in the forecasting industry and I definitely don't work for Pantone. But well through reading, secondary research (I wish I could omit geeky terms really) and my four years at college understanding fashion and forecasts, I have put together a short abstract ...
Many a personalities (Home decor)
10 April 2013 Today I would like to be honest and reveal a lot is up. Three months in, and I already feel the blog lacks reflection of my personality. I maybe underestimated, who/what I wanted this blog to be. I am still battling a question everyday, if I am headed in the right direction or not. I believe that happens when you walk a new path (this blog in this case) and dream big. 'The road not taken' ...
Its more than JUST a bob!
28 March 2013 Where to get a Bob haircut in India This is a long due post, since my hair have been bobbed for over a month now. And today's post is not only a personal experience but a lot about the Bob's significance and history too. But first thing's first, in case you love that Bob on me and are wondering where did I get it from, I am happy to divulge the details right here. The very ...
Understanding Indian Fashion @ Wills India Fashion Week A/W 2013
22 march 2013 This is my third post in a row relating to my geographical location that is India. This blog is fairly new and the content line is still loosely defined, but these location centric posts are bound to become a part of this blog. In fact my predominant thought process behind this will be reflected in today's post; possibly drawing parallels for you in what I saw at the Wills India Fashion Week ...
The Pottery Wheel : Dastkar Delhi
14 march 2013 I talked about my visit to Dastkar Delhi in my earlier post. The spring fair was all about crafts and as I mentioned before I have always been fascinated with pottery. I managed to capture almost the whole process in my pictures that day. It is an amateur photo series I agree, but it surely will be capable of giving my readers an insight and flavor of magic that happens on the wheel. It is ...
Crafts of India : Dastkar Mela Delhi
8 March 2013 The past month saw a lot of fashion week related posts on this blog. I promised a 'Fashion Fatigue Week' from 7- 14 March in an earlier post. So today, for my International readers as well as the local ones, here is a post about an Indian flavored crafts mela (fair) which I attended the day before. Dastkar Mela, Delhi A country rich in handicrafts and trying to keep up with ...
London Fashion Week Madness : Did you see the crazy prints ?
March 5 , 2013 The title of this post is a little misleading. Since it is not just about London Fashion Week's Crazy prints. The post today encompasses much more but I could not make the title any longer than it already is. I want to talk about three things actually, different from each other and yet relevant. Here it goes ! Blogger friendship and collaborating with Unique talent When I ...
Falling in love with your trench : Burberry Prorsum Autumn Winter 2013
February 20, 2013 As I laid my eyes upon its golden kissed skin and traced its chiseled shape, my heart beat faster with each passing second I spent admiring its perfection. In my head I was already with it, swooning with joy and loving the reflection of both of us together while walking against a glass high rise. In reality Kinga Rajzak walked in my beloved heart print calfskin Burberry Prorsum Trench on the ...
London Fashion Week Day 1 : Central Saint Martins
February 18, 2013 There is a certain aura around watching a graduation show. No commercial pressures, make the designers explore new depths of their craft and creativity. If you want to witness real-clothing or accessories - head somewhere else, because the Central Saint Martins show on Day 1 of London Fashion Week was nothing but. A group of 13 graduates presented a total of 125 looks bursting with new ...
Why did Marc Jacobs send Lily McMenamy topless on Fall 2013 runway?
February 17, 2013 [I] slept cozy and comfortable in my bed in India, as Marc Jacobs defined glamour, chic and comfort yesterday in New York. And even as I woke up, I was unaware that I missed a fashion moment. It was not until a dear friend of mine, not related to a fashion profession, informed me that Marc Jacobs sent a topless model down the runway. It was in the papers here, so it must have meant ...
New York Fashion Week Fall 2013 : Designer of the Day : Natalie Ratabesi at Philosophy
[P]icking out a designer for today was a tough call. I loved the Proenza Schouler white and rounded pea cot- a la Cristobal Balenciaga, the biker aesthetic at 3.1 Philip Lim and also the sans embellishments collection by Altuzarra - yes, there was so much to love. But then my eyes fell upon a certain white shirt by Philosophy, and it was clear that this collection I loved more than the others. Lets find out ...
New York Fashion Week Fall 2013 : Designer of the Day : Prabal Gurung
Now each time I open style.com, a feeling wraps me up. The sheer amount of shows taking place each day, so much fashion to see and know is overwhelming. It feels like it would be hard to keep up with so much. I can partly imagine being at the fashion week in real, must mean a lot of toiling. But the sheer expanse of it all should not keep us from getting a little too deep in some things that catch our eye. ...
New York Fashion Week Fall 2013 : Designer of the Day : Jason Wu
[A]nd I am back, third day in a row, bringing you the designer of the day from NYFW. Before I start with Jason Wu ( Should he called Jason Woo - as his clothes do just that ! ) I want to confess that these posts are time consuming but rewarding. This post specially took a lot of time, I agree I am slow, but I have challenged myself to post daily about FW up till March 6. Hope you are enjoying all the ...
New York Fashion Week Fall 2013 : Designer of the Day : Creatures of the Wind
[C]otW, just like my last feature Tanya Taylor, is fairly new to the fashion industry. Maybe there is something about new talents and fresh visions that attracts me. And in case of Creatures of the Wind, designer duo Shane Gabiers and Chris Peters actually caught everyone's attention during last seasons, due to their outsider appeal. As Nicole Phelps noted back in 2011 "they're immune to the group-think that ...
New York Fashion Week Fall 2013 : Designer of the Day : Tanya Taylor
[N]ew York Fashion Week officially kick started on Thursday. But a day prior were held various presentations by fairly new designers. But new does not mean amateur. Some of these names are hugely talented and are surely the ones to look out for in the coming seasons. Through out the whole month, A designer of the Day will be featured on this blog. With their current collection reviewed and also an ...
Fashion Week Fall 2013 : Dates to watch Live
[W]e just entered February and I assume all of us ( edit : the fashion community ) are gearing up for major Fall 2013 Fashion Weeks. The lucky ones are visiting and being a part of the action by being physically being present here. The not so lucky ones will maybe get sad while reading their hyper twitter feed. But the 'rose tinted glasses' ones will watch it LIVE . Duh! Bloggers feed on technology, then why ...
Berlin Fashion Week Fall 2013 – Opposites attract
[N]ew York Fashion Week for Fall / Winter 2013 is still a week ahead, which for many kick starts the season as all eyes are set on the big four. But several other professionally managed fashion weeks ( and I say this because there are all sorts of 'fashion weeks' cropping everywhere now) battle it out for attention of the media and the buyers and it is noteworthy that even comparatively smaller capitals mean ...
Three Words Only : MSGM Spring Summer 2013 campaign
Three Words Only is regular column in this blog. Adjectives like pretty, beautiful, cute etc. are highly overused by each one of us. So to break the habbit, I choose images which inspire me and I brain storm (my brains out) in order to describe them with only 3 unique adjectives. If you like this idea, you can feature for your posts too on your blog , while giving due credit to the Creative ...
Gender Bender : Overlapping Fashion Trends
[T]he very first post on this blog, is opening with a rather unusual and controversial magazine cover. Shot by Collie Schorr for Dossier magazine circa 2011, the androgynous model Andrej Pejic appears topless while taking off his white shirt as his tresses are up in rollers and he looks gracefully feminine. Forward two years and WGSN predicts "Radical Neutrality" as a macro trend for Autumn Winter 2013. The ...
