Bombai Fashion !

Mumbai. Padded shoulders, pastel colors, high waisted skirts, crop

tops, bouffants. 1980’s? Nah, 2013! Retro is back! And I’m loving it.

Attire deemed passé is now rocking the clubs and party scenes. What

ruled the wardrobe of our Dimple Kapadias and Juhi Chawlas is now

back with a bang. The elegant and only-for-the-wealthy bouffant

now has a done-to-death but still stylish sister in 2013. The padded

shoulders? Well they just add that extra bit of oomph to our already

glamorous Zara and Burberry jackets. And what can I say about those

cloth hairbands tied up in a bow on one side. Is Rihanna enough?

Now that reminds of red lipstick. Red lipstick never really went out of

sight but was always reserved for the age matured. Now every Teena,

Meena, Deena flaunts it. Ofcourse EVERY Sindhi or Punjabi wedding

is incomplete without a Sheela Aunty or Reshma Aunty blinding

and temporarily damaging the eyesight of the weddingees with her

jewels and BRIGHT red lips. (Weddingees = wedding attendees)

 College girls work their midi tops (a little longer than crop tops)

in such a way that, that atrociously conservative principle and

watchman don’t catch a glimpse of their tum tums but that cute boy

does.

The voluptuous bodies of the 80’s and 90’s that flaunted high waisted

skirts and crop tops are doing it again(though slightly toned now). 3

years ago, girls flaunting this trend would make them cower in regret

and prone to a helluva stares. To party go-ers in Mumbai now, it is

more accepted. Palazzos and elephant/giant pants have infiltrated

the streets of Mumbai, every fashionably conscious girl owns a pair.

And every weight wary aunty owns two (The high waist one hides

the flab, you see.) Girls in Mumbai have become more conscious

with their appearance regularly taking inspiration from the bevy of

fashion magazines now available at their local baniya. Give grace.

That’s that for western . Now for Indian. Sonam Kapoor, Vidya

Balan. Need I say anymore? We Indian girls have our fair share of

inspiration for traditional wear. Be it copying Vidya’s Sabyasachi sari

or Alia Bhatt’s ‘Radha’ lehenga. We all know the tricks of the trade.

Google them a couple of times, pick up similar fabric from thy local

fabric shop. Take a printout of the Bollywood star in her outfit to

the tailor. And voila! Commonnn girls, we’ve all done this at some

point of our lives. Or not, cos you have discovered a (not very Tarun

Tahiliani priced) Indian designer who customizes and designs clothes

only for you.

Our maang tikkas and hand harnesses have taken over fashion

websites and music festivals. Indian inspired attire is all over the

place! Every Mumbai girl is now fashion conscious, striving to look

her best even on the streets. Be it inspiration from the runways or

Bollywood we’ve got the best of it all. (Except – Forever21 USA,

please start shipping to India?)

Hey there Milan, Paris, LA? There’s a city bubbling with sugar, spice

and everything nice on the other side of the world. I think you’ve got

competition.

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                                                                                              Sanjana Khanna for Fashionalized

Accessorize Autumn Winter Collection - My Favourites !

Accessorize invited Fashionalized to come and take a look at their new collection. We loved the whole collection especially the punk part !

Take a look at my favourites from Accessorize A/W Collection !

I loved the Gatsby inspired pieces. 

Buy sets of bracelets that can be worn as single pieces or stacked ! #LOVE

I saw loads of great hair accessories ! Loved the spiked hairbands :)

The perfect shopping bag !

If your looking for a nice big day bag you must get this one .

With fellow blogger Fashion & Co.

Hair doughnuts are a must buy ! Great for buns and updos ! 

Mix N Match with this funky earring set !

I loved the punk section ! Spikes and studs all the way !

This is what I got, it has everything that I love ! Skulls, spikes n stars !

Fashnalized's new intern Sanjana & me had a lovely time ! Thank you Accessorize !

FNO India With Me !

I

                 

AT FNO INDIA 2013 with Piya Tanna, Bandana Tewari & Anaita Shroff Adajania

        Fashion's Night out was such a blast !!! I hope all of you followed my posts on twitter and instagram, it was such a fun night ! I was soooooooooo excited when Vogue announced the venue for FNO this year. There was so much to look forward to but I was most excited about the Pop Up Store. I had my eyes on a few things that were featured in the September issue so that was the first place that I headed to. I was shocked to see a huge line outside the store. It took us nearly 30 minutes just to get into the store but I was certain it would be worth the wait and it was ! I bought a lovely Nishka Lulla dress for Rs 1500 and a pair of earrings for only Rs 250 .

The Pop Up Store

The long line outside the Pop Up Store

What I bought from FNO!

The Nishka Lulla dress I bought from the Pop Up Store 

   Look what my fav designer Shubhika Sharma wore to FNO ! Love that skirt !

After that I decided to walk around and check out all the deals and discounts. The only thing I bought from the stores was a pair of heels from Zara for Rs 990 ! I actually read the label twice to check if I was right . And guess what I enjoyed a glass of champagne as I was trying them on. Bliss !

Champagne at Zara !

My new spiked beauties from ZARA :)

  I had lots of fun trying on jewellery and taking pictures at the Swarovski store with my fellow blogger Santu Mishra :). I also spent some time at Lakme's Pop up salon to check out the new cc cream. Would you guys like a review?

Swarovski magic !

Thank you Swarovski for the lovely polaroid :)

                       
                                                               

Love the bug Im wearing ?

Lakme gave me a tube of cc cream to try along with this yummy cupcake :)

The Black Clutch project was lovely. One concept with many different interpretations . My Favourites were Anand Kabra, Masaba, Shivan & Narresh and Nachiket Barve.

My favs from the black clutch project !

What I wore - Top N Skirt - H&M, Spiked Flats- Missguided & Clear Clutch- Fashionalized !

After all this I had a huge dinner with my girls which was the perfect end to such a wonderful evening :). Did any of you come for FNO? What did you think?

What a fun night !

Back home at 1am avec shopping bags !

Lavie's Autumn Winter Handbag Collection

          We've all seen Kareena Kapoor looking confused and indecisive on what handbag to buy in the Lavie Handbag commercial. I experienced that first hand when I went to see Lavie's Autumn Winter 2013 collection. They had a lovely event for bloggers to tell us about their collection. They also gave us some vouchers to buy a Lavie bag and this is where I had my Kareena moment! As you all know I love bright colours and I thought I'd get  a nice, bright bag. But then I spotted this lovely laptop bag which was perfect for my new MacBook Air  :)

What do you guys think?

Lets see how many compartments this one has ! 

Which one do you guys like more ?

So many bags to choose from !!!

Finally decided !

Do you guys like my new laptop bag ?

Thank you Lavie !