Accessorize's Autumn/Winter Campaign With Tamsin Egerton

Hi my lovelies!!! 

As you all know, I love my accessories and what better store for them than Accessorize? I absolutely love the current campaign of Accessorize which includes winged handheld totes, slouchy oversized clutches and chic colour-blocked hobos – and exaggerated heirloom style jewellery adorning the face of the 2013 autumn/winter campaign - Tamsin Egerton. Tamsin is an English actress and model, rumoured to be dating Josh Hartnett (sigh!). She is best known for her roles as Chelsea Parker in the 2007 film St Trinian’s, Holly Goodfellow in Keeping Mum, and Guinevere in the 2011 TV series Camelot, and most recently she played Fiona Richmond in the film ‘The Look of Love’. The campaign, shot by Ben Weller who in his kitty, has shot for Vogue around the world, and styled by Naomi Miller, former Harper Bazaar’s stylist has new look studio shots for the for the brand, all styled with a clean, sharp edge. A London-girl-about-town feel is seen with Egerton carrying the season’s most coveted bags.

 The campaign moves on to reach out to the brand’s more grown-up styling for October, with Egerton showcasing fashion-forward day clutches and look-at-me jewels. November sees the actress transformed into a street-savvy stylista with on-trend boyfriend beanies and statement knitted scarves.  

December delivers the brand’s Christmas shots, with Egerton embracing the famous glitzy side of Accessorize; think endlessly sparkling gemstones and heavily embellished clutches; picture perfect for the up and coming party season.  In fact Tamsin is quite experimental with her style and says that she gets bored doing the same look over and over again. Her style is flouncy, girly one moment and masculine and structured the next. (Just like me, tee hee). I can’t wait to try her fave pieces from the collection which are the gold & black bracelets (that I’d love to add to my usual stack on my hand) the gold rings as you could mix and match as many or a little as you like to create different looks. The rings actually work really well together with the bracelets.

The coming party season means lots of new looks to try and lots of accessories to flaunt. Accessorize’s new campaign has definitely caught my eye and would probably be my one-stop-shop for the party season’s jewelry shopping. Has it made it to yours yet?

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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