Shoot
A delicate, exquisite female model sitting with eyes closed, chin forwards for dabs of make-up. The make-up artist pores over her, oblivious of her own distraught appearance, busy applying nude lip gloss and bronzing the model’s cheek bones.
The male models stand about, their tight waists folded in deep white towels and over that, barrel chests exploding huge. They’re short but that’s ok. We just need close up shots. They stand quietly until they’re called upon to perform for the lens.
The photographer adjusts his lenses and frowns as he realizes the dark background is absorbing his subject. He needs light. Anyhow. Whether it is by putting chart paper in the background, that he will suitably blur. And a splash of green. Helpers! Bring green. From anywhere. Pots of plants or branches to hold.
Small issues like light he plug doesn’t fit extension board irritates one and all. Whose responsibility was it? Creativity is so subject to technical soundness.
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(Oh wow… great revelation. Duh…)
Hi fashion designers,
Lissun. Here is a golden world-famous opportunity. Let me tell you that very boring knee-guards etc are available in the market at chemist stores. Wrist bands still have designs but elbow and knee guards, used a lot by cyclists (MTB) are just not happening. They’re like granddaddy’s underwear design. I am not talking of knee caps; not talking of the complicated stuff with panels and casing; just the knee guards which are cylindrical tight ribbed-elastic things. Simple to make. Need a hole on top of the knee to keep the movement going. Hope for Metal or Punk style graphics. Anything but the boring peach/cream guards. Y’know, happier street-style stuff. Sell your design to Reebok. Lemme know if anyone makes an initiative. What say?
DIR 69
Spontaneous and eclectic. A shop called DIR 69 in Hauz Khas village, Delhi. Tanu Bagai brings together prettiness, vintage flavour, European pastels, glam bling and edgy leather to create a truly unique collection of bags. It's not just the bags; her shop offers a different mood altogether with its battered cabinet, whisky & lace lamp and artificial tree showing off bags on its bare limbs.
Tanu revels in purely heart-gladdening design. Apart from bags, she designs a small collection of clothes as well. "They come to me asking for party clothes. What's PARTY clothes now..?" she asks indignantly as her stuff just doesn't stick to clichéd definitions. The bags start at Rs 1000. The avg price is Rs 3000. Just remember, don’t dress to match the bags!
The Pillow Bag>>>
Gleam-Toaster Bag >>>
Lady's Luggage >>>
69 Bling >>>
Vintage pvc printed layered bag with wooden handles >>>
Quilted Black Bag >>>
Bridal pastry Bag >>>
Lover's Tiffin Bag >>>
The Bag Bureau >>>
And Tanu!
Tanu Bag-Ai
Marathi: Mother of bags
Japanese: Bag-love
Contact DIR69 @
50, F/F, Hauz Khas village, New Delhi-30
Ph: 91 9810176178
The shop is far down the road near the entrance of Hauz Khas monument.
Fashion Head
I am making a list of the usual do-able styles, just so that it is easy to put thougts in order, as well as ensembles.
Sporty >> For parkour
Street >> For casual strutting
Hippie
Rock n Tattoo
Sophisticated >> with best quality detailing and accessories
Cold and Inflexible and Starchy
Uniform >> Napolean style jacket or military apparel
Romantic >> Knots and bows and fluid lines
FabIndia
Resort-wear >> Ample breathing space and whites
Irreverent >> Formal suit with red shoes. Tough to carry off.
Color >> The enjoyment of one color block like an orange kurta or solid color trapeze dress.
Quirky >> With odd pouchy pockets, lurex on the collar or simply mixed laces
Utter glam >> Black tube dress with a large satin hood. And gorgeous gorgeous shoes.
What else..? And what for summer?
Lazy Glint
Want to do the beach look.. bronzed shoulders.. stringy neck-thing.. and sand specks.. all the clichés.. heh
Wantings
Need Papaya orange muffler. Not the snuggly-wuggly-woozly thick type. Not the mean narrow strip. Just the usual. Strong color. Genuine. For when I don't want my black overcoat to be impersonal.
Flipping through an Indian Fashion Catalogue
Minimalism mixes with a need for elaborate expression. Roses heap on dresses; but its grey on dull blue.
Rajesh Pratap Singh.
Embellishments and fabrics of ghagras squeezed into bustiers and mini-skirts. The lingering romance of stringy backs and elaborately embroidered necklines.
Floral Girly Summer whites with breathe-easy transparency. Maybe a touch of Japanese hues in an Indian Indian summer.
Flounces and Ruffles
A defiant creature in trailing robes
A fashionable urchin
Peach Sap Green and WHITE
Abraham and Thakore
Tussar silk… red textured with gold disturbances. A culture to run your hand over, crush as you recline in gorgeous array.
Gaurav Gupta
Detailed motifs like Persian illustrations or just repetitive bee-hive hexagons printed, reprinted all over to create an intricate medium.
Cue
Malini Ramani. The JP Gaultier of
Classic black with gold embroidery. Could be a curtain, sofa or dress. Velvet dress. Old-world beauty sewn in every seam, every patch of the garment.
Elegance so delicate it may evaporate, fashion mixing with oil paintings, the regal long kurtas on flared pants – so reminiscent of early Indian fashion. The 90s. Muzaffar and Meera Ali.
Those typical peach dresses in chiffon, the gold blingy sheer dresses. Tiered skirts in beige. All that you already seen but may still have an eye on.
Manish Malhotra.
Inspirations from the floral whites of Mediterranean vineyard festivities, from the blue and gold silk of Bharatnatyam costumes.
White embroidery on white, pleats and pin tucks and patchwork that don’t stand out due to a universal neutral shade, but build a richness nevertheless. Rohit Bal.
The typical silver jewellery, undecided between its tribal Indian origins and contemporary air.
Sabyasachi. Liberal. Authentic. Disputably understated. Picking from fabrics worn around the house, glamorizing them with a dash of gold and then negating it with an unflattering shape. Grandmother’s trunk to pull rags and riches out of.
Handbags and sandals, their bling exaggerated by placing them along dry wooden barks. Clutches. Fat bands of rings, even ear-rings with mineral-ore like stones set in them. Nature to be sported on your ear-lobes and neck, accentuating the dull gold or self-effacing black of your dress.
Fashion inspiration
Flimsy dress & trendy jacket with sneakers!
yeaahha..
Silk shorts with golden stilettos! (With margin for second thoughts)
While I was darning something this Sunday afternoon, I looked at the cotton spool I held in my hand. Light dusty tired blue and a golden beige ribbon, B’ful combo….. Cud be a dress.
And I want a fitted short shapely matte leather jacket quilted and structured at shoulders, elbows. Nice lapels or an experimental collar of some sort. Not grunge but almost there. Not biker but a lil there. Very very chic. The kind that I can wear with jeans or fling over a dress to make it edgy. I want it even before summer /monsoon is out.
