This month's blog is dedicated to Designer Blouses, which is the most popular trend atleast in A.P & is here to stay.With little enhancements & creativity our ordinary blouse can be turned into the designer blouses.Let me share the ways I can think of to make a proper designer blouse.

I am proud to present my own designs for the first time on this blog

 The best and easy way is to get rich embroidery on blouse. We don’t always need boutique’s for this our gully embroider does this

Another way is to mix and match different fabrics. Take rich traditional fabrics such as brocade, banaras, choose good color combination

 

The color combination can be same as that in sari or total contrast. Use different fabrics for sleeves & blouse body or different fabrics at back neck & same for sleeves

Use fabrics that are contrast or that differ in shade

Experiment with different sleeve & hem shape instead of regular shapes. Like use V-shape for sleeves &/or hem

The other way is to get texturing done like using smocking, pintucks, pleats etc done for sleeves or at back neck.

Use traditional Indian fabrics like silk, brocade, banaras for a modern blouse like strapless, sleeveless or knotted one’s

Even for traditional saris like handlooms, silk etc go for contemporary patterned blouses

Smart usage of  appliue & patch works make a great patterned designer blouse

Go for deep necks with padded blouses

Neutral Colors Trend

Neutral colors like tan, black, grey, white are very much in for 2011

 Adding a dash of color to neutral creates interest

Adding black with neutrals colors such as dull pink , dull green also works fine

 

Accessories

Appropriate accessories can bring dramatic change to the whole look.The thumb rule for accessories is to a  create focal point. Have either big ear rings or big neck piece but not both.

  

 

In this though the dress is very beautiful the focal point is the long chain.  We first notice the chain than the dress

In this there is no focal point . Each & every part of the dress is too heavy – the lehanga, chunni & even the blouse sleeve is embroidered heavily. With all this  the neck piece is also heavy. Since the lehanga border is of light shade than rest of the garment the first thing anyone notices is the lehanga border. I guess we want people to look at our face or jewellery or complete dress  not the border of the dress.

 

 

For this cream  hot pink sari wearing pink ear rings would take away attention from blouse pattern to the models face. Though model is wearing heavy ear rings because of the ear rings color the focus to blouse & sari is still maintained








 
With colorful accessories any neutral dress can be brightened  

 

Modernizing Sari

This month’s blog is dedicated our very old 6 yard magic - THE SARI. We will see how we can wear this very old garment and yet be modern

Choose sari colors & prints that are modern & trendy

 Choose modern & flowy fabrics like Chiffon, Georgette, Brasso etc 

 

Choose pre-pleated/zipper saris/ready made saris which are stitched trendy 

 

 

Fashion Jargon
 For many days I was confused between few garments like Sharara, lacha & leghanga. Lets see the definition of few garments.

Sharara and Lacha are essentially Pakistani garments while leghanga is Indian. Lacha & Leghanga have skirt as bottom garment while Shara's bottom is flared pants.

Sharara

 

Leghanga is worn with choli while the other two are worn with kurti.

 Lacha

 

The Choli on  lehanga is worn either long or short and not absolute body fit as sari blouse

Lehanga

 

Half Sari is like leghanga-choli and is worn by South Indians. The choli is body fitting like sari blouse.

 

Half-Sari or Pavada

Saris are also of different type. A half-n-half sari is similar to half sari in appearance. The sari is made of two different colored fabrics of equal length.

Half-n-Half Sari

A Patili Pallu sari is also made of two different colored fabrics like half-n-half sari but the two fabrics are of not equal length. One fabric is only at the pleats portion of the sari and the other fabric forms rest of the sari.

 Patili Pallu sari

Celebrity Fashion 

 Lets check the celebrity's fashion sense. How good are bad they are being supported by Stylists, fashion houses. This month's celebrity is Ashwarya Rai Bachan.

Check this dress worn by Ash to one of the events.She had to give this pose due to the silhouette of the dress as one side of the dress pops out.Also a layer,like tucked in top, inside the black part of the dress is visible

This dress is for skinny people,  for sure not for Ash. She doesn't look slim.This dress made her loose her natural hour glass figure.

This dress is for much younger ladies.This kind of stiff fabrics should be avoided for not skinny physique and/or 30+. Her dress, make-up, her hair style put together de-glamorized the world's most beautiful women.

Wadrobe 

Dressing for occasion is a key to fashion statement. Wearing appropriate dress and being comfortable will naturally make one confident. If one can carry a dress gracefully half of the job of being fashionable is done.

In this month's edition we will check wadrobe for wedding sangeet.As sangeet has lot of dancing choose a very comfortable garment. Pure Silk fabrics that are natural observe sweat & are comfortable. Avoid complete sequenced fabrics.

Coming to silhouettes sharara is a better choice. Else go for flared lehanga instead of fish cut or tight fit one.

Tight Fit Lehanga

To keep garment light avoid heavy embroideries with pearls, beads & stones. Instead go for rich fabrics like pure raw silk and/or rich broacade & tissue fabrics