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  • Educated Tatya 6:32 am on June 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    28.5.10 

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    Top: Muslin pin-tuck one from W bought three-four years ago. Forget how much. It’s my favourite top, forever and ever.

    Pants: Wide-leg, huge-ass print from OMO in Bandra for about Rs 400. This summer, I invested in a lot of cotton and linen pants to add to my Funny Pants collection. I love this print and colour so much that I’m going to source the fabric drape myself in it.

    Shoes: Dansko sandals, which are without doubt the mostly comfortable heels I own.

    Accessories: Peacock feather earrings that reach my shoulders and the Titan watch.

    Cotton pants and white top was my summer uniform.

     

    • Savitha 5:50 am on June 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Did you wear this to work?

    • Aparna 3:05 pm on June 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      The trousers look oohh so comfy.

    • suchi 2:43 pm on July 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      love the print, but something is off with the proportions in this outfit

  • Educated Tatya 4:56 am on May 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    15.5.10 

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    Wore this to quick dinner yesterday and then to work today.

    Romper: Promod via Colaba Causeway: Rs 200. I like how it’s short without being juvenile. I had my reservations about it, but I don’t look like I’m trying too hard. Or do I?

    Chappals: I’m not too comfortable with overt sexiness, so took the edge off with my Steve Zissou kolhapuris.

    Accessories: Seiko watch and this fantastic Jhola Co. canvas bag from OMO for Rs 610.

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    • kongkona 6:00 am on May 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Tomboyish Sexy is like my fav combo,I am going to go hunt this piece in Colaba when I am back in Mumbai

    • H 5:38 am on May 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Ai Ai Ai!
      So chic!
      And I think it’d look just as nice with metallic gladiators(Sorry it’s a phase.)
      Are readers allowed to post here?

      • Educated Tatya 6:16 am on May 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Now that you’ve said it, I’m going to hold you to it (posting here). Register through the side bar and drop me a line if you have any trouble.

    • weewoman 9:57 pm on May 23, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Love the jhola!!

      Also been contemplating the romper trend myself…might actually make one…but I think I might look 10 yrs old in it!

    • Pia 9:36 pm on May 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      The look is soo effortless! How do you end up with stuff from the street that fit you so well?? Love the jhola and the kolhapuris!!

  • Educated Tatya 4:25 am on May 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    13.5.10 

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    It all started with the shoes. I wanted another chance to wear these brogues that Faye brought down for me.

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    Top: Dolman sleeve white tee: Rs 150; Colaba Causeway. I’m happy to report, nothing that I’ve bought in the last few months is ‘basic’. I’m shifting with the decade.

    Pants: Roll-ups for Rs 300 from Fashion Street. The brand escapes me right now. I’ll update later. I chose these not only to showcase the shoes, but also because they are damn comfortable.

    Accessories: Wooden and silver kadas and a Seiko watch

    Shoes: From Clarks. I bump and grind them when no-one’s looking.

    I tappity-tapped all day.

     

    • kongkona 6:01 am on May 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      How do you manage to get such well fitting pants from Fashion Street.Where do all these things go when I go shopping.Why don’t I have the eye to pick up such things.Why why.
      P.S. Just love this outfit

    • f 11:37 pm on May 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Love the bag, love the bag, love the bag, love the bag, love the bag….and yes, also the kolhapuris.

    • f 4:07 am on May 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Sorry the above comment was for the post with the jhola, jumpsuit and kolhapuris.

  • Educated Tatya 3:42 am on May 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    9.5.10 

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    This is what I wore to a movie date and then a working Sunday. When I work on Sunday, I protest by wearing whatever the fuck I want — shorts, pajamas, frothy princess dresses.

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    Dress: Topshop maxi. I think this salmon pink/peach colour is going to dominate the summer lines. I’ve seen a lot of sample pieces in this colour around the city and since I can’t find them on the brands’ website, I think they are for the next season. I love the mul and the abject flowy-ness. I pulled it up a bit so I wouldn’t trip

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    Top: It’s Kate Moss for Topshop sample and buttoned up, it looks a little… umm… of a pao-aunty disposition. But I love florals, so I wore it like an over-shirt which played down the shoulder frills, I think.

    Chappals: Gold huaraches

    Accessories: Belt, gold hoops and men’s Casio. I though gold went better than silver with this colour.

     

  • Educated Tatya 2:59 am on May 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    8.5.10 

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    Top: Safari shirt from Cotton World. Bought about two years ago for Rs 600-something. Under it is a tube top from Topshop, bought off FS for Rs 200. Too hot for a jacket, so I threw on the shirt.

    Jeans: Free Victoria Beckham skinnies
    Shoes: Dansko sandals inspired by Nidhi, facilitated by Ketaki
    Accessories: Square Casio men’s watch and some bangles, I think. The bag that I use every day, is this one.

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    It’s capacious and the handle length in just right to reduce shoulder strain, plus it turns into a cross-body bag when I need my hands free. I saw it on the Anthropologie website and almost rationalised the price. But could I justify spending Rs 10,000 on a bag? I lovingly wrote down the measurements, took screenshots of every angle, laid it out in Quark and took to a guy in Dharavi. He built it with soft foam leather, trimmed it with real leather and charged me Rs 1,500.

    I’ve been a bit inspired this week, clothes-wise and been wearing things I would normally be diffident about. After the aesthetic famine of January and February, I’m devouring Causeway and Fashion Street FS). Mission to abstain from shopping in May has fabulously failed.
    I’m making a conscious effort to wear what I buy almost immediately and use up every thing lying in my wardrobe.

     

    • kongkona 6:02 am on May 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      You can do that?? Custom make bags in Dharavi?Any particular shop or anyone will do it for you?
      Please please start a shopping guide/consultancy service for people like us.

      • Educated Tatya 6:12 am on May 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        I’m just about to become a personal shopper. Tune in!

    • Anita 6:39 am on May 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I want this bag! I want this bag! I want this bag!

    • Aparna 6:23 am on May 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I want to know how this personal shopper thing works..please please please let me know..

  • Educated Tatya 5:49 am on May 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    5.5.10 

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    Maxi: I first wore this maxi at the Swasta Ani Masta garage sale held a few months ago, and made so much money at my stall that I’ve come to think of it as my soliciting dress. Bought solely for the colour, it’s from Colaba Causeway for about Rs 250.

    Accessories: I chose not to wear anything around my neck because I thought it would crowd the plaited circle. I’m wearing a silver kada from Amrapali, an engraved bangle from Egypt and two shell and brass bangles. I forgot to take off the Casio G-Shock I wear to the pool and am wearing silver balis in my ears.

    Shoes: Gold huaraches for Rs 200 from Bandra’s Hill Road.

    I was running to work and didn’t want to co-ordinate top-pants-shoes, so pulled this out and it worked. I don’t usually wear something this revealing at work, but it was just one of those days when I couldn’t care less.

    I covered up at work with a Kashmiri dorakh shawl.

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    At one point, the boob sling was peeking, which looked tacky. Then I thought: Abhi woh bade hogaye hai. Apni balbute pe khade rah sakte hai, so I yanked it out. They didn’t let me down.

     

    • Aparna 4:48 pm on May 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Love this color on you!

    • Sonali 11:55 am on May 18, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Bet Kevin must’ve offered to do the page for you ;)

  • Educated Tatya 7:51 am on April 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    17.4.10 

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    Shirt: Dunno. Colaba Causeway (Rs 150). It was mul with shell buttons and rounded edges.
    Jeans: VB Skinnies (free), three years old.
    Chaps: Steve Zissou kolhapuris from Causeway.
    Accessories: Casio G-Shock watch and silver-tiered filgree ball earrings.

    This the classic blue and white in a new silhoutte. I took a cab to work that day, which means no humidity and the result is shiny hair that sits down. Swimming makes me red.

     

    • Aditi 6:50 pm on May 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      i love the mul shirt! and the jeans! and the chappals too!

      • Educated Tatya 1:58 am on May 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        I wish there was more mul in the local market. We seem to be exporting it all.

  • Educated Tatya 7:36 am on April 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    16.4.10 

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    Top: By Zara, found on Colaba Causeway (Rs 200). What can I say? I was looking for a new length; it was green. Our fate was sealed.
    Tights: Anthropolgie (Rs 280), facilitated by the lovely Ketaki. I wanted stirrup tights and these looked sunflower yellow on the website. I’m not disappointed by the ochre though, because they are easier to co-ordinate. I love these because they have no seams and look like they have been painted on.

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    Shoes: Golf, found at Eilat. Cost: NIS 123. I don’t champion ballet flats because I need them to be just so. The curve of the toe has to be perfect, as the depth of the cut inside, showing the right amount of toe cleavage. And then the material… These are perfect and I wear them when I need to look dressed up without wearing heels.
    Accessories: Seiko watch

    The stance is of a person who has surrendered to her hair.

     

    • inopinate 10:15 am on April 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      The pose is very editorial – love it. Hair – did you brush/comb it by any chance?

      • Educated Tatya 9:44 pm on April 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        And mess up the do? I get curls by not combing my hair after a shower. However, this is a result of being indoors and outdoors periodically during the day.

  • Educated Tatya 4:02 am on April 14, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    14.4.10 

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    Dress: From Colaba Causeway (Must have been Rs 250 or so. I remember thinking it was a LOT!)
    Bundi: My mother’s, from the 80s.
    Shoes: Summer sandals from Bandra
    Accessories: Casio G shock watch (I love a practical watch), three bangles — turquoise, wood and shell and brass, and moonstone earrings.

    I got out of bed and wanted to wear something minimal and colourful. I’ve worn almost ever summer dress I have in the past week and then remembered this one. I got it six or seven years ago from Colaba Causeway and have only worn it as a skirt. It’s got a subtle A-line cut and a mid-calf length. Feeling brave, I pulled it up like I was supposed to and added colour with my mother’s cropped waistcoat. I wear an awful lot of dull greens. I have never worn anything ruched and am surprised by how nice it can look.
    I think it’s the hair. Curly lets you get away with anything.

     

    • Tushar 4:45 am on April 14, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      You didn’t say anything about the dog. ZERO POINTS!

    • weewoman 7:40 pm on April 14, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I was just going to ask about the designer “bootique” accessory….

    • shoofeend 1:02 am on April 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      love the combination of the dress and the waistcoat! gorgeous

      • Educated Tatya 9:02 am on April 19, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Thank you. I think I’m going to wear it like this from now onwards

    • H 10:55 pm on May 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      That Vest is GORGEOUS,
      I would kill for that fabric!
      Is it a brocade of some kind?

      • Educated Tatya 5:19 am on May 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        It’s embroidery. And about 30 years old. I don’t know where my mother got it from.

  • Educated Tatya 8:24 am on April 10, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    10.4.10 

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    Dress: TopShop for £35. Bought at Fashion Street for Rs 200.
    Sandals: Bought from Bandra, probably 200 bucks, I’m wearing these every day this summer and then throwing them away.
    Accessories: Husband’s Panerai Marina Militaire homage watch, silver hoops and three kadas in my right hand — a solid silver one from Amrapalli, a wooden one with brass inlay and a lac one with mother-of-pearl chips.

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    I love the conflict in this dress. Though I love a floral upholstery pattern, this one is too dull, too A to Z Dadar-East or Bombay Dyeing bedsheet for me. But look at the silhouette! It’s baggy, without being shapeless, airy with a fantastic back and rounded ending. And it has POCKETS! My only problem was with appropriate inner wear, which I solved by wearing a cross-back spaghetti.
    This is going to be my summer uniform.

     

    • Avni 9:29 pm on April 10, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      omg LOVE your haircut and the look here. you look like a jazz age flapper. (I’m a long time lurker)

      • Educated Tatya 11:17 pm on April 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Thanks Avni. I hope you’ll stop lurking and step into the spotlight.

    • weewoman 1:30 am on April 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I NEED this dress!!!

      Send me it, or a closer picture of the back so I can MAKE it myself. :D

      Loooverrrlllyyy!

    • H 10:58 pm on May 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      That dress is Gawjus!
      Yes, I haven’t been her is LONG.

      • Educated Tatya 5:18 am on May 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Thank you. They just got another pattern.

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