Do I look like Govinda?
After 28 years of existence, I am beginning to accept that maybe just maybe I have a really zero sense of style. That when they say coordinate your dress and shoes and bag they do not mean matching-matching. Actually, I always thought I dressed alright.The thunder struck when last year I got nominated for one of those silly awards under the “flamboyant dresser” category by my colleagues. And I missed the award by a whisker (phew!).
Not one to be bogged down easily, I kept laughing it off as one of those silly things that one should just turn a deaf ear to. Of course, I had nothing to worry. But the words “flamboyant dresser” kept flashing to me in my dreams. I tried to think of other people who might be called flamboyant dressers. I could think of just one person. G.O.V.I.N.D.A. The horror. I tried but I just couldn’t think of anyone else who can be given that award!! Can you??
And that made me start looking a little closer about what I was wearing, especially to work. It didn’t take me more than a week to admit the fact that everyone else was able to see very clearly. I was in severe need of some “Basic Styling 101″ lessons. All I did in the coordination department was matching matching. In the makeup department, it was just kajal. Smoky look and all was what I thought I was donning, but at the end of the day with the kajal smudging and spilling under the eyes, I really looked like a bhoot straight out of an RGV movie. Oh and lets not even get into the shoes department. The
lesser the said the better.
So last weekend, while the husband volunteered to take care of a sleeping baby (duh!), I sprinted to the swanky new Reliance Footprint store next door. And for me who’s always believed in buying cheap shoes, this required some courage. So I was all itching to shell out lots of cash (by my standards) and bag at least one formal pair of shoes that I can wear to work without a thought, all in less than 40 minutes of my hard earned freedom time. Oh and did I forget, I quite resemble a TV tower height-wise (I resemble a drum, proportion-wise, but I won’t admit it, ha!), so it had to be something flat. Plus, even the smallest of heels give me a really bad backache. And then I found this. Must be the tree of my 28 years of punya, finally bearing fruit.
I bought the exact same shoe, but in camel brown colour. And at least I am very proud of myself.
So while looking for an image of the shoe, I landed on this website. Isn’t this super cool? You can browse through different brands, filter the shoes by price, by type and buy it sitting at your desk. And they have some flexible policy on the size. Yes, all these things were always available to them firangs, but I haven’t seen anything like it in India yet. I am surely buying some shoes from this site pretty soon and will let you guys know how it went. And btw, the same shoe is available for full 300 Rs. less at this website. My only consolation is that my size isn’t available on the website.
So here’s the thing. All you well-styled divas of the blog world, please do me a favour and put up a solid list of basic styling tips, focused on urban Indian working women. See I don’t wear a knee length skirt to office, so those fashion mags are pretty useless when it comes to day to day styling. Things like are those Fabindia type kurtas okay in a
formal environment? Does cotton look too cheap and should one just stick to silk? What kind of shoes does one wear to work with salwar kameez? This is one question that I have NEVER found an answer to. As of now, I am reading this in the name of taking styling lessons. A little celeb gossip doesn’t harm anyone, does it?
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am going to check out the sites u have linked.
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