Your first Diwali as a married couple deserves a little extra sparkle. It’s the season to turn heads together, colour-coordinate without looking too matchy-matchy and start traditions that are yours alone. Think jewel-toned outfits, dreamy pastels, rich fabrics and statement-making silhouettes that bring the festive magic without repeating your wedding-day looks. Whether you’re drawn to […]
Navratri is almost at its grand finale, and Day 9 calls for an outfit that makes every garba spin and festive photograph count. The colour of the day is purple, a regal shade associated with elegance, luxury, and celebration. From embroidered sharara sets and twirl-worthy lehengas to statement sarees and contemporary cape outfits, there are […]
In America, Diwali does not always arrive with a street full of fireworks. It arrives with a shoe rack overflowing by the front door, a rangoli chalked near the entrance, and a kitchen counter buried under samosas, mithai boxes and one very serious Tupperware of chole. The house party is the diaspora’s Diwali, and it […]
Diwali taash nights are not really about the cards. They are about who walks in looking like the main character before the first deal even happens. Somewhere between the diyas, the snack platters and the friendly trash talk, there is an unspoken rule that your outfit needs to hold its own for hours of sitting, […]
Day 3 of Navratri brings grey to the centre stage, and this is not the rainy afternoon grey or your boring office wear grey. Navratri greys come with shimmering tissue, intricate mukaish, silver embroidery and silhouettes made for all-night garba twirling. Grey has a way of making festive dressing feel soft, refined and effortlessly luxurious. And when […]
If Day 1 of Navratri is twirling in yellow and bringing in all the warmth and positivity of sunshine, Day 2 is where the colour starts to make a statement. Teal is the shade loved and embraced by all for its jewel-toned twist to Navratri dressing. Think jewel-toned, slightly blue, deeply festive and impossible to miss […]
Navratri begins with a little more energy than your usual festive morning. The dandiya playlists are ready, the jewellery is waiting to be layered, and the first outfit of nine needs to set the tone. Enter yellow, bright, auspicious and impossible to ignore. From an easy-breezy angarkha to a dramatic Banarasi saree, Day 1 is […]
There is something beautifully dramatic about Karwa Chauth: a whole day of fasting, followed by a dressed-up wait for one very important moonrise. In Delhi, the festival is usually about a warm balcony at dusk. But in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch, it means a deck, a garden or a rooftop, a spring evening with a temper, […]
Durga Puja goes beyond just four days on the calendar. It is the rhythm of dhaak from the next lane, the smell of dhunuchi, endless rounds of adda, the delicious bhog khichdi, late-night pandal hopping and that one friend who somehow has a completely new outfit for every outing. For Bengalis, dressing up for Pujo is part […]
Karwa Chauth in Britain has its own choreography. Sargi happens in the dark, in a cold kitchen, at an unreasonable hour. Then comes the long day of tea you cannot drink. By evening, the flat smells of ghee and mehendi. Somebody’s mum is on video call from Ludhiana. The moon, meanwhile, is hiding behind a […]
