After a sure-shot Shaptami (here) and Ashtami (here) style plan which we told you, make sure you are ready to make onlookers astounded with your final Navami evening look. According to mythological stories, Goddess Durga’s battle against Mahishasur, the king of demons lasted for nine days. The ninth day is the final day before the Goddess won over the evil with her power and wisdom. This is the last night before we send off Ma Durga to Kailash after celebrating her victory over evil, and wait again for the next year. So its the last opportunity to absorb all the fun and frolic and loose ourselves in the festive spirit for the year. Thus the fanfare certainly gets intense during Navami and this post today is all about this dazzling Navami look.

If you have read our style stories on the Shaptami  or Ashtami looks earlier, you have noticed that the festive fashion tone started with a chic grey for Shaptami and transitioned to an elegant red and white for Ashtami . But for Navami, the attire and the attitude will indeed be more flamboyant. If there are more than one days to a festival, why would you get stuck with one style? So on Navami, have put on a half and half bright orange and electric blue saree.

 The saree has a georgette fluorescent orange upper portion, with gold and hot pink geometric pattern around the hem and pallu.

The other half is electric blue net with intricate, wide gold embroidered border, almost as in Manipuri Raslila skirts (the elaborate skirts worn by Manipuri brides ). This  saree came with a  fancy blue full sleeved blouse which I decided to ditch owing to the sweaty weather. Chose this stylish sleeveless blue silk blouse that rounded out the look so well. With my hair in a small bun adorned and covered with an oversize flower, I finished out the look with a pair of dazzling long earrings. Kept my other jewelries minimum and added a bright orange lip to keep the look simple yet gorgeous for the special eve.

Considering my last two Durga Puja appearances in ethnic sarees, this sighting in a flamboyant designer saree made for a refreshing change for its modern style. Every woman should at least have one georgette designer saree for fancy outings, where you want to drape the saree quick and can deviate from the traditional ঘরোয়া (homely) saree look. Being able to wear this stunning saree was exhilarating as it had been lying in my closet for sometime now. The contemporary design of this saree, made by a very dear designer friend Kunaal Basaak is a treat to my personal style senses. It is visually stimulating, bright and eye-catching than one can imagine! It brightens up the ambiance for the final night of the puja fanfare.

On that parting note, wishing you all happy Navami! Bong mania overloaded team wishes all its friends and families who celebrate this festival – Shubho Sharodiya! As this is the last look for this Durga puja, I hope you enjoyed all the posts and found some inspirations through them.

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What Was I Wearing?

Saree from Kunaal Basak
Blouse designed: Yours truly Sanchita
Earrings from Sam Moons, Houston, TX, USA
Hair & Makeup: Yours truely Sanchita
Concept & styling: Yours truly Sanchita

Photography: Rabindra Kumar Kundu

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post.

Durga Puja/ Navratri season is back! You can literally feel the positive vibrations electrifying the air. We Bongs call it পুজোর গন্ধ! At this time of the year, we just want to forget our stress and miseries and get allured in puja vibes. For most of us, Durga Puja is one of the most beautiful times of the year to grab some of the yummiest treats, buy awesome gifts at highly discounted sales and wear our best traditional outfits. 

Speaking of traditional outfits, with all the festivities to attend and be part of this extravagant celebrations, you got to look the part! Thus we have come up with a saree look-book for 3 days of Durga Puja or Navratri.  After sharing our Shaptami Day look here, in this post, I’m sharing my Ashtami look. It’s all about bringing the traditional quintessential saree style back! Bengalis are known for their red and white sarees and thanks to Bidya Bagchi of Kahaani fame the whole world knows what we chose to wear during our Durga Puja. Also, bengali women who love sarees cannot have enough of jamdani weaves. Thus we had to put together a look with both these Bong favorites, so here it goes, red and white jamdani for Ashtami puja 🎉🎉🎉

As most of you know by now, I am not a big fan of styling my sarees conventionally, thus wore this traditional dhakai jamdani with a black off-the-shoulder crop top blouse. It gives this quintessential saree look a much needed edge.

Draped the saree in traditional Bengali আটপৌড়ে style, tied the pallu end on my wrist . Also if you notice, my pallu pleats are more casually pinned to give a softer look than a form fitted pleated one.

This look can be sported on morning  Ashtami puja or even carried to any evening pandal hopping or Sandhi puja. Am sure you'll grab some amazed eyeballs in the crowd.

A side messy-meets-softer bun in wavy hair worn with a traditional saree is one look I like to wear in a heartbeat.Skipped the necklace part and finished look with an over-sized stone stud which is a spin-off to the traditional gold stud or kaan pasha. Added a small bindi and alta and bold red lips to enhance the traditional look. Minimal accessories makes this look stand out and much more wearable for an Ashtami adda. You can tweak this look and make it your own wearing a gorod or traditional gold jewelry. But with this fusion saree look less is more, so try not to overdo with hair and accessories.

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What Was I Wearing?

Saree from Jamdani Ghar in Kolkata, India 

Crop top Blouse from , Forever 21 , City Creek Mall,  UT, USA

Earring from Sam Moon, Houston, TX, USA

Clutch from Delhi, India

Enjoy your festive days and let us know how you liked the look 😊😊😊