It’s that time of year again! The holiday season is coming in hot, which means there’s a party or gathering at every turn. It was highly requested that we share a saree look and tips to make that can make us party ready for this season. So here is a the most glamorous look of the year and with a rule book of how to party in a saree

Rule 1: Wear a rich colored but light work saree

The moment you say party in a saree, I think of a black or red simple Benarasi styled in the most outrageous way. Remember to choose your saree wisely as you don't want to look like a Christmas tree yourself. So lighter work sarees are always convenient for the comfort and also look of the event. I had this red benarasi in my wardrobe an was all ready to grab the onlookers attention. It had rich work on its border and anchal and was perfectly made for the occassion.

Rule 2: Be bold on your choices for blouse

Ditch the usual matching blouse, pair with a contrast blouse, pullover , crop-top, jacket etc. Or if you want to style like I did, pair the saree with a bold stylish blouse that amps up the oomph factor in the look. This sleeveless deep neck silk blouse had a cute bow at the back and aptly made the look all the more stylized.

Rule 3: Accessorize rightly

Accessories make or break a look. So put as much thought into them as you put while choosing the saree. Based on accessories you can dress up or down a look. As in this look I have paired with statement gold 4 lahari necklace, smaller earrings, chur and a statement ring  and made the whole appearance gorgeous and rich depending on the setting of the party I was attending. You can go for a lighter version too with only statement earrings and no necklace.

Rule 4: Keep your manes manageable

You surely don't want to feel "when can i go back home" if you are in a hot and happening holiday party. So make sure your hair listens to you. you can keep your locks open or in a bun if they are tamable. Also listen to your outfit, like what goes with it. I had put up my hair in a bun with with red roses adorning it. Roses are in trend in hairstyles now  days, you see celebs like Priyanka Chopra, Anoushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone sporting them with style. Try them this winter and your look will be enhanced immensely.

I hope this will help amp up your holiday style for those all of the fun parties you’ll be attending this season! If you want to revisit our party look from last winter click here. If you like the post please do like, comment and share it. Your words of encouragement keeps us going. Please do follow us on  Facebook and Instagram for latest updates on the blog.

Winter is the best time to play dress up. Not only for the weather but also the various events that are lined during this time. So here comes the look of the evening I have been planning for ever. It was a Reception Party for Jr. K's Annaprason (find out what I wore for his annaprasan here). Although its said that "you can never be overdressed or over-educated" I had planned my look to be unapologetic-ally"overdressed" and I confess that I loved everything about it. So lets do a breakdown of the whole look!

Attire

The saree is a very unusual muddy gold handwoven Benarasi with all over meenakari. Draped it in seedha pallu style to showcase the rich pallu. As the color of the saree was subdued Sanchita designed a contrast green blouse with zardousi work done all over it bordered with stone and pearls. The back was done with net to amp up the glamour quotient.

Hair and Makeup

As the blouse had very intricate work on it and a sensuous back, so decided to keep the hair in a bun wrapped with red roses. The hair inspiration came from the highly popularized wedding look of Anushka Sharma. The hair was done by Trendz, Naktala.

 

I chose to have a evening party appropriate makeup but not over the top, so kept it dewy yet glamorous.

Accessories

This was the part where I was a little confused on what to wear. Fashion Junks or heirloom gold jewelry. Finally decided to adorn the later as the gold on gold looks brighter than anything else. Thus am wearing my wedding choker, necklace and sita haar, earrings and rings. I adorned a semi precious kemp mangtika on my head. But the look was absolutely incomplete without the Marathi Nathni which has turned out to be my favorite jewelry piece in recent times.

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Details you want to know

Saree: Adi Dhakeshwari Bastralaya, Gariahat, Kolkata, India

Blouse: Designed by Sanchita

Jewelry excluding Nathni: Various gold showrooms in and around Kolkata

Nathni: Gahana

Hair: Trendz, Naktala, Kolkata, India

Makeup and Draping: Myself

Photography: New Calcutta Portrait

A gorgeous sunny November day was upon us and this unexpectedly bright, crisp and warm morning brought a treat of first winter warmth to the good people of Calcutta. It was almost as if this golden morning was to herald every precious moments that followed that day! It was a once in a lifetime event for our family, Annaprason or the First Rice Ceremony of my one and only tiny tot. Thus I had to drape something more than special for this day. Thus it had to be this pure handloom Baluchari woven with sincere love and devotion... Evoking emotions that are sincere and divine... 

It was a very intimate cozy affair with close family members participating in an age old ritual called Annaprason or Mukhe Bhaat or feeding him his first rice/solid food. Keeping the traditional nature of the occasion in my mind, I decked up in a quintessential vintage Bengal avatar draping the saree in an aatpoure style. Paired the saree with gold heirloom jewelries comprising of a choker that was handed down from my grandmom to me, a jaal necklace with matching earrings, nath with pearl strings, chur, bala and a paata ring

Balucharis are timeless ...comes in jewel tones with hand woven motifs taken out of the fragile pages of the past... Enchanting and timeless... Fabrics that are luxurious and grand but gossamer light and airy. Baluchari saris are much prized and sought after by the connoisseurs of the saree. Please see my other post on Baluchari saree here that I wore for my Durga Puja look. This one that i wore is a bi-color one with anchal and pallu in blue and the body in purple. Like it should be this baluchari also has figure motifs woven on it, depicting stories of Krishna and Arjun. Chose a purple full sleeved blouse over the contrst blue one to make the blue look brighter in the whole attire.

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Subho Bijoya! Hope you all had a wonderful Durga Puja / Navratri. Durga Puja means an epic extravaganza of food, fashion and celebration. Its the only time of the year we can change outfits like being on a live fashion show and we took the full opportunity to do the same. Apart from the looks in our  Durga Puja Lookbook we had quite a few few that we donned this year. Here's what we short listed from the innumerable pics we took and we are happy to share them with you. Let us know with your lovely comments how you liked our lookbook. 

Look 1

I, Moumita wore this half n half blue and creme colored  saree with velvet off shoulder croptop for evening cultural concert. Skipped the neck piece and opted for a heavy kundan earring.

Look 2

Sanchita went for a  Durga Puja special dinner with friends and wore this Blue-green raw silk wonder. It has very intricate Chakra weaving on border which makes the saree even more appealing. The green Sleeveless blouse and statement earrings rounded up this smart look.

Look 3

This look is y fav, got this blue silk saree with golden temple border and plain body as a gift couple of days before puja. I reallywanted to drape this one but couldn't find a suitable blouse for it. So here comes my old hand embroidered Jacket Kurta to my rescue. Styled it with big chandelier chandbaalis, dark lips and a tiny bindi. The kurta and the drape gave a real facelift to the simple traditional saree.

Look 4

The last look is for the special ritual called Sindoor Khela where the married women bids the devi goodbye by putting vermillon on her and treating her with some sweets. Sanchita wore this red block printed silk for the occassion. Instead of customary red bordered white saree this red with white block prints worked very well.  She just wore simple gold jewelry for a simpler look.

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