Hello Everyone, I hope everyone reading this is safe and healthy, tricky and trying times we are in PHEW!! In this age of Insta-fashion probably the most bizarre of all so called norm is: you can’t wear the same outfit twice.

WAIT WHAT!?

If you say this aloud to my middle class Bengali mom, she will roll her eyes to say "joto nekami 😏" For all her life she has loved and lived in her handful of sarees. Never heard her whinnying about she doesn't have anything to wear from her little wardrobe. But for our social media dependent generation, we often find it "embarrassing" to repeat and upload same outfit pics. Moreover popular fashion blogs or Insta-accounts often calls outfit repeating “daunting”, “lazy dressing” and “a fashion faux-pas”. Also according to those articles, women are “very self-conscious” (in a negative way) when repeating the same outfit , especially when around the same people. Thus it puts a certain kind of unnecessary pressure on fashion conscious people when repeating outfits. Just think about that for a second. It blows my mind.

I feel like the rising of fast fashion and our over-sharing behavior on social media outlets such as Instagram might have even worsened the shame that comes with outfit repeating.

But I have found this trend quite unreal and stupid. Why can't I or rather why shouldn't I re-wear my fav saree to multiple parties especially when I love it and I feel good in it.. When I spend my hard earned money on a saree or a dress why should it be resting in my cupboard? Its extremely unreal to scroll through every see Insta-celebs account as you will rarely spot them repeating any outfit twice! I hear they get their clothes sponsored which they can return later. But isn't it a demoralizing trend specially for middle class people like us. Lets be real in our fashion sense and also what we put out on our social media handles.

So I want to say it with pride and honesty that I love flaunting my favorite outfits over and over again. And I love to mix and match them with different makeup and accessories everytime to cut out any boredom.

Styling Details

Look 1:

So here's my favorite Batik (mom chitra batik to be specific) Murshidabad Silk which I have repeated several time on several occasions as its vibrant and a easy drape. I got it from a popular Kolkata boutique called Srijoni. It has magical myriad of colors all along its body. The swans and lotuses painted on it remind me of my watercolor books in school. Lets get to the first look, where I styled it with its own blouse. I designed the blouse to be a boat neck one. Paired it with a peacock kundan earrings and stacks of colorful bangles.

Look 2:

The second look I created was very recently on Poila Boishakh, I paired the same saree with a blue Asos crop top. Its an old crop top which again I have been repeating with many sarees of mine. Here as the look was more casual for a celebration at home, so I wore a beads earring and minimal natural makeup.

Look 3:

The last look is my most favorite but unfortunately doesnt have much photos clicked in this one. I wore the saree for one Saraswati pujo specially for the lotus and swans and cranes in it. I [paired it this time with a mock neck white puff sleeve top. I got this fitted top from Shein and is extremely handy when you want to wear a saree in colder weather. The blouse adds onto some much needed drama to the look. I only wore big kundan turquoise jhumka. They are again my most worn favorite pair I got from a Pakistani seller.

I Hope you liked all three of the looks. Please leave me a comment on which ones your favorite and whats your take on repeating outfits.

Will back soon with some interesting posts. Till then stay healthy and spread kindness

Love always

From

Moumita

Ten years ago, Me and K(Sr.) became husband and wife. I remember that day as if it were yesterday. It was the most pleasant day in March when I was this coy, naïve bride waiting at the alter and the shy groom he was, the 3 day long fanfare, fantastic celebrations, food-coma, and what not. We were nervous, excited and full of love. We didn’t know a lot back then but we knew that our love was special and that we belonged together. Many thought us foolish for taking such a big leap of faith so young and dating only virtually (yes we didn't meet in person till 3 days before our marriage). Now, ten years later, I can say that I got my best friend, my forever rock in him. Marrying my man was the best leap of faith of my life. So now after 10 years we are here with receding hairlines, and acceding waistlines, and most importantly a toddler to jump in every couple pics. Thus this special occassion needed a special celebration and a blog too! Gosh I have almost lost touch of blogging but this had to be penned down and shared.

Look 1: The Simple Yet Chic

I always thought our celebration for 10th one should be special than other years which is usually a fancy dining out. I wanted to celebrate with friends and family. But the pandemic came in the way. So we decided to do an outdoor mini photo session a couple of days ahead of the anniversary. It was supposed to be very simple, classic and unpretentious . Something you might notice that in our anniversary pics our toddler plays the main cast as he is! We wanted to be included in this celebration and let him know that he is a huge and integral part of our marriage. I kept our outfits pretty simple, true to who we are with just a subtle sync in color theme. I always loved white Christian bridal gowns. But that would have been little OTT with the theme, so I wore this beautiful floral two-piece outfit with ever so graceful pearls. Kept my makeup simple and subtle,

Look 2: Regal & Timeless

My anniversary without sarees, infact any of my special occassions without saree is incomplete. Hubby dear gifted me my second most precious saree (the first being the wedding benarasi) , a customized red muniya paithani. I always wanted to wear something which is traditional and one-of-a-kind saree which would be statement in itself. My months long search came to an end finding this red paithani. On the day of our anniversary I was fasting whole day as it coincided with the auspicious Shivratri. So couldn't style it as I wanted. Here's a pic of that day that we clicked after the puja, at home. I look pretty pale and too tired to even do my favorite posing.

So as we went on a staycation in a boutique hotel for the weekend, I decided to drape the same saree again and style it in a more regal way I always imagined. The accessories are chosen to match the classic look, didn't want to look anyway less than royal. The punjabi chura (red bridal bangles) which I wanted to wear on my wedding but couldn't was always on my wish-list so I thought of finally getting it this time. The royal ambience of the hotel actually enhanced the whole photoshoot and matched with its theme perfectly.

Look 3: Effortless One

So The last look is not actually a well planned look. It was on the last day of our staycation that I wanted to take some pics in a more homely and cozy setting. Thus put on this favorite red dress, a gift from my sis and a simple brown pearl dangler.