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. 

 I Hope you all liked the looks and do comment and let me know. Hope you all be safe and good. Till the next time i decide to blog

Bye!!

Moumita

"Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the soil with laughter". Its the season to be merry, spread colors and freshness in air. So before the scorching heat sets in lets enjoy this brief spell of "আরামদায়ক " (pleasent) weather and immerse ourselves in colors. And in this years' Spring Look we have combined flowers with colors the two most inseparable entity of the season

Wearing a আবির  toned (hot pink hue of the specific powdered color used during holi) baluchari for the season. I own a couple of these masterpiece handwoven sarees(click here to read our last baluchari post) and Ma wanted me to buy one more for last Puja. I was more than happy to oblige 😜. This saree is in hottest pink available in the market which caught my attention the moment the seller asked me which color I wanted to see. So it was the rarest moment when I chose the saree in less than a minute. It has beautiful intricate meenakari work done.

But main interest of the look is the dull gold floral blouse I paired with. Onset of Spring means you’re about to see florals literally everywhere: blooming in the parks, blooming on people’s office desks, and especially blooming on clothing racks. While many of us loved wearing enough floral prints to fill a flower shop when we were kids, some of us can’t help but feel like we’re back in preschool when we try on the timeless trend as adults. For those of us who want to refresh our spring saree looks without feeling like we should be reaching for a nursery coloring book, there are lots of sophisticated ways to wear a flourish of petals. The first one and the most popular being a floral blouse. So here I paired the traditional silk saree with a floral printed blouse. It gives some freshness to the look. Whenever we have to pair a classic saree like baluchari, its not necessary to pair with the matching blouse go for something trendy and edgy as a floral print or stripes or even geometric patterns. The self designed blouse has a very stylish boat neck, contrast piping and large buttons at the back.

I hope you found some inspiration on how to drape your timeless traditional weaves and be the starlet this season. Your purchase may provide bread and butter for the extraordinary weavers who create such art with fabric. So this spring empower our own classic sarees.

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