Trench coat revisited ft. Surendri

I spent yesterday recovering from the crazy week I had, which was mostly staying in college until 10 pm and trying to cope with yet another change. The transfer to Hong Kong wasn’t planned, although preferred would be a better way of saying it. Despite HK being an amazing city, I’m still trying to figure things out and focusing on my courses. I know one shouldn’t make excuses, but this is a reason for the lack of posts and updates. I really (x 100) hope to dedicate more time to blogging because here is where my heart seems to be!

Today, however, was a productive and fun day for me, I met some family who flew in from Bombay, worked on a group project, and face timed with my best friend for a good few hours.

Winter season is still going on and so is the wedding season in India so I felt this outfit was quite appropriate.

The famous “Anarkali” is, without a doubt, a beautiful piece and it really complements the Indian figure (like mine). However this trend doesn’t want to leave and it’s been here (again) for a few years already, its time to move on guys! Wear your beautiful Anarkali but don’t be afraid to try something different and definitely try something new that would turn heads.

During my recent trip to India at the start of this year, I was shopping at this Indian clothing store Atosa, which I have mentioned to you guys before. While shopping, I came across this outfit from Surendri, that I fell in love with because it’s Indian but not so Indian. I have seen a lot of “Indo – western” outfits, however not all of them make me go “OMG I need that in my closet!”.

I’ll be honest, I don’t love the embroidery but I don’t hate it either. I do have quite an extremist personality and that extends to my fashion choices. For this garment, I personally believe that the ideology of modernism that ‘less is more’ would work well because the garment is so simple but also very powerful. I would definitely have prefered a less bulky design or reduced amount of embroidery, however, at the end of the day, I’ve never really designed Indian clothing myself, so my judgement on this may be incompetent. It may be possible that you need that Indian embroidery for a garment to have that ethnic touch.

The striking element of the garment is the silhouette, the trench coat!! I’ve never seen an Indian garment with a trench coat, I do wish that I had designed this myself! I love it. It gives you a powerful yet elegant feeling. You may not feel so elegant or in power when you’re walking around it, but from a third person’s eye you will see it. This is very evident in the pictures that were taken and I hope you agree with me.

When I see good clothing and design aesthetics, I can only describe myself as a very excited child at the candy store!  The details are everything, from that lapel collar to the slight overlap at the waist, that belt, and of course that midnight blue raw silk. (I have this undying love for raw silk). I was in such a hurry for this shoot, I forgot to get any jewellery to go with it! But I would probably have styled the look with a pair of gorgeous earrings and a ring maybe? I wore my current favourite heels for Indian clothing from Steve Madden, and Diva from Mac Cosmetics mixed with a lip stainer from Too Faced Cosmetics.