Monsoon Magic

It’s time ladies and gentleman, to present to you my favourite designer when it comes to Indian outfits. His outfits are filled with colours, his passion towards designing and of course, grace. Today’s topic will focus on none other than, Manish Malhotra with his latest collection “Monsoon Magic”.

Colours, colours and more colours. I fell in love when I browsed through this collection of his. What I really like about this collection is that the colours are not too strong and bright for one to wear and the design is just amazing.

One of my favourite pieces has got to be this piece worn by Sophie Choudhry.

Sophie Choudhry

Love the way he layered 4 colours nicely ensuring that it does not look like a rainbow on someone.

This outfit worn by Neha Dhupia is the bomb.

Neha Dhupia

I really love the light coloured blouse that goes really well with the eye-catching lehenga. The gold and black border at the end of the lehenga makes everything looks perfect. Definitely something to die for.

Check out more of his designs from this collection and trust me, you will fall in love.

Till then,

Nasheerah Salim

@NasheerahNash

The Stylish Art of Calligraphy

Calligraphy graces the walls of many homes, restaurants and museums in the modern day. It holds the power to instantly beautify a name or a phrase, by simply adding an artistic touch.

The art of calligraphy originated from Ancient Egypt, where pictures began evolving

into symbols. There are many debates as to whether china and Greece are also possible

countries of origin. It was in 35BC, where people began inscribing onto stone, wood or wax. Due to experiments, different styles developed including; slanted writing, the flowing loop and an effect created by not lifting the pen of the page.

A picture I created to show how calligraphy can be interpreted into fashion.






Calligraphy by  Shafina Majid  @shaf_15

 My main area of interest lies within Arabic calligraphy. This is where Islamic quotes and phrases are decorated in such an artistic way using the Arabic language. I have come across many pieces that not only contain the phrase or word, but also hold an image that the words create. By cleverly using the words in the correct places an image is formed. For example;

Flickr photo by Graniers Golden Name

Calligraphy has created its own fashion as people have interpreted it into artwork and continue to do so on a daily basis. A modern example of this is how it has become more common to use calligraphy style writing to enhance names on canvases. This can add an elegant touch to a bedroom or dining room.

I would also highly recommend this as a perfect gift idea for people of any age or race

Personally, I believe the idea of artistic and cultural writing merging to create sophisticated pieces of work,  “Oozes Couture”  

Shafina Majid

@OozesCouture