'Gudhi Padva Special'

Hey Girls! Firstly, Happy Gudhi Padva to all! Like, many of you don't exactly know what Gudhi Padva is all about let me brief you about this festival.
 Gudhi Padva is derived from the Sanskrit name for Chaitra Shukla Pratipad. It is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar. The word Padva comes from the Sanskrit word pratipada in Sanskrit, which refers to the first day of a lunar fortnight. Therefore, The celebartions are all about the new year for the Hindus. 

On Gudhi Padva, a gudhi is found sticking out of a window or otherwise prominently displayed in traditional Maharashtrian households. Bright green or yellow cloth adorned with brocade (zari) tied to the tip of a long bamboo over which gaathi (sugar crystals), neem leaves and a twig of mango leaves and a garland of red flowers is tied. A silver or copper pot is placed in the inverted position over it. Altogether, it is called as Gudhi. It is hoisted outside the house, in a window, terrace or a high place so that everybody can see it.The Gudhi is positioned on the right side of the main entrance of the house. The right side symbolizes active state of the soul. Sounds more like a history class, isn't it?

So, Now that you guys know about today, let's proceed with our blogpost!

Photography: Krishna Pillai

 

I have tried to create a very easy to go look for the day which can be styled both like a set saree as well as a normal Indian suit attire. Yesterday I was all confused over what to wear for this Gudi Padva! So I thought to give my pairing up skills a shot and create a look from my basics. I used my basic black palazzo pants, black top, blue buddha jacket and my contrast dupatta! For my accessories I wanted to go for a minimal look so I went with a marathi nose ring ( nath) with some bangles and kada in my hand. I wore my black top and palazzo just how a jumpsuit will look like, then put my buddha print jacket over and drapped the duppatta like a saree pallu. I kept my make-up simple with just my basic winged linear and wine shade lipcolour, also not to forget the moon shaped tikka which is known as Chandra Kor in marathi. 

Also girls who don't want to wear the saree type attire and go for a normal Indian attire all you need to do is just convert your saree pallu back to normal and make some changes in the accessories. Like Instead of the bangles and the nose ring I opted for a handcuff and small jhumkas. And a small tip, choose the duppatta wisely, because it is the game chnager in both the outfits. Here is a look of the attire: 

Deatils:

Jacket: Soch

Duppatta: Jolly Silks

Palazzo Pants: Max

Footwear: Flipkart

Handcuff: The little bauble box

Hope you guys liked this post and found it useful. You can now create your own basic festive attire with your old wardrobe stuff! See you soon with another blogpost! Till then stay tuned and keep enjoying. 

Signing Out,

Kshitija Adsul.

The Modern Indian Behenji

Hola People! I am back with something very cliche but with a message for all the college going girls who are insecure about their way of styling up or dressing in college! So, this post is for all the girls who want to wear kurtis their way and feel confident about themselves! Who says Ethnic is boring? Why do people think that wearing ethnic is not in trend or can't be worn to college or in other words 'Behenji Types'

I have come across this for like hundreds of times and experienced it too. People think that you don't have enough money to buy branded clothes, you are that typical nerdy girl who isn't cool enough to hangout with or have no sense of fashion! These allegations are totally false! It's perfectly alright to wear a kurti to college with adding some ethnic pieces to your look and having that feminine touch to it which is very delicate and beautiful to look at.

So, for giving you guys some basic styling idea of a normal printed kurti and a split kurti I have collaborated with Radhika Jagtap one of my fellow blogger mate for a couple of posts. I will be styling a navy blue printed kurti and she will be doing the same for a centre split kurti. Then, Without any futher due let's get started...

PHOTOGRAPHY BY: KRISHNA PILLAI 

While I was buying my kurti I came with this idea of joining both the ends of kurti to one another which will make it look more cooler and gives it a different way of styling. As the outfit is more modernized with a touch of Indian traditions I wore my super trusted pair of light blue jeans that would complete my outfit set perfectly and also feel comfortable while carrying this attire. With this I opted for my kolhapuri wedges which will compliment my look.  I went for that contasting golden footwear because I wanted it to also stand out and make space for the observer. Then for my accessories I went with my oxidized silver earrings and neckpiece along my white stone studded watch.

For my makeup I went with a loud maroon lipshade with a basic dewy look with the highlighter popping all over my cheek bones and with some contouring underneath to give my face an edgy look I went for that basic black winged liner to add up to the drama to my face. And not forgetting the Bindi on my forehead which adds up to this look and compliments it even more. How Indianish isn't?I just love it. I kept my hair more on the messy, frizzy side like I always do because opening up your hair makes you look even more gorgeous.

Deatils:

 Kurti: Reliance Trends

Earrings: Local Shop

Neckpiece: Local Shop

Wedges: My Mom's Wardrobe

Watch: My Mom's Wardrobe

Lipshade: Loreal Paris

Highlighter: Faces 

Contouring : Used Brown Lipshade

Bronzer: Bonjour Paris

Liner: Lakme Absolute

Check out another split kurta inspired look by Radhika Jagtap on Instagram at: @_radhikajagtap Also do not forget to follow her there and show some love <3

Follow Krishna Pillai at: @kpclickz on Instagram 

Hope you guys found this post helpful and would surely take inspirations for your daily styling. And do not worry about people judging you over what you are wearing as long as you are comfortable in it, you are rocking it!! Till then 

Stay tuned for the next post! 

Signing Out,

Kshitija Adsul.