More Winter Love!

Let the pictures do the talking today...

Peep toes + wedge heels with black fitted pants, printed brown short jacket and
a yellow tshirt

Polka dotted shirt being flaunted by Priyanka Chopra. Not to miss
the red pants!

A bright purple coloured sweater with straight black
pants and black simple wedges

The Victoria Beckham look- Grey dress, burgundy cardigan and bag, Nude
colour watch and shoes. Cardigan with a belt looks great 

How should I wear the pink scarf which matches my shoes?

Hope you enjoyed!

xox

CGC

Feeling Burgundy

Winter's on its way out. HURRY and wear the colour Burgundy. 

It's not really maroon. It's not red. It's somewhere on the dark side. It's totally a winter colour. 

How can you add Burgundy elements to a basic corporate outfit?

Here's how: 

Wearing a burgundy scarf, carrying a burgundy clutch or wearing burgundy shoes/ boots can make a plain outfit chic, even in the winters.

1. White shirt with collar work: Topshop 2. Burgundy Scarf/muffler: Paul Smith
3. Black Jacket: Topshop 4. Burgundy heels: Christian Louboutin
5. Grey skirt: Topshop 6. Burgundy Handbag: Fendi

Another idea: Burgundy pants

Printed shirt and burgundy pants steal the show. Courtesy: Vogue

Burgundy lipstick and nailpaint: Wow, this really stands out.

Taylor Swift: Burgundy lipstick

Priyanka Chopra wearing
burgundy lipstick at Filmfare
Awards night 2013

Deepika wearing burgundy
lipstick and nailpaint
on the Filmfare nomination
night

Burgundy nailpaint with
one nail another colour 

You know how the trend is to wear a different colour nailpain on just one finger nail? Well I did that recently when I was wearing burgundy. I put a glittery pink on one finger nail. Check it out. 

Mint with silver
nailpaint

Here's another option with mint:

Keep it burgundy before spring arrives! Then it'll be time for neon, mints, corals and yellows again.

xox

CGC

Women on the Corporate Ladder

This blogpost is being written with an objective: to answer the basic question which remains unanswered in all countries, societies and regions- why are there lesser number of people on the steps of a corporate ladder?

The first thought that must have popped your mind, like mine too, would be the family constraint a woman faces. I know, and I agree. But think to yourself- doesn't a man face or is responsible for those same  family commitments/ obligations?

I don't want to sound all feminist. This is not a "Wake up, women!" or "Women Power!!" blogpost. This is just my tiny attempt to make us all think twice before giving up on our (dream)jobs.

-> Are your in-laws telling you not to work?
             Sorry to say, but tell it's the 21st Century and they need to Grow Up

-> Little kids at home?
             Talk to your boss, work part time, work from home.

-> Young but don't feel the need to work?
             This is the readership I'm targeting at in this blogpost. Gone are the days when women stayed at home and the men were the sole bread earners. Working will only give you the independence (financially too, yes) to stand on your own feet.

As for "what" you want to do?

Find your passion. Read, write, discuss ideas. Find and think of something you've always wanted to do or liked doing- you never know it could turn out to be a feasible business idea.

Look for inspiration around you. We have a lot of women in the world today to look up to. 

Marissa Mayer- CEO Yahoo!

Barkha Dutt- Group Editor and News Anchor, NDTV

Melinda Gates- Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Sheryl Sandbery- COO Facebook

Naina Lal Kidwai- Country Head, HSBC

Work things out for yourself. 

Aspire.

Stay Inspired.

Lets make a promise to increase those numbers.

xox

CGC

New Necklaces

Hi hi!

This blogpost of mine is not related to corporate clothing. It's Monday (I'm having a weekend hangover- with Lohri and all that) and yes I do have a life outside my office. Ha ha.

Therefore, I felt like sharing my weekend shopping purchases with you all. 

PS: Only focused on accessories today.

Long, green and royal looking. It has beads at the back and hence can be
worn the other way as well. This will look good with semi-formal as well.
With both desi and western attire.

Simple and classy- Silver. This one's from Accessorize.

This Indo-Western style gold coloured necklace would look so
elegant with white/ black/ any funky colour.

Tell me what you think. I bought these from Khan Market. So worth the money!

xox

CGC

Another Formal Party

2.0.1.3.

Here's to new beginnings. 
Hope this year turns out to be much more than the year gone by for all of us.


A few days ago, I had to go for a formal (new year's) dinner with some friends and family. For such an occasion, I would normally wear a dress but since it's the peak of winter in my city and hence it's absolutely FREEZING- I decided to wear my electric blue blazer with pants instead. 

This time I did it up with a white top instead of a black one. It's a simple sleeveless white top with sequin on it. It's not too much but totally apt to wear under the colourful blazer.

White sequin top- Promod, Boots- Forever New, Gold Watch- Tommy Hilfger
Bag- Dior, Black Tights- Zara

The fitted black tights/leggings are so comfortable (they fit me unbelievably well) and they're sexy! This almost never happens with me- if something looks really good on me it's usually the most uncomfortable. 

So, I wore red nailpaint and red lipstick to go with it, curled my hair (myself, yes!), wore a big gold watch and carried my favourite sling bag.

And voila! Got ten compliments on how good I looked ;)

PS: This look is, needless to say, also perfect for a work get together.

xox
CGC

Winter Love

Namaste girls :)

I just got home from work and now I'm in my bed, snuggled up in a thick blanket and having a cup of warm chai. Doesn't it sound like a typical winter eve? Especially if you live in the North. 

You know how winters can be drab mainly due to the number of layers one has to wear! But to keep things interesting, I mostly try to add colour to the last of the many layers I wear to work. 

Thought I'd share a few of my recent outfits:

I love blazers. They're so stylish. Especially the cotton ones. They aren't very warm so they can just be used as a style quotient. 

But yes, if you feel a little too cold, then you could opt on wearing a thicker blazer/ overcoat instead (Refer below)

Here, I've just teamed up a simple white shirt with a pink blazer, keeping everything else simple- including the shoes.

If you're feeling a bit wild you could even add a tie with this outfit. It could give a add a classy element to it.

I give this lightweight jacket a big thumbs up this winter- perfect for formal and semi occasions. 



The red coat below is one of my favourites. It's not lightweight- hence it's appropriate for the very cold winter days- the ones where you need to wear another layer when you step outside.

As mentioned on my facebook page,
moccasins are my new
indulgence

Beige muffler from Old Navy match my beige moccasins; not everything should be the exact colour.

Ruffles ruffles everywhere. How can anyone not adore them?

I teamed up this striped ruffled shirt with my purple Zara sweater and Zara pants. 

The outfit is nothing over the top- but stylish for sure.

I play around with the H&M dressing room quite often and these are the styles I invented. Ha ha. I love colours. I can't let go of them even when it's 6 degrees outside. I just have to toss atleast ONE colour in my outfit. (Refer the red blazer above :P)




























Anyway, I'm signing off now. I know I've been pretty dull on blogger lately, but my resolution for this year is to blog more often. So I will be back real soon!

Happy New Year girls!
Keep it stylish to work.

xox
CGC