Monday Blues, literally.

Monday is the first day of the week but the last day when you feel like dressing well. But this should not be the case- Mondays should considered be the Maximum Impact Days. It is actually when you would walk into your office after two days off (hopefully), and make everyone look like you take your job seriously and are happy to start the week off.

Now that it's spring time, this is the look I sort of put together early morning, half awake, but it turned out to look pretty decent.

Shirt-an exhibition, Sweater- M&S, Black High Waist Pants- Forever New, Black Shoes- Forever 21 

What I wore, as you can see above, was a simple ruffle shirt with a matching V-neck sweater from Marks & Spencer with high waist black pants from Forever New. These pants fit SO well, it's unbelievable. So comfortable yet perfectly fitted at the right places, read: ankles. 

Hope this simple look inspires you in a little way whatsoever, to tackle the week ahead- BANG ON!


CGC
xox 

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

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

Underrated Yellow

Hello there :)

I know it's been a little too long, but I've just been a bit busy with work and stuff at home. You know how Diwali time is, right? Renovation and painting work going on at home is taking up some of my time!

Speaking of Diwali.. One of the many colours we associate it with is yellow; Diyas are yellow, flowers are yellow, Rangoli has yellow. This is the festival of lights. Therefore, once again I decided to write a colour post (Refer post: I'm going green!)

Personally I feel yellow is the most underrated colour. By underrated I mean, it's not the first colour which will pop into your head when someone talks about a dress, shirt or even a kurta. We just don't assume/imagine things to be yellow. I know we all have that one colour we feel really confident and comfortable in- for some it's the power of red, for some it's black to make things sexy, for some it's the classic white. You will rarely meet people who will claim their favourite colour to be yellow. Ha ha, no I'm not one of those people. 

Yellow is not really my favourite colour, but yes, occasionally- that is more of than many other colours, my hands do tend to pick a yellow instead of an orange or a purple. 

I just love these shoes- brown heels from Charles & Keith
and my beige sweater is from Vero Moda

A plain yellow t-shirt or shirt with a cardigan to go with is not very out of the blue or out of the ordinary. Above, I have teamed up a simple yellow t-shirt with a beige cardigan to go with brown pants and brown heels.

But instead, you could even pair it up with a matching brown/beige scarf, like I did on the left.

If you want to wear a yellow kurta to work, that's a good idea too. I possess one plain yellow kurta which I usually wear with either a printed yellow & green patiala or a plain white chudidaar, depending on my mood :P

 

The other kurta I have is shown right at the top. It's white with a yellow border. It has the most beautiful yellow dupatta- with pink and green on the corners. It's not very flashy, which is why I love it.


The secret to wearing yellow is really simple:-

1) Don't overdo it- If you're wearing a yellow shirt, don't wear matching nailpaint or clips or even shoes (although this maybe an exception if your outfit has very little or negligible yellow).
2) No yellow pants to work- Ha ha. This goes without saying.
3) Be confident- Let the colour make you feel happy!


Lastly, I just HAD TO post the picture below. It shows how so many people around us and on television wear yellow so chic-ly. :D
I hope this Diwali season you wear yellow to work too. Please send me your pictures so that I can share them on the blog and on facebook. If you want, you can send them anonymously.









Serena and Blair wearing yellow at the same time (how often does that happen?,
Sonam Kapoor in a gorgeous yellow dress by Victoria Beckham, Priyanka in happy
yellow and the yellow Zara wardrobe.

 Happy dressing! :)

xox
CGC

I'm going green!

The colour green stands for youth, freshness, springtime, life and hope. It is also used to show prosperity. It is the colour which can make you feel bright and it certainly makes me feel alive. It is without a doubt one of my favourite colours.

When was the last time you wore something green to work?

If it's hard to remember, it was too long ago.

I think it's time to change that.

Green will go with black pants, a white skirt, brown high-waist trousers and even a grey-ish blazer. It doesn't hurt the eye and at the same time will make you stand out.

Here's how I play with this colour:





Plain dark green
tshirt with a thin
brown blazer and a tiny
scarf tied on the belt loop



Printed green scarf from Zingrin



Kurta from Fab India



Everything green! Clips, earrings and belt from GK market
 and ring from Khan Market

Andy Sachs from The Devil Wears Prada looks
absolutely chic in green!

And hence, like they say, "think green!"

Send me pictures of yourselves in your favourite green clothes to feature them on this blog post.

xox
CGC

A Country of Colours

Hola girls!

L.o.v.i.n.g. L.i.f.e.

There's just something about October.. Diwali is almost around the corner, the weather is getting better, the days shorter, card parties have started and work is lighter. It's without a doubt my favourite time of the year.

India as we know, is a country of festivals. We have a major festival almost every two months- I guess we just need an excuse to celebrate. But as this year's Diwali season is setting in, it's making me realize that more than anything else we all love colour. We are not the ones to wear blacks, greys or browns for a prolonged period of time. It just doesn't work for us. We need a red or a pink or a bright blue to make us feel churpy.

Even if you walk down a road, you will mostly see women wearing a red saree, or a pink suit or a purple top with jeans. The latest trend being- the red lipstick to perk up any outfit. Sometimes I actually wish I could sport red lipstick to work, haha, but boo-hoo that's a big no-no. You don't want people to think you're here to party and not work.

My point being: don't make your corporate wardrobe drab by just wearing blacks and greys to work. Agreed, they are the basic essentials one must possess, but make sure to team them up with a bright pink shirt or a yellow scarf or a big blue bag. 

My future posts will contain details of specific colours and how to carry them off. But, I also thought I'd share the following pictures I found on google just to make us all remember that we live in "A Country of Colours":

To conclude: Don't hide that Indian inside you at work. :D

xox
CGC