What To Wear: Week 1

Fashion is an art. Fashion is a statement of personal expression. French fashion designer Coco Chanel once said, Fashion keeps changing but style endures. A person’s style truly comes out when one is comfortable and happy in their clothes. Style is relatable to the flair of a person. But in the busy life we live these days, we sometimes need a guidance to keep our flair intact. A lookbook helping you dress little quicker and with style. Hope it can help you too!

Outfit 1:

For the first day of the week, a little formal looking outfit. With a semi-formal or formal shirt, loosely tucked in the pants. For pants either formal trousers or black or dark blue denim giving you a comfy feel and classy look! You also add some chunky jewellery to glam up your outfit!

Outfit 2:

A simple solid coloured dress with a nice belt to give a classy but charismatic look. Try finding a dress in pastel colours which give delicate look and accessories with pearls. Also go for funky colours that helps add colour to a boring Tuesday!

Outfit 3:

A mid-week time calls for something with some layers! A pretty and nice shrug or jacket of lace , etc.,  with a tube or t back and you all dressed up for mid week happy hours!

Outfit 4:

Colours colours colours all around us, which can make or break our mood. So why not add some vibrancy to our outfits. Vibrant Thursday is called for. A nice tribal printed or tie-dyed skirt with a solid but bright jacket is the way to go! And it can be vice-versa.

Outfit 5:

The commencement of the weekend is here. Also is the causal Friday! A nice comfy long sweater or, for Mumbai weather a long top with skinny jeans and a nice scarf or a long necklace is the way to kickoff the weekend.

Outfit 6:

A party outfit is needed at least once a week. Glittery anything is the best kind of glam you can pull off to go along with all the lights of the nightlife. Either go for a glitter top or pants or dress and you are good to go! But also I would suggest adding a little neutral shade like black, white or grey to balance your look! Neutral colours don’t make the outfit look too flashy but gives a more alluring look!

Outfit 7:

A quiet relaxing day after a hectic week, catching up with bestie or family needs an elegant but fresh look! A nice white shirt, pastel or light shade colour with a bright yellow or green, etc., skirt to make you look all ready for Sunday brunching and munching. Also not hesitate to take some nice bag or earrings to make a statement.

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Lemony Sugary Outfit

Raksha Bandhan, the festival which is exclusive brother and sister occasion. A sibling relation is sweet and sour filled with laughter and feisty moments. 

Today is Raksha Bandhan, I am wearing an outfit, which reminds me of the relation I have with my bro, sweet and sour, I hate the fact that I love him. A lemony yellow and sugary white colored Anakarli Kurti from Westside. Mixed matched it with a lime green chudiar from the same place. A cool, comfy Anarkali Kurti for Indian climate and rituals. The earrings from the market outside the city palace of Udaipur and the bracelet from our Colaba causeway. Keeping the accessories simple yet classy as it’s a hot and humid in Mumbai! Happy Raksha Bandhan to all!

The Kurti and Churidar
Place - Westside at Kala Ghoda

The Accessories

Earrings - Udaipur City Palace Market
Bangle - Colaba Causeway

MonoChrome Brownie

Cooking for me is like the best therapy.  Trying to survive in the creative field which is now more digital and computer based, its a good change to do something physically creative!!! And cooking is something, which is a delight for your mind, eyes and tummy! 

After a very hectic day, honestly being very mentally exhausted something yummy was needed. And with that time of the month coming closer, a lot of chocolate craving were happening. I had read this brownie recipe in one of my mom's recipe diaries so decided to experiment around the chocolate brownie! But with my father being diabetic decided to tweak the recipe! So went ingredient hunting (at 9 pm) so settled for white chocolate chips instead of normal chocolate chips. And it turned out to be amazing! Here is the recipe for the mono - chrome brownie.

Ingredients

4 eggs

2 cups cocoa

1 tsp baking powder

2 1/2 tsp espresso powder 

1 tbsp vanilla essence

1 cup unsalted butter

1 1/2  sugar-free (the quantity of sugar can vary according the level of sweetness desired) 

2 cups chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups flour

Process

Step 1 - Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a square 9x9 inch pan

Step 2 -  Beat together eggs, cocoa, baking powder, espresso powder and vanilla until smooth. I added some extra espresso powder to make the coffee flavour more dominant and contrasting to the white chocolate chips.

Step 3 -  Melt butter in the microwave.

Step 4 -  Add the sugar-free  to the melted butter and combine. Microwave mixture in about 10-15 second increments, mixing each time, until the mixture is hot but not bubbly. Heating this mixture will dissolve more of the sugar and give a shiny crust on top of the brownies.

Step 5 - Add the butter mixture to the eggs mixture and mix until smooth

Step 6 - Microwave the chocolate chips in about 20 second increments until fairly soft, but not totally melted. NOTE: If you want them to be totally incorporated,then melt them completely. But if you want them to be chunks in the brownies, do not microwave them. I personally prefer chunky chips so directly put them in the batter.

Step 7 -  Add flour and chocolate chips to batter and mix until smooth.

Step 8 -  Pour batter into pan and bake for about 30 minutes.

9. When done, remove from oven, leave it for cooling down for 10 minutes then cut them into squares.

Here are the delicious monochrome brownies. A lovely contract in colour and taste also!