EastEssence's Blog – November 2015 Archive (3)

Nothing spells ‘badass’ as does a pair of tan leather jackets. The boots, the denims and even the bike comes in later. The fascination of women with jackets has been a long-standing relationship which was initially motivated by necessity and then by style, comfort and now just the sheer love for it has grown so much so that it finds a use in almost all quarters of the seasons.…

A thobe or Thwab, Dishdasha or Kandhura is typically synonymous with Arab dressing for men. For the uninitiated, this muslim clothing for men is an ankle length lose robe mostly worn by men to offer salah when going to the mosque. It’s needless to say that the easy comfort and simplicity wins hands down in comparison to the rigidity of any other garment like suit. Yeah now everyone can’t be a Barney Stinson to be…

Haute couture is a French term which connotes ‘high dressmaking’. Though it’s easier to say that little has remained of the term as of now coz many designers have given their own interpretation to (let’s say exploited) the term to satiate the desire of the market. However, there are many distinct markers synonymous with the same and Haute couture seems to be the flavor of every season in every fashion capital, market or gully.



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