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21st October 2016

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Oorja Makkad

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Millennial Sareephile
Indian Textile Aficionado

Musing on fashion, handicraft, sustainability narratives, cruelty-free beauty and eclectically homegrown design. Find me on Instagram @oorja.revivestyle.

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reminiscing durga puja last year, before we begin reminiscing durga puja last year, before we begin a new one in this new world 🌹 Pre-2020, I'd never post a crowded picture with plastic chairs and so many people in a frame, deeming it 'unaesthetic,' but today it has a surreal significance and evokes so many strange feelings. Textiles in order: a cutwork jamdani with zari motifs, handloom linen tissue silk and an upcycled blouse, black and gold ghicha handloom silk, handloom cotton silk from Bengal, tussar kurta set and baluchari handloom dupatta. All sources tagged, if untagged, it's from an offline shop/artisan/exhibition that doesn't have Instagram.
my flatlay process 🦚💙 Ganga-Jamuni morni vib my flatlay process 🦚💙 Ganga-Jamuni morni vibes, I hope you enjoy this outfit and it's flow even though it's wearer was too fatigued to put it on. If I had the energy to dress up today, I'd do this gold-silver ensemble with all kinds of stripes, 2D & 3D, in it's textured plissé and handwoven silk for Royal Blue Day. The saree is a double shade, a luscious peacock green when it catches light. I've never done gold-silver together before, it's something I've wanted to try especially since I saw @drapeastory do it so beautifully recently! Let's keep this for another day. Today's post is an ode to the joy of creating flatlays, such a peaceful, meditative and aesthetic activity, and one can still be in their PJs and no make up so yay ✨ The vintage Afghan coin necklace is a pre-loved buy! #MindfulFestivitiesWithGF for @green.fashionista and #9Days9Colours9Styles @saffronsaga and @saree_baten_with_anu
I know this was much awaited! All the 20s pearl-ch I know this was much awaited! All the 20s pearl-chain-trailing-down-my-back dreams with a vintage organza blouse (hand-me-down, more than 20 years old), a white on white cloud of a handloom phulia jamdani, and roses 🌹#MindfulFestivitiesWithGF @green.fashionista and #HandsOfWestBengal @shaystories & @sixyardsoffinery, I was most excited to tag this one for you!
a vintage organza blouse, a handloom dhakai jamdan a vintage organza blouse, a handloom dhakai jamdani ❄️ The construction and make of this deserved it's own special, moonlit post for I want you all to feast upon the vintage glamour in the details! It's a hand-me-down. What are you draping for day white? The saree in slide 3 is the very first real handloom phulia jamdani I purchased for myself, I've dreamt of having one for so many years. All thanks to the lovely @rahibyaindrila, all my special 'firsts' come from her - my very first self purchased saree which was a humble khesh, my first baluchari, first kantha, and now this 'baft hawa' (woven air, that's one of the poetic ways the Mughals referred to this textile) ⠀ ⠀ #ColorsOfNavratri @winnynarayan, #9Days9Colours9Styles @my_wardrobe_tales, #MindfulFestivitiesWithGF @green.fashionista, #HandsOfWestBengal @sixyardsoffinery @shaystories ⠀ ⠀
tired of being a functioning person in this pandem tired of being a functioning person in this pandemic, I'm now cassatta ice cream 🍨 The inspiration behind #sotd for day orange is, in fact, not the mango-strawberry indulgence but an ancient verse of poetry. It's one of my most favourite verses from the translations of classical, romantic Indian poetry and the only lines among all the breathtaking verses I've read so far that are not too erotic for Instagram 🤭 Hence, I share them frequently! ⠀ 'white jasmine about to bloom in her hair⠀ ⠀ sandal paste mixed with saffron on her body⠀ ⠀ my beloved languorous in her intoxicating youth⠀ ⠀ resting on my chest⠀ ⠀ this is nothing but heaven paying me a visit'⠀ ⠀ - Bharatrhari (poet) in 'Shatakatrayi' - an anthology of 300 verses, one of the earliest contributions of early classical Sanskrit to romantic literature. This poem talks about the joy of being with one's 'priyatma' or beloved. Source: The Flute & The Lotus, Romantic Moments in Indian Poetry and Painting' by Harsha Dehejjia. ⠀ ⠀ A buttersoft, light orange handloom makes sandal mixed with saffron, and a fragrant gajra already in full bloom 🌼 the blouse is a very old hand-me-down from my mom, and the mul is a quintessential Bengal cotton. Applies for #mindfulfestivitieswithgf by @green.fashionista and #handsofwestbengal by @shaystories and @sixyardsoffinery!
always a block print chameleon at home 🦎 always a block print chameleon at home 🦎
grey as the excited anticipation of a thunderstorm grey as the excited anticipation of a thunderstorm 🌧️✨❤️ #NavratriDay1
And the winter navratras begin 🌌 in frame: anti And the winter navratras begin 🌌 in frame: antique amulets turned to earrings, a most kind gift from @tahir_somethingsopure back when my blog had only just begun, they specialise in vintage pieces and I cherish these imperfect, charming jhumkas that may have lived through so many stories before they reached me!⠀ ⠀ A handloom, handblock print cotton silk saree made slow, ethical and artisanal by the tasteful hand and mind of @woodandyarn.india, another precious gift I was so fortunate to receive as a token of love during my saree draping workshop at The Saree Festival curated by @saree.man, this time last year. ⠀ ⠀ The blouse is refashioned from an old dupatta of my mother's, it had been lying around for about a decade before we both decided to get 'asharfi' (the quintessential Indian gold coin motif of prosperity) blouses stitched out of that one yardage. Lots of slow and sustainable vibes will persist all through the festivities this year 🖤 @green.fashionista I'm with you in your beautiful Instagram theme for mindful fashion festivities, and #RestylingWithPenaaz @drapeastory shall receive quite some spam as I restyle the festive pieces I already have along with some new handcrafted buys.⠀ ⠀
Art spam, for it is #inktober 🖤 credit to @jess Art spam, for it is #inktober 🖤 credit to @jessillustrator for the gestural fashion illustration technique in 2 & 3, her workshops throughout this lockdown were a salve of sanity, beauty and play during an awfully uncertain crisis. A bundle of her templates and video tutorials is now made available for purchase, which I 101% recommend, learning from Jess is so refreshingly simple and so rewarding 😍
“I adored you. You were so soft, so diabolically “I adored you. You were so soft, so diabolically angelic looking.” - Henry Miller, from a letter to Anaïs Nin featured in A Literate Passion: Letters Of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller (1932 - 1953)
how many 🐟 how many 🐟
Of maintaining trysts with lovers on rainy, stormy Of maintaining trysts with lovers on rainy, stormy nights, for #ARainOfImages visual archive initiative on Instagram by the ever so tasteful @redearth.art. The text in this carousel explains what I see in these artworks, partly based on my research on miniature art that began in college days and mostly a freewheeling take on what they convey and why I found them moving. I think you all know, by now, how besotted I am by ancient Indian miniatures from the Pahari school of art that flourished in the Punjab hills, Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir. What do you see in them? How do you feel about them? Do share below ✨ This hashtag #ARainOfImages houses some beautiful contributions by art lovers on the 'gram about works centered around the theme of rain and monsoon that stirred something in them, it's a must see if you're into that! These two ancient Indian miniatures from the Pahari school are my choice of favourite among works evocative of monsoon 🌧️
I come with proof that winged eyeliner is a whole I come with proof that winged eyeliner is a whole different personality somehow 👀👉
from the rare times I do step out 🌼 crochet han from the rare times I do step out 🌼 crochet hand-me-down, and @vaibbhavipinc's lovely handmade masks refashioned from textile waste. I love them for the gorgeous neutral colours, seldom feel like wearing any other masks ever since I got this set ✨
the last of the moody adornments before I go back the last of the moody adornments before I go back to 'nayika' mode, as @vibha_bala pointed out so accurately in my DM yesterday 😂✨ My sweet virtual followers-turned-friends sometimes catch me by surprise when they seem to know me too well, from my relentless Kashmir textile obsession to my posting patterns, 'tis both flattering and even a little unnerving hahaha 🖤
Mlle Chanel did say "one ought to be a bit of a fe Mlle Chanel did say "one ought to be a bit of a fetishist," so no prizes for guessing my wardrobe fetish🌷What's a textile you're a fetishist for?
a happy picture to say thank you for 14k 🤍✨ a happy picture to say thank you for 14k 🤍✨
Handcrafted lovingly by women in the villages of B Handcrafted lovingly by women in the villages of Birbhum, @forsarees created this beautiful handloom mul adorned with hand embroidered kantha with the help of female artisans who practice kantha embroidery post their household chores as a source of supplemental income. Although they're accustomed to working on khesh sarees; providing solid, butter soft, quintessentially Bengal handwoven cotton muls to create these lovely kantha drapes is Ritu's gorgeous brainchild and I'm so grateful to experience all of it's artisanal warmth! I always love a drape that's all kinds of slow, from being handwoven in its fabric to hand embellished in its aesthetic, so this red and white six yard stunner fell into my lap at the perfect time for Pujo vibes! I'd been looking for something in a laal-paar color palette, and this came into my path exactly then, by some miracle of synchronicity. Thank you for enabling me to source this beauty for my saree wardrobe! Strings of pearls, hints of diamonds, handloom, hand embroidery and artisanal tradition all the way, much thanks to @forsarees tastefully curatorial and creative endeavours! ❤️🤍
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