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16th September 2016

After four hours of Cleopatra (1963), a mmust watch for all it’s Greco-Egyptian splendour, COSTUMES. And fierce eyeliner game.

Bardot flounce with a hint of rouge

Drama & Emerald

Cleopatra-esque, bardot with a hint of rouge and some dramatic emerald

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Oorja Makkad

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

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Of trysts and secret meetings in orange 🧡 Lover

Of trysts and secret meetings in orange 🧡 Lovers reunited on a terrace, a nayika waiting upon a bed of leaves for her lover, and a nayika in flaming vermillion arriving at her lover's residence during a rainstorm 🌹I don't own anything orange, so I felt like sharing some of my favourite moments from Indian miniature art that depicted romance in orange - the very few instances for me where orange feels beautiful 🧡

Confession: I just don't like to wear orange 😂 I associate it with all sorts of things that I do not want to be associated with 🤭

baluchari night 🌹❤️ dupatta: @rahibyaindri

baluchari night 🌹❤️
dupatta: @rahibyaindrila
suit: @bunaai
jewellery: @sukkhi_jewellery

she's channeling pearl-laden apsara in a laal-par

she's channeling pearl-laden apsara in a laal-par for shoshti 🤍

Saree: real handloom laal-par from @somas_creations
Customized pearl clutch, made to order: @thepurplesack

"She reigns over the birth of flowers and gentle b

"She reigns over the birth of flowers and gentle beings, raises baby birds in her lap, and with fawns she plays.
She reigns over demons and demise alike,
And before her fury, even Death himself pales."

- Persephone Girl, by Nikita Gill.

A poem titled aptly for what this video feels like, and what my essence feels like.
Stepping into a visual embodiment of the duality of my darkness and light,
of flower girl and femme fatale, and doing it in pearls 🌸🖤

Light: A delicate ice blue blouse, thrifted
Dark: A hand-me-down vintage blazer
Choker & Earrings: @ana.regalia

An eco-note about these looks: I love how everything I'm wearing in this post today feels so glamorous, so me, and so not like the kind of sustainability that's "obvious" to the eye. I thrift mindfully, I invest in good quality retail basics that are the kind you wear for years (both of these trousers are that old), and I get to collaborate with woman-led, homegrown, artisan-empowering small businesses for my jewellery from time to time. Sometimes, a look isn't an in-your-face Indian print, saree or cookie-cutter brown linen antifit dress, but dig deeper into its story rather than its visual appearance and you'll find it to be more sustainable in its soul than anything marketable 🌱

a sweet, soft, gentle soul birthed a sweet, soft,

a juxtaposition: modern Indian woman on social med

a juxtaposition: modern Indian woman on social media overlaid upon her ancestresses, goddesses and sisterhood of centuries of saree-wearing women across time, her commentary pasted upon pictures depicting the visual diversity and history of Indian drapes in regional cultures, tribes, traditions and communities across the country's fashion heritage.

In simpler words, this series can also be titled "a visual illustration of how fkn stupid you sound" ✨

I want to be spoiled with an abundance of precious

I want to be spoiled with an abundance of precious payals 🌚🦪

(swipe) notes on a royal blue weave before it's re

(swipe) notes on a royal blue weave before it's revealed in full splendour 💙 reshare if you relate to being smitten by the inner workings, intricacies and quiet marvel in understanding the little technicalities of the handloom process

can you guess what this motif is? and which textile of India? 🌚

#Collaboration with a darling saree small business that works in the space of traditional textile heritage

a woman in a red saree is a special kind of sorcer

a woman in a red saree is a special kind of sorcery ;) ❤️🌹#9ColorsofNavratri

white cloud sari, thrifted sweater, old world silv

white cloud sari, thrifted sweater, old world silver 🤍🦪 #9ColorsofNavratri

Little flower rings & jhumkas enamelled with colorful stained glass: precious silver pieces by @aarna.store
#Collaboration

libra new moon energy: you're sexy and you own it

libra new moon energy: you're sexy and you own it 🌚🖤

shubho mahalaya 🌹❤️ when a latkan is crafte

shubho mahalaya 🌹❤️ when a latkan is crafted long and romantic the way @ana.regalia makes on her pearls, it's tempting to twine it to the front 🦪 I wanted to let that gorg traditional thread and tassel be the star in these #ReviveStyleWraps moments with a handloom lal paar. I love a necklace whose attention-to-detail is such that the clasp at the back is just as stunning as the front visual of the piece.

The time of the goddess is here 🤍

she's arriving ❤️ did you read the goddess szn

she's arriving ❤️ did you read the goddess szn newsletter yet?

black suit and kundan drip time of the year isn't

black suit and kundan drip time of the year isn't too far away 🖤✨

the autumn equinox has passed, and my beloved chin

the autumn equinox has passed, and my beloved chinaar shawl has gone missing from all the places it's supposed to be in, I think I'm going to need prayers (and spells) to locate it again before the tiny sliver of winter we get to have in Bombay 🥺❤️🖤

harud is here 🍁

I love dainty 🦋🍁 wearing thrift and the cute

I love dainty 🦋🍁 wearing thrift and the cutest @aarna.store green onyx baubles, a gift last Diwali ✨

you and I both - a beautiful, powerful, divine ex

you and I both - a beautiful, powerful, divine expression of feminine energy 🤍

the 'earth' energy in handblocked textiles is unpa

the 'earth' energy in handblocked textiles is unparalleled, making it brown only states the obvious 🍷🌹

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