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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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#SecondhandSeptember warrants posting two glam-est

#SecondhandSeptember warrants posting two glam-est secondhand fashion pieces ❤️✨ Purple, a hand-me-down. I've seen my mother wear this way back in my school days, it is still lovingly preserved and now worn by me! Even in the pre-2020 world, it was tough to come by occasions elegant enough for this ruched, floral appliquéd gown without worrying if I'm a tad overdressed. We've all chilled out and dressed down a bit too much as a society - what with athleisure and all - don't you think? I certainly think the descent of an all permeating sense of 'casual' had become a bit too casual for my taste. At least in Bombay, I see that jeans can and will be worn absolutely anywhere! If it was tough wearing this back then; in a lockdown, this gown is as good as museum goods hahaha. The slinky satin black dress with an embellished mesh cutout was found at @fair.trunk's fashion swap last September 🌼 Lean in to secondhand alternatives, you'll be truly surprised the beautiful pieces you may find!

To be soft spoken and masked is a whole different

A blog post on how my relationship with Instagram

A blog post on how my relationship with Instagram has changed in lockdown. Link in bio 🌼 Do share your thoughts and feedback if you resonate!

If you use the word 'simping' I assume you do not

If you use the word 'simping' I assume you do not know how to spell gallantry 🌹⠀
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Y̶o̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶f̶f̶e̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶t̶e̶l̶y̶⠀
Rather disdainfully,⠀
All the exasperated old world souls stuck in the 21st century

@facevirtual recreated my signature shawl outfit i

Zoom lecture in Sep '20, Goan vacay in Sep '19 🥺🌴 An ombré chiffon worn last year with a hand-me-down crocheted top, and today with raw silk and a hand-painted Jaipuri ceramic pottery neckpiece from @kaisoriindia. I wear this saree very rarely, being partial towards handicraft textile drapes much more so than romantic Bollywood-esque chiffons. The styling may be better today, but the feels of this saree in Goa remain unmatched; sipping on Bailey's on the rocks, sea breeze in my hair, no concept of time, SIGH. No #wearsion of this saree worn before, or after, those vacay days can ever compare. I'm about to go curl up with this month's Condé Nast Traveller, a cup of tea and travel mentally 🌼 #sotd is from my mom's wardrobe, something worthy of @msppj's #wearsions and @drapeastory's #restylingwithpenaaz!

silver glam 🍸🖤 baubles from the ever tastefu

silver glam 🍸🖤 baubles from the ever tasteful Riya of @_alankaara_

I have something to ask you - What do you do? BUT

I have something to ask you - What do you do? BUT you can only answer something, absolutely anything, apart from the thing you do to earn money. What do you do? 🌼✨ What would you like to describe you if your job wasn't the only way to define you? Share below ❤️ I'm excited to know more about all of you like this!

Reality vs Instagram hahaha 🍸 Head to toe in ha

minimalist blue 🗻 I can't believe I've worn thi

minimalist blue 🗻 I can't believe I've worn this gorgeous ombré only once in my life? It deserves a lot more experimentation with. Blank canvas sarees are so exciting to me ✨ Source: Borrowed from mom, she purchased 5.5 mts of a silky, satiny fabric from a local fabrics-by-metre shop called Tirumala and they custom dyed it in her choice of colors!

Blooming 🌺 It's #SecondhandSeptember, and these

Blooming 🌺 It's #SecondhandSeptember, and these floral suits, romantic as ever, are my most fav hand-me-downs among several others that I regularly wear. Swapped, hand me downs, heirlooms, borrows, pre-loved buys, there's so many ways in which we all can embrace secondhand fashion - increasing the lifespan of a garment before it gets to a stage where it may require repair. In India, taking away consumer stigma surrounding pre-owned clothing as well as creating a lot more spaces online and offline for people to easily and conveniently procure secondhand clothing is so, so important right now. I hope that someday, we could all nonchalantly walk in to a vintage or thrift store round the corner and treat ourselves to a serendipitous, abundant buffet of style pieces. Beautiful clothes will find their way to our wardrobe from their previous owner, to find something gorgeous that's secondhand is such a sweet joy because it feels like fate when someone out there decided to part with something that's exactly your size and your type. We'd all be wasting less, throwing less, donating less, and keeping fashion in the circle before it's recycled, upcycled or refashioned! That's the dream ❤️

jhumkas and mudras 🌸

jhumkas and mudras 🌸

A different side 🌚 What we know of an IG Friend

A different side 🌚 What we know of an IG Friend is so two-dimensional. Wholeness, dualities, layers, complexities, the entirety can never be fully encompassed on a feed. What I see of you and your endorsed opinions, is but one page in the library that is your being. My online real estate is about a passion for Indian textiles, the intrinsic goodness in these conscious, traditional, accessible local crafts, hence only wardrobe choices that reflect this enchantment make it here.⠀
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But, I also need glamour, aesthetics beyond the Indian. For me, aesthetic fulfilment is as essential for happiness as ethical alignment. Over the years of Revive.Style, I discarded the unconscious narrative of treating sustainability as an Instagram competition wherein one must constantly preach (lament?) how much more we should be doing, point out flaws in fellow travellers in journey, the endless loop is so tiresome. We think we're 'spreading knowledge,' but it's a fine line from being caught in a cycle of holier-than-thou ego fulfilment. What's the point if I focus on what's not enough much more than what's thriving? Inspiring others at their own pace?
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Fact: I'd sooner die than wear something drab that I don't vibe with, just for a label of handmade/slow. Fashion is art, expression, a most glorious kind of play. There's so much more to us - needs and desires - beyond our causes, isn't there? Majorly, my non-artisanal clothing is secondhand/swapped/hand-me-down/borrowed but I haven't boycotted retail entirely, so far I only avoid shady brands with proven malpractices - Zara, H&M, F21 and the like. I like to minimize retail buys, always going for slow fashion labels if they have what I desire, and sticking to India manufactured retail if not. From mall-ing every weekend to once in months, it's been great. I still use Forever 21 dresses I purchased 5+ years ago - with care, they're pristine. I certainly need my pretty, sexy, date night outfits and I like to do my 'sustainable best' when it comes to sourcing them, I think it makes more sense to tweak my consumerism around my aesthetic desires than the other way round. All of this is a journey, ever evolving, never flawless. ✨

I-wish-I-was-a-hand-model moments 😂✨ Which ae

I-wish-I-was-a-hand-model moments 😂✨ Which aesthetic is your fav and why? ❤️

kasavu moods in the past year ✨ I often wonder w

kasavu moods in the past year ✨ I often wonder why kasavus are treated like a typecast saree - worn only on Onam and Vishu primarily - and I don't often see them worn apart from these two days. A humble, simple cotton weave with but a border is perfect regular/work wear as well, but even in most workplaces this isn't a nonchalant drape to drape unlike other cotton-zari weaves. It's a humble, elegant cotton with an understated design when it's only striped without figuring. It has its more royal and resplendent motif specked variations as well. For me, the starchiness of this drape is a bit of a turn off from wearing it often. However, do you ever wonder why, in the saree world, we may wear sarees from all the states of India to anywhere and everywhere but we don't always do that with this one? With most drapes, we don't feel the need to stick to only sarees from our own region of origin and we keep creating beautiful fusions and hybrids. But the Kerala Kasavu still has this sense of 'costume' to it, worn only on Kerala related specifics and associated so strongly with these two festivals only? I think styling a kasavu for a regular day can be super easy as well. Worth experimenting with in a series sometime soon! Images: @reenarosedass's zero waste applique kasavu that uses upcycled textile scraps, a silver and black from a weaver, and my mom's hand-me-down from yesterday.

kasavus feel like you're in a Raja Ravi Varma pain

kasavus feel like you're in a Raja Ravi Varma painting, and I love that✨❤️ #sotd from my mom's wardrobe, adornments from @sukkhi_jewellery! I was supposed to wear a silver kara kasavu saree today which is mysteriously lost somewhere among the wardrobes, so out came this one with a touch of wine figuring and golden peacocks abound. Tagging this for @afsarnama's joyful journey of #OnamOnMyMind, and if I find that silver kasavu soon then yet another lategram shall be made!

In gilded mornis today, an old treasure from mom's

In gilded mornis today, an old treasure from mom's wardrobe ✨🌴 #Onam2020 #Kasavu #SOTD

a cascade of citrines 🌼 thank you for customizi

a cascade of citrines 🌼 thank you for customizing this for me @rahihandmade ✨

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