Fashion just got trendier this summer!
(With expert inputs from Abhijeet Sunny).
Whether you are planning on spending a day at the poolside, frolicking on the beach or simply running under the sprinkler, cool summer wear for hot lazy summer days is a must. Keep the heat at bay and look stylish and hip throughout the season. Beginning with the most basic of summer requirements – Shorts and Cropped Pants - The rising temperatures seek out the rising hemlines to make a hot fashion statement. Bermudas, both short and long, and a variety of cropped pants; capris, gauchos and ankle length pants are in this summer, besides the comfortable, cool, airy, easy-to-wear outfits.
That's just how women like their clothes to be during summers and what's better than our Indian kurtis, salwar-kurtas and saris to beat the heat?
While some of my friends vouch for the Indian wear, others simply fall for western counterparts. For all our lazzy lasses Indian clothes serve the purpose to the T. They are airy, breathy, loose and size-friendly and so they are best suited for the season which lasts for almost eight months. "Nothing other than the kurtas teamed with jeans, churidaar or loose salwars make me feel at ease during the peak summer season", tells my best pal to me, and I laugh heartily at her little nose trying its best to align itself to a thousand facial expressions displayed in a fraction second! "Zoya, you're impossible! And I love for you for it", I said.
Anyway, the point to be driven home is if the thought of lots of bare skin this summer makes you want to hide under a baggy cardigan, take a fresh look at how to make fashion work for you right now. Nowadays, kurtis can be teamed up with leggings as well, or with those desirous what they call it 'dhoti' salwaars, which gives it a cool trendy "cut above the rest' look. And I believe girls and women alike are really keen on wearing denim capris and lose tank tops for the comfort that they provide.
But but but....! Here comes the twist. My dear friend Abhijeet Sunny, a promising name in the glamour world, a fashion designer by profession and a fashionista at heart is not of the idea that Indian women tend to wear more Indian clothes during summer. 'Although I agree that Indian clothes make you feel free, fashion trends in India have changed. Indian women have come off age with respect to their style statements. Chic is in vogue, for all seasons. The Indian-ness in the clothes is alive but in a different way. They wear tunics with huge hats, stilettos with polka dot shorts, English bail-bottoms with camouflage print camisole tees, skull print Bermudas, animal prints with jeweled collars, tiger face motifs and high strap sandals to go with. They are experimental, off track, unusual, contemplative and yes, in rhythm, on beat! I don't think many young women would be seen sporting a salwar-kameez unless it is for a formal occasion,' continued Abhijeet, and I, without blabbering much, nodded dutifully.
On second thoughts, I did agree gone are the days when girls felt uneasy wearing short-lengths or, for that matter, they hesitated endorsing western stuff. Now, it all wraps around sporting the newest trend, be it college or your workplace. We have all the more freedom to experiment with our wardrobe with these new skirts which are the best to beat the heat, but in finding your perfect skirt length, a word of caution for all my lovely beautiful women here. My fashion wisdom says a skirt's width should never be more than its length to transform you into a summer fashion diva.
And then even the scorching heat can't stop you ladies from sashaying around this summer with the season's 'it' look. So go ahead you beauties, summer fashion is again at your feet!
