The fashion flavour this festive season!

With festive season round the corner, its time to put the fashionable foot forward. The lines between festive, formal and casual wear are blending seamlessly, its time to bring in some interesting variations in festive ensembles. The cuts, fabrics and silhouettes take the centre stage.

It's time to admire the beauty of Indian hand made products. Indian block print cloth, pretty ikat weaves and batik dyed mulmul cloth are great choices to celebrate the festivals. Indigo block printed cloth is the flavour of the season. The colour itself stands out. Funky silver jewelry will add the glitter to the ensemble.

Usually, bright colours are associated with the festivities. Try blush pink, white, pearl blue this season and you are going to be the shining jewel in all the get to-gathers. Avoid heavy work and let the weaves, colour combinations and simple straight cuts be brought the centre stage. You will be surprised to see the way you receive the compliments. Such simple and light dresses compliments the personality unlike heavy dresses, full of embroidery, layers, frills etc which overshadows the personality of the wearer.

It's also time to experiment with the looks. Try indo-western gowns, long frocks in Indian prints, weaves and unusual colours.

 Most of the time, people compliment as- the dress is looking very pretty. Kahan se li?  Not many gets compliments like - wow, you are looking so pretty. The dress is looking so good on you.

Do you want to change the way, you receive compliments? Shift to PUSHPNEER for our simplicity in designs, simple cuts, un-fussy silhouettes, breathing natural cloth and no two pieces are similar.

Have a look at some of our creations.

THE SENSIBLE FASHION

Hi folks,
It has been real long time since we met.I have a great news to share with you. I am going for my first exhibition and am thrilled! Creating designs and then showcasing them to the gorgeous people around has it's own excitement.

Since decades, I have been designing dresses for the women I am close to. I have a designing sense and am not a trained designer.  This allows me to roam freely in the design galleries without knowing the defined rules and restrictions, which designers know.

I have chosen cottons with Indian ethnicity. Block printed cotton, ikkat weaves and dyed mulmul is my chosen cloth for my Autumn 2016 collection, named URVI, means EARTH. It's a tribute to Indian artisans and Indian heritage by PUSHPNEER.

I am in love with  sleek designs and simple cuts in straight lines which accentuates a woman's personality as a whole. URVI dresses has vibrancy of designs by colour combinations, some forgotten collars' styles , freshly dyed batik and shibori prints and ikat weaves .

Pushpneer's endeavor  is to bring in the conservative women to appreciate the fusion fashion and join the tribe and enjoy the freedom these Indo-western dresses provide to the wearer. Our collection boasts of long maxi gowns, calf and knee length dresses, tunics, pinafores and some unusual skirts and lehengas.

Have a peekaboo in our collection. We are open to positive criticism to improve!

Our Indigo-Intention 

The skin soothing dresses with a relaxed silhouette . The effortless dressing by PUSHPNEER is all about casual styles .

I will share some more designs in my next post.

Till then, dress well, enjoy life and be happy with yourself!

LBD

The social changes in urban Indian society after freedom over the years and the world exposure through internet and other platforms have changed the way women  lived their life. The freedom women now enjoys in every sphere of life is an achievement of the struggles, they have gone through ages.This generation has been the most emancipated.

In 1970s and  1980s, the most common and appreciated dress for Indian women was salwar kameez, saris and jeans-top in metropolies. In smaller towns, it was mainly the salwar kameez, churidaar pyjama or saris. Young girls were experimenting with frocks, skirts and little black dress.  LBD was popular mainly at places, where western exposure is available. I have lived in university campus, where international faculties were  living on campus. I had the exposure to LBD.

LBD was the abbreviation for little black dress and was promoted as a dress for young and thin girls way back in early 1900 years in USA and European countries.

LBD is actually for any woman who is young at heart! 

Long black dress when abbreviated is also LBD. This is for the women who have grown up and LBD was part of their growing up years. With years, they have added experiences and fat too. Why should they miss the fun of having an LBD in their wardrobe again?

Its a must in every women's wardrobe irrespective of her age , size and figure. Its all about the attitude to carry an LBD.


Black color is very versatile and can be paired  with any colour to create a new effect. A simple jacket with kutchi hand embroidery has created a very different look as compared to the red and grey shrugs. Combining the LBD with a net jacket creates a party dress.
Have a look at my experiments with LBD!  And have fun creating your own style!

LBD - LITTLE BLACK DRESS

The LBD is an abbreviation used for little black dress. An LBD is an evening or cocktail short dress and with simple cuts. The  little black dress was brought on fashion scenario in early 1920s and intended to be long lasting, versatile, affordable and in neutral black colour. Coco Chanel and Jean Patou were the designer who perceived this dress.

The LBD is considered  an essential to complete the wardrobe of a fashionable women. LBD may be worn with a jacket or ornate jewelry or just like that , depending upon the occasion. As LBD has never been out of fashion and not yet expected to be, it's ideally should be as simple as possible and should not be part of the trends.

It was in 1926, when Gabrielle Coco Chanel published first picture of short simple black dress in American Vogue. It was simple and accessible to women of all social strata. Actually it became a uniform for women of taste.

In 1950s, the LBD returned as a symbol of dangerous woman. Hollywood's  fallen women characters were often portrayed in black halter style dresses in contrast to more conservative dresses which were worn by housewives and others. With availability of synthetic fibers in 1940s broadened the availability and affordability of many designs.

The generation gaps of 1960s created dichotomy in the design of the little black dress. The younger modern generation preferred mini skirt , creating cutouts or slits in skirts, using sheer fabrics etc.

In 1980s and 1990s, LBD again came into vogue. With new fabrics like knits and fitness craze, new fitting and designs and internet windows to access the world made LBD popular in Indian continent.  Combining LBD with different styles of footwear adds another kind of freshness to the LBD style. The resurgence of body hugging clothing, muted colour schemes paved way to the resurgence of LBD in 2000s.

Usually LBD is taken as a dress for young and slim women. But if one has grown up with LBD should one stop wearing it as it's supposedly for the younger lot? Its true that with age, the body shape changes but somethings do not change. LBD is one of them. So wait for the next post to know more about LBD for not so young and slim women.

Till then connect with "PUSHPNEER" ,feel your inner beauty and look beautiful !

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