I Don’t Have A Thing To Wear: Volume 4

Going Off-Shoulder I have very quickly become a big fan of the off-shoulder style. It’s more forgiving than the strapless (which works well only if you have great arms, shoulders, collarbone and neck), less tricky than the one-shoulder (which has to be beautifully constructed or it leaves you with fabric digging into your armpit or worse, a roll of armpit fat), and sexier than... Read More

I Don’t Have A Thing To Wear: Volume 3

Adventures in swimsuit shopping I went swimsuit shopping last week. The last time I went looking for a swimsuit in Mumbai, our options were limited and involved convincing the salesman that I didn’t really want or need one with a frilly skirt attached. The next step was to choose between floral patterns that could only be rated on a scale of hideous to not-so-hideous. That’s... Read More

I Don’t Have A Thing To Wear: Volume 2

Ditch the t-shirt I went to a fun party recently wearing my cool Threadless t-shirt, jeans and sneakers. I took my shoes off and sat around with my cool socks still on. It was around 40 degrees C outside and very quickly those of us that were similarly dressed realised that t-shirts and jeans are winter weather wear for India. My solution is to replace all my t-shirts with vests.... Read More

I Don’t Have A Thing To Wear: Volume 1

Under.me by Bar Refaeli There’s no telling what will cause excitement at OneSmallWindow. This week it was the launch of a line of underwear by supermodel Bar Refaeli. There is this promotional video of her playing tennis in her underwear. Ms. Refaeli is very lovely (plus extra points for the nod to Rafael Nadal in the video) but the real excitement began when we explored the... Read More

Pop-Up Store Saturday

The pop-up store is no longer an alien concept in Mumbai and on a sunny afternoon last weekend we made our way to one in Colaba set up by squarekey.com, an editorially driven e-commerce lifestyle website that will launch in April 2012. On display at the pop-up store were samples of the products that will be available through the website. The products were interesting (I’ve got... Read More