Indian dresses in office

Almost in all IT companies in India, dresses like churidars, sarees are allowed, and in these dresses there is so much scope to experiment with. There are so many options available, churidars, salwars, patiala, semi patiala, Kurtas with leggings etc etc, but again, giving them a professional look, so many girls go wrong on that front. There are a few things, which we need to take care of while wearing traditional dresses to office.

• Material: So many girls go wrong selecting material for traditional dresses. The best material to go for while selecting dresses for office wear would be cotton. It's so comfortable. Even Georgette, chiffon also look nice. In fact, my favorite traditional dress would be cotton dress with chiffon stole. The materials which should be avoided completely are synthetic materials, they look so tacky. And any shiny material like satin, silk, better to be avoided. Definitely you don't want to look like you just walked out a party.
• Color: Best choice would be to go for light pastel shades. Go for natural colors, avoid anything bright, and avoid anything with golden or silver ghota, except when its too subtle. If you are going for different shades or contrasting colors, make sure colors go easy on eyes. Any thing too bright should be avoided at all costs. You don't want to blind your colleagues with your choice of clothes. And yes people do talk about what you are wearing. A lot.
• Embroidery:  99% of the time an indian dress is incomplete without embroidery. When going for embroidery, avoid golden/ silver embroidery and go for small motifs instead of bigger ones. Again embroidery can make a dress look classy or trashy, so be very careful
• Prints: Go for smaller prints, bigger prints distract way too much and more often than not they look tacky. 

Design:

So many girls, I've seen following latest trend of teaming anarkali kurta or frock kurta with leggings blindly like Deepika padukone did in "Love aaj kal". But it looks good on taller and slimmer girls. Short women should avoid it, it makes them look even shorter and bubbled up. Go for a classic cut, that looks so classy and professional.
The look which I love is, knee length kurta with leggings, paired with kitten heels.

Fit:
If possible, get all your churidars tailored to your size. If buying readymade kurtas, buy a size that fits you, not 3 size bigger or smaller. I've seen many women wearing kurtas which are like 5 times bigger than their size. They don't do any justice to you or your look, instead make you look shabby. And this is not definitely what we want to look like in office, isn't it? When going for churidars, make sure, they are not too loose.  Go for leggings, they are the "in" thing these days, but make sure, your kurta is not too short. Leggings with very short kurtas(any kurta which is 4-5 inch above the knee) look very odd in office.

I guess that's it for today, if am missing something, will definitely add it in next blog.

My first fashion blog

I have been in IT industry for over 7 year now and in these 7 years have seen such disasters in office. Where do I start from. There are times, when I felt like there were people who just woke up and realized that they got late for office, brushed their teeth and left for office, then there were times, when it looked like, this girl wanted to go for grocery shopping and ended up in office. Then there are wannabes, who try just too hard to look classy but end up looking trashy.
Most of the IT companies, infact most of the companies have policies for their employees, on how they should dress, be it formal dressing, casual or business casual dressing, and even though people follow these policies(technically) still end up looking frumpy. There are guidelines, but when it comes to female employees, these guidelines are very very relaxed, and they misuse those guidelines thoroughly to look the worst they can. In my first blog, I will start with basic guidelines on how should we dress for office. Trust me, it doesnt take a lot of money or time, you just need to be aware, aware of a few things, which we are going to discuss.

• The very first thing, you should be aware of is that, You are going to "office", not grocery shop, not on a picnic and definitely not going to a wedding. Your dress should reflect professionalism, that you are here to work.
• Clothes should fit you, fit you properly. I have seen so many girls wearing dresses which are two three sizes bigger than their actual size, specially churidars. Just because churidars are allowed in office, doesn't mean you can wear all kind of churidars. Make sure, atleast it fits you properly. it's not too loose or too tight(yes, that happens too, very frequently, girls take out their dress which they used to wear 6-7 year back, when they used to be much slimmer)
• Please, please, please don't wear your party wear blingy dresses to office, just because they are too old fashioned to be worn in parties or you have worn them way too many times in parties but still want to utilize them. 
• On casual fridays, over sized tshirts with your boyfriend/husband's jeans and sport shoes are not cool at all. Please do shop in women's section for tshirts and jeans(yes it might be news for a few that jeans are different for men and women)
• Too much of jewelry  it might look classy in a party or may be at your home, but it definitely doesnt look classy in office. What are you trying to show off and whom?? Please, please, please keep it minimal.
• When buying dresses, buy according to your body type(will be blogging on it later).
• A few tips for wannabes also, experiment with clothes but be subtle, atleast make sure, your dress does adhere to your office dress policy. I remember in my first company, I saw a girl wearing sequined skirt in office, just because it was friday. Please it is office, not your friend's birthday party.

I guess this is it for today. A lot more to come.

PS: I hope this blog reaches the intended audience.