Comments on: Blue Steel, baby, that’s my look

By: Richa Grover

Richa Grover — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:17:06 +0000

Great designings fabulous and all fantastic dresses

By: MD

MD — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:07:01 +0000

Yes!!!!!!! FASHION BLOGGING ON SM!!!!! MD gets results….

By: Jhaan

Jhaan — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:26:07 +0000

Okay, I clearly don’t have a clue as to how to put links into my comments, so let’s do this old-school:

Link: http://shop.satyapaul.com/aqua/cat01.php

(The link button in the toolbar does nothin’ for me, and my attempt at an tag obviously failed.)

By: Jhaan

Jhaan — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:22:52 +0000

More!

Like you, cicatrix, I would much prefer to look a little bit funky in my desi-garb than anything else. That’s why Satya Paul’s ecclectic eye-catching patterns appeal to me – he’s a man after my own heart. Alas, I am not usually in the market for $500+ saris; although I may splurge one day, and get one of the lower end $200 ones.

By: Babloo

Babloo — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:09:22 +0000

Most ramp clothes aren't meant to be worn by people, except Indian film heroes. The clothes are the purest expression of the designers dream. People dont' buy clothes anymore just because they fit well and are comfortable. They buy clothes because they buy into the designers vision of beauty, serenity, cachet or exclusivity. Almost always, ramp clothes are loss making entities for the design house. The money is to be made in perfumes and prÃªt-Ã -porterish garments that are more realistic renditions of the theme. In any case, for the end consumer the real joy is in buying expensive fashion stuff at 70% off, comfort be damned...

By: Flaming ahead with Blinders on

Flaming ahead with Blinders on — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:31:22 +0000

Well, IMO I always thought of Ramp shows as the unwearable art that inspired the designer to make his/her more wearable (aka “in store” )collection. Most designers (and I have not persued EVERY single collection out there, so help me God) don’t have the ramp clothes in store. Most people would look really absurd if they walked around in ramp clothes. ALthough that conehead chain ring look would not warrant a second look in the East Village – unless I happened to walk past

My ex used to shoot NYFW stuff and my aunt is an ex desi Model.

By: cicatrix

cicatrix — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:11:19 +0000

how many of you ladies, dudettes and aunties (I HAD to use that word somewhere , actually look at those clothes and feel the urge to have it in yr wardrobes

You brought up a lot of interesting points Suhail. I think the point of haute couture is to present this gasp-inducing fantasy..an image of something really far from reality. It isn’t meant to be worn (except by those with really model-like bodies and jet-set lives) since the point is to generate publicity for the ready-to-wear lines.

Of course, most of the time, it jsut looks plain stupid. But I’ve seen (pictures, natch. I shop at Goodwill) some Alexander McQueen collections that looked mainlined from an imagination far far superior to my own.

I’m a vicarious fashionista Jhaan Like any good aunty (just wait Suhail!) I always tut-tut over the price of clothes and insist on finding a sale, somewhere. I’m also a slob, so there go my dreams of being discovered as the next Chloe Sevigny. I just look at faahhbulous pictures and occasionally get beaten up at sample sales.

I don’t keep up with Indian fashion because I jsut don’t understand why the designers all claim to be proud of their ‘Indian sensibilities’ yet babble about ‘fusing’ it with a Western modernity or some shit. The results look FUGLY. The Indian elements are watered down and insipid, and the western parts are badly cut, crude, or coy.

I know some desi women like to look hyper-femenine, but I’m not one of them, so maybe that’s why I don’t get it. I’ll take funny/sexy/weird over pretty/pretty/pretty every time.

That being said, thanks for directing me to Satya Paul. I just looked him up.This stuff is gorgeous! Too bad about the dust-ruffle millinery but I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt until I see more.

By: Jhaan

Jhaan — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:17:36 +0000

Welcome cicatrix! It'll be great reading you, I am sure of it.

So here's a question for the girl who may end up becoming the resident fashonista -- who is this Satya Paul character whose saris I fell in love with at ISP; but were way beyond my sari budget? I'd love to hear your take on him.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:10:52 +0000

dude, dhaavak .. here's your color (by Karamjit Bhinder)

By: ferengi

ferengi — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:11:03 +0000

Naw, it ain’t coneheads, it’s Alien Nation!

Yay for another gyal on this site, if only for a month.