Life in neon!

What would you find at Patna? all the more on the street side??

         THis HiGh WaIst WiDe LeGGed PAiR oF NEoN PaNtS!!!

                                                    Style: High waist, Wide legged

                                                    Material: Cotton
                                                    (Top: FCUK)

Psst: Guess the price!!!........90 Rs. (Yeah!..you read it correct..It's NINETY) :-D

Keep watching....m scouring more of the hidden treasures here!

Thanks for visiting!

Day2: Budget fashion in Patna

Taking the "fashion at its best in small towns" to a level further and adding the new feature "budget fashion" to it.
The other day I went around the city with my teenage niece,a chirpy young and beautiful girl, and a college student by occupation. She is a perfect guide if you are out for street shopping, scouring those hidden treasures in the nook and corners, tracing down the narrow lanes.
First we went to a small shady shop 'Ladies zone' put up on crowded Boring road. It is a shop you would never try giving a sort unless you have someone with you who knows it's real worth :)
They stack a complete range of footwear from slip-ons to canvas, from kolhapuris to fancy stilettos,...everything!  though I was not too amused with those tacky stilettos with cheap diamante` pasted over to the sides or to the toes. However, I did find a few eccentric pairs that I would like to incorporate in my wardrobe, and certain they would give an edge to my look :)
So, here..take a look at my findings....and would love to know if you think the same? ;-)

                                                         A white stilettos: 300/-
(Not a bad option if I were a student at Patna women's college and had to run for an impromptu socials at college)            

Pointed toe ballerina: 250/-

(Would love the pair had I had to make daily trips to local bazaar with my gang post college)

Hint of leopard print wedges: 320/-

(Loved the nude shade, a do-able substitute (quite reluctantly!)for those aldo patent wedges in nude)

Black & Pink wedges: 300/-

(Now this one is my fav....and I also ended up picking the pair...loved the eccentric look,it had mid-heel wedges.It has a pink wedge...it's good to pair with a simple outfit...even better with a black one)

Another view of my fav pick from the store: Ladies Zone!

A pair of strap wedges: 340/-

(I bought this one too, it has a mid-heel wedge and a smart strap design that criss-crosses over the feet, and another strap that goes round the ankle...it has a zip at the back)

A more closer look!

I understand that these are not the best pair of shoes one can have, but I must remind my readers I am talking fashion in Patna :-D, we have to do with what's best available here. 

Thanks for reading it!! :)

P.S. Please excuse me for the bad picture quality, I am managing with my sony cybershot. 

Small town girl!

I grew up in Ranchi/Patna. Being a small town girl I did not pick up the fashion sense early on my growing days. It's only when I moved out to Uptowns :) for my Under Grads I was introduced to the beauty of being woman in the world of fashion. Never before I was so gratified about my gender as I was when I discovered the luxury of choices we woman have. Not to mention the shopping getaways to beat the periods blues or a bad monday. We never run out of excuses to hit the mall.

However, I noticed that the choices are disappointingly limited for a small town girl. Being in Patna for almost 6 weeks now the shopping bug in me has been at unrest.Thankfully, and all thanks to our honorable chief minister Mr. Nitish Kumar (for getting the city back on progress track), we have a new and our very first P&M mall in the city, built by the well know bollywood director Prakash Jha. Although it is quite a huge fanciful hang out place for a city like Patna, the brands available are just as limited. To name a few: Benetton, Bossini, Biba, Provogue, adidas, Woodland, Wills..and I am loosing the count alraedy :-P. And if you are a fashionista at heart and addicted to the high street brands, the names would only be too disappointing for you. 

But then, is not fashion for the free-spirited? Fashion is a statement of each's personality and fashionistas are never bound by labels and price tags. If you dig hard and if you are a true shopper, you could find just as a stylist piece for your wardrobe here in the heart of a "small town" as in a vintage shop on the streets of London or New York ;)

And HENCE! This post is about "fashion at it's best in small towns". Through the entire week I will be bringing to you the best of fashion clothing and accessories in Patna. Besides, I will keep posting reviews on brand collection at the P&M mall. Keep watching this space for the newly fashion-awakened city Patna.    And if you are a Patnaite then even more so :)

Here I go!

Day:1 I was taking the escalator to the third floor when this RED-TROUSER displayed in the window at BOSSINI grabbed all my attention.

I have been longing for colored denim/ trousers for long. Oh! and Zara has it in all the colors! But do we have Zara here? NO! ....but I am all glad to makeshift with this newly acquired bright red trouser.

Trouser:  Bossini (1299/-)

                                                           Top:  Forever New (bought in sale for 899/-)

Take a look at the lovely burnt-orange colored skinny belt from benetton. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it. I paired it with the red pair of skinny to give it an edgy look. Like I mentioned this post is all about fashion in small town, I would try to keep the looks understated, decent yet abstract!! A do-able fashion for our conservative surroundings here. :)

                                                                     Belt: Benetton (899/-)