passion is in fashion

In case you didn’t hear, India is totally in fashion right now.

Lakshmi Mittal just bought Escada for his daughter-in-law Megha, outbidding even the the son of the founder Wolfgang Ley. Talk about an early Christmas present.  Credit to her that she *is* a Wharton grad and is looking to revamp Escada, veering away from its couture roots (who buys that stuff anymore?) and adding a more affordable and casual line.

I still remember this very lovely black and white Escada portrait collar jacket I tried on once from the FW06 collection.  It was intricately knitted, perfectly fitted, and badly coveted (by me!).  Escada is German to the core.  All about quality and sometimes a little passé.  But that is also what I love about the line.  A quick look at any of its pieces reveals that yes – it is high fashion!

Coincidentally I have also just finished the White Tiger.  It won Booker Prize in 2008 so I’m a little late to the game.  Gosh, the book lives up to the hype!  Extremely insightful about a changing India.  Funny, too!

Image from Escada.com

The issue with prevalence of Facebook pictures these days is that even normal girls like myself have the same problem that plagues people far more visible — the fashion faux pas of wearing a dress twice!  As much as I advocate creative styling and recycling pieces, I do not believe in repeating dresses for occasions.

And by occasions I do not mean Republican fundraisers, they are as simple as birthday dinners.  Girls should always look their prettiest on their birthdays!  Such occasions call for satin, strapless, fuschia, and with well-placed ruffle embellishment.  And oh, look at that, I wore precisely such a number for my birthday this year.  LOVE.  ^^

But wearing such a dress to your own birthday party is pretty much signing its own death warrant.  Everyone and their moms are at the party, and pictures are bound to show up on multiple Facebook albums.  It is pretty much bad form to wear the dress again.

There is, however, one occasion which is perfect to revisit your birthday dress, and that is to dinner with your new flame.  As I did, last night.  ^^

A Karen Millen Number

I took off the straps, of course.  I hate spaghetti straps with a passion and am on a rampage to cut all of them off.