Little drops of the ocean

So, I have a recently developed a huge fascination for pearls. I think they make any and every dress look elegant. I like to buy them as and when I can. Or sometimes *borrow* them from my mom. My mom has an even wider range of pearls than I do. And I have successfully convinced her to gift some of them to me.

One of the basic necessities of owning pearl jewellery is according to me a long string of pearls and short neckpiece with two pearl studs. That should be the initiation of any girl into pearldom. After that, you can start experimenting with your pearls. Like the silver earrings I got from Curio Cottage in Bombay. Or the pearl and stone necklace.

Other than experimenting with stones and metals, you can also experiment with the shapes and colors of pearls. Like my pink pearls or the rice pearls from the Charminar city, Hyderabad.

The last word in pearls is of course the Chanel Pearls. So beautiful.

So, go out there. And get pearled up.

You know you want to.

xoxo

Gossip Girl: Memorable Outfits

Gossip Girl is coming to an end on 17th Dec and so I wanted to post about my favorite outfits from the past seasons. It was really difficult to choose as the fashion in every episode is out of the world!!

Here are my favorite outfits from the first 3 seasons:

Season 1:

Episode 04 (''Bad news Blair'') 
Blair and Serena's photo shoot around Manhattan. I don't know the designer but I love this look and the episode. Looking at Serena and Blair go around Manhattan in matching backless dresses clicking pictures with the soundtrack "Beautiful Girls'' by Sean Kingston made me wanna grab my best friend and jet off to NYC.

Episode 18 ("Much 'I Do' About Nothing")

This is from the last episode in season 1 from Lily and Bart's wedding. I really liked Serena's Ralph Lauren Ruffled Fillipa dress. The gown is different from the ones we usually see on Serena and it went perfectly with the theme of the whole wedding, also the addition of the black lace gloves took the whole look to the next level.

           

Season 2:

Episode 01 ("Summer, Kind of Wonderful")
The first episode of the second season in the Hamptons. The White party surely made me wanna go to Hamptons for the summer. I loved the white Oscar De La Renta Spring 2008 white gown worn by Blake Lively, the hair and the accessories were divine and make the whole look.

             

Episode 24 ("Valley Girls")

I loved the Marchesa Spring 2008 dress worn by Leighton Meester in this episode for the prom. I also loved the story about how it matched the dress in Blair's scrap book and Chuck gets it for her from Paris. The tulle with the gorgeous embroidery and a jewelled headband made this a memorable outfit.

            

Season 3

Episode 13 ("The Hurt Locket")

Taylor Momsen looked gorgeous in this episode in her black Andrew GN fall 2009 dress. The web detail on the yoke of the dress was pretty different and the stack of bangles added to it made the look perfect for the character of Jenny.

          

Episode 15 ("The Sixteen Year Old Virgin")

Blake Lively wore a beautiful lace dress by Stella McCartney and totally rocked the look. The statement earrings by Simon Tu and the open hair made the look effortless.

      

Image coutesy: Style.com, cwtv.com

Charms

I love charm bracelets and necklaces. I like that you can add charms that reflect your likes, interests travels etc. It is my dream to get a tiny blue box with a charm bracelet from Tiffany but for now I have to make do with High Street brands. Here a few of my favorite accessories with Charms:

1. The first one is a necklace I got from Accessorize in London. I love the quirkiness of the necklace and also the charms with the passport and plane
2. The second is a bracelet, I dont love the charms that much but I really like the combination of the chain with the black leather interlocked with it and also the clasp

Latest additions to my collection

I got a few more accessories from my favorite Hill Road shop (here):

1. The first one is a pair of green and gold earrings. I love the combination of the two colors, it always looks rich and is perfect for the winter. I also like the curved gold connecting thing in between the two stones. 
2. The second is a pair of really pale pink earrings. They are neutral in color and style so can be paired with anything. 

Put a ring on it!

I am a big fan of cocktails and cocktail rings and I believe the quirkier the better (applies to both the drink and the ring). You can wear them to add bling to the most boring and simple outfits and in case of rings its always good to be a little too much. Here are some of my favorites:

1. The first one is in the popular owl motif which can be seen everywhere these days. I got it from Linking Road in Mumbai and I like it because of the turquoise stone in the middle 
2. This is not exactly a cocktail ring but the beautiful branch in gold makes it different. I got this from Accessorize in Singapore
3. I love the color of this ring and inspite of being big it looks pretty delicate because of the pink. i got this one from Hill Road from the shop mentioned in this post
4. This was my first ring which i got from Aldo in Mumbai a couple of years back. I love the green eyes with the white shell
5. This one is my favorite. Its my mom's old ring which she got from Kashmir 35 years back. I love the deep purple semi precious stones and the best part is that it gives a luxe touch to any outfit