Winter casual: knit culottes and leather jacket

Hello, stylish ladies! Sharing with you today yet another winter casual look featuring culottes. I love wearing culottes on hot summer days because their loose design and light fabric help to bear high temperatures. But I haven't worn any culottes in winter until now. Well, everything happens for the first time one day. While shopping in one of these days I spotted a different type of culottes meant specially for colder days. They were made from thicker cotton and polyester knit fabric and had a wide elasticated waistband. I tried them on and they fitted and looked nice. They were navy blue in color and I thought they would perfectly match my leather jacket in the same color. So, I bought them.

Winter festive: velvet and metal thread

So, the major winter festivals - Christmas and New Year - are over. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. And today I want to share with you my festive outfits. A bit late, maybe, but it's better late than never.
We had a Christmas eve dinner at a rather posh place, so I had to look glamorous and elegant and festive. So, I thought that my embellished velvet jacket would be quite the right choice for such an occasion. It looks beautiful and rich and where else I could possibly wear it if not to a posh restaurant.

Kimono style jacket

This oriental print kimono style light jacket I bought last summer. I like it on its own but as it turned out it is very hard to find what to wear this thing with: it's short and loose, with that deep v-neckline and a zipper in front. It doesn't look nice with jeans or any pants (or at least I don't like how it looks) and it goes well only with pencil style skirts but then again, you need to find a suitable top. So far I found only two dresses in my wardrobe that I can wear along with this jacket, and one of them I am showing today.

Embroidered party jacket

I keep adding new pieces into my collection of Indian party ensembles. Today it is a long jacket that is worn over a lehenga (skirt). Not much can be seen of the lehenga itself, only its ornamented hem and a little bit of its body when I move. The jacket is of black velvet and heavily embroidered with silk and metallic threads and additionally decorated with rhinestones along the hem lines. So, thanks to all this decoration the jacket is quite heavy. Plus the lehenga too is on the heavier side. However, I am ready to bear all that heaviness because it looks stunning.

Bomber jacket over maxi dress

It is still February on the calendar but it is already spring here: the days are warm and sunny and the peach tree in my yard is in full bloom. I'm wearing today a new bomber thrown over a black maxi dress. The jacket was recently gifted to me by my daughter who decided that I am a big fan of bombers, hehe. I do own two bombers but the reason I bought them was their hard-to-resist beautiful print. And though I am not a big fan of bombers I do love this new one too, and for the same reason - its beautifully embroidered pattern.

Indian princess outfit

It's been a long time since I posted an Indian party look. And as you know I do love dressing up for Indian parties. But then I spent three months visiting UK and Belarus and when I came back there was no parties at all - no season. Finally, today I can show you my new party dress and I consider it the prettiest dress I have ever owned so far. Well, actually it is not a dress but a skirt with a long kind of jacket worn over it. But it does look like a dress though.

Ethnic jacket modern way

Just in my previous post I complained about having a nice brown skirt and not having much things to pair it with. And today I'm wearing that very skirt with a new garment that I bought literally yesterday. And I like this look much more better because it is much more "me". The embroidered cotton jacket is from the latest Rabari collection from Biba India. The moment I saw it there was no doubt in my mind about having it.

Cat print skirt

Another week and another not-so-boring outfit in black-and-white. This time instead of zebra tights  the role of the fun element of the look is played by a kitty print skirt. Being a cat lover I simply couldn't imagine to leave the shop without this skirt, it was love from the first sight.

Knitted faux fur decorated jacket

This knitted jacket with faux fur collar that I bought recently has already become one of my favourite winter pieces. Usually I don't like such short jackets, I almost hate them and so I was pretty sure that I would never buy one. They are just not my thing. Never say never, huh? This one has stolen my heart from the first glance. Found it in a small boutique, a local designer's creation. It has not only a furry collar but the armholes are also decorated with fur.

Jungle bomber jacket: three ways to wear

I am not a big fan of bomber jackets but when I saw this one I simply couldn't resist strong urge to own it. First of all, it is made of light delicate polyester. Secondly, and it is obvious, the print is so catchy and just the kind that I always like. The back of the jacket is especially beautiful: there is sunset (or perhaps sunrise), there is a leopard and there is a tiger. The splashes of purple I imagine to be some gigantic tropical orchids.

Oriental print jacket

Spring indeed has come to Kathmandu. Sweaters are needed only early in the morning or late in the evening. And at day time a blazer or a light jacket is just the right thing to wear. Here I am looking very casual in skinnies, a t-shirt and a jacket but the oriental print of the jacket - all those flowers and cranes - makes the whole look springy and not so boring.