Sometimes life calls you to trade in your power style for your power pinks, and travel to salmon colored beaches to discover buried treasures within yourself.
A spontaneous 24 hour trip home to New York Fashion Week sounds romantic, exciting and adventerous – right? Not to the girl with an overflowing walk-in closet – and counting! Stepping on and off the train from Washington, D.C. with only an interlude at the runways, I wanted to travel stylishly light. So I did the impossible and traveled to NYFW with ONLY. A. PURSE. I knew you’d want proof, so here’s What’s in my bag for NYFW. Continue reading 
Like fashion, travel is a privilege, not a right. Consulting a full length mirror shouldn’t be optional just because you’ll spend the next 12 hours of your life in a dark cabin. When the lights flick on you will be caught with your sweatpant drawer ensemble, and will continue in the footsteps of every forgettable traveler, ever. Just because travel is complicated (from delays to detentions), dressing for aesthetics doesn’t have to be. Here are my 4 rules for “How to Travel in Style” (and comfort, always.)
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Atop the Hallgrímskirkja Church in Reykjavik
My recent trip to Iceland was filled with many firsts: seeing the northern lights, driving through a volcano-side river, and eating foods like shark and whale, etc. Adventures one could write a story book about. Getting lost in the experience of Iceland is easy. But every experience in Iceland is rooted in the country’s natural beauty. Among all the firsts, my trip also had a very unexpected “second-first”: my first fur coat my first, secondhand, fur coat. Continue reading
My holidays kicked off last weekend with a stroll through the Bryant Park Winter Village in New York City. Surrounded by charming art shops and Trump protests, my outfit had to be chic yet on-the-go-ready. This holiday season I am giving away a pair of No Nonsense jean leggings, like the ones I am wearing here, with a few tips on How to Wear White in Winter. Continue reading
I am a daydreamer. Since full time work and graduate school started two years ago, I am always daydreaming about escaping to a beach to hit my “RESET” button. It’s second nature to me now (queue Dean Martin.) But dressing for the beach can be tricky, especially when you are an Indian-Muslim blogger. Continue reading
I am a first generation American who has been blessed to visit my parents’ home country of India twice in my lifetime. While I often blog about the perfect Prada pump or styling myself for the opera, the truth is, my family comes from a place that is much more beautiful than any material thing. Years of dreaming, believing, and working hard, has grown our roots in the USA strong but our roots from India much too far.
On my last trip to India, at the tender age of eighteen, I returned to the village of my grandfather’s farm in Gujarat. As I walked through our generations-old corn grove, one hand touching the plants as they do in the movies, I heard stories I’ll never forget. Continue reading
One of my favorite things about living in Washington, DC is the wonderful weekend getaways and day trips nearby that can fill up an entire season. In just an hour or two, one can be on a local beach, in a fox village, or in a boating town. This year I promised myself I’d seek out new destinations, new experiences, and new perspectives in the same world. Which brings us to Havre de Grace. Continue reading
You won’t find a girl who is more “city” than me. But even this New Yorker in DC appreciates a change of scenery. So I packed my favorite garments and headed for a romantic cabin in Luray, Virginia. This post is all about how to wear a maxi skirt, in the city – or in the fields. Continue reading
I’ve learned that fitness and exercise take commitment. From the confines of DC and NYC, to on the road, to vacations. But style is something I would never forgo in the name of sweat. Continue reading
