Ladies Special

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Sizing Up
An English professor remarked to one of us Secret Scouters that fiction writing is as complicated as brain surgery, but the difference is that everyone thinks they can be an author. The same it seems, is true of fashion in Mumbai today, with the city staggering under the weight of upcoming “designers”, trained or otherwise. But after much scouting, we managed to find a couple of originals in this swelling sea of fakes, and right in time for the party season. Lo and behold!

For Good Measure
Natasha Agarwal and Rashmi Somani have studied under stalwarts like Narendra Kumar and Krishna Mehta and the training shows in their clothes, which they stock at stores like Amara, Zoya and You. Drop into their Cuffe Parade living room-cum-studio, and you can have them custom design an outfit or browse through their readymade stock, sans the mark-ups.

Winning the Day
In honour of the holiday season, this design duo is concentrating on evening wear, including a killer silver twist dress. But we like their day time collection best, with its wispy white and solid black shirts and dresses, brightened up by an unexpected but well-placed pleat or rush of colourful pom-poms. Their design tip for the season: “Accessorise with pop-art colours. There’s nothing that accentuates a purple dress better than blue shoes.”

Getting there: Call Natasha Agrawal at 9820221956, daywear starts at Rs 2,500.

Skirting Around
You can also pad up your wardrobe at the latest Chamomile store, which debuted at the Palladium in Phoenix Mills, and do the Day Disco with Cue designers Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna at Bombay Electric on Thursday, December 10 from 6pm to 10 pm.

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