Tuesday, July 23, 2013

MONOCHROMATIC SKIES & TECHNICOLOURED UMBRELLAS


To learn another language is one thing, and to accept different religious beliefs can be another – but to accept another culture and live within another society can be high challenging.

I have been walking the streets of Mumbai for six weeks and I have been completely absorbed by what I have seen. It has been such an inspiration, and I want to learn everything that this country has to teach me. I have travelled fairly extensively within the city, and have already learned a lot of what the city has to offer, on all levels. SO now I want to put my knowledge learned here, and combine it with my education in the Industry to tract street style trends and hip fashion items worn by the locals and foreigners alike.

When it comes to shopping for style, Mumbai has every experience you can think of. From street shopping at markets and vendors, to back alley tailors and clothing chop-shops, to high fashion malls and fashion streets, to walls lined with sari on hangers and scarves on rods to the roof - The streets of Mumbai have every clothing option known to man, it just depends where you look and how much you are willing to pay.

I want to find out how the British rule still affects the casual day-to-day dress styles and how different religions, castes and cultures can be seen from a distance. I want to see how personality and original style can shine through tradition and how the different generations have changed the style of street/casual wear.


And why ''Monochromatic Skies && Technicoloured Umbrellas'' as the name of my street style story? I have been fighting with the monsoon and it's constant assault, and seeing those brightly coloured umbrellas all around town really can change your mood. They just give you that glimpse of hope to get through another rainy, dark day.

This is a street style story of one of the most interesting and in-depth cities n the plant.
New city, new rules . Mumbai .

 

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