While thinking about my travel plan this evening( Yes, I was in a meeting and barely paying attention!) I realized that traveling across India always inspires me to experiment with my art be it photography, a little dabbling with watercolors( I am super bad at it but am going to keep going till I find a style) or writing. The sensory overload..The smells, the colors, the textures gives me food for thought. Always.

Shooting images of people has made me a keen observer of peoples quirky ways of fashion…Looking at street style is something I love to do. The styles and wraps and drapes of turbans, saris, ghaghras and dhotis, The colors- all warm and earthy, bright and bold mixes of pinks and oranges..Every moment you stop in India and observe its ways you can be inspired to create..From its sculpture, paintings and everyday life..Its all right there for the taking… Every way of life an inspiration to be used to reinvent one’s style.

Putting in here interesting India inspired fashion( not from Indian designers who obviously have a knack for the Indian but famous fashion houses from all over the world giving us “India Inspired Collections”

The house of Hermes and their new scarf collection

Givenchy and their new spring line.
“I saw India as a bombardment of colors bursting forth to the rhythm of film music. I had already been a fan of this infectious music for a long time, but of course it was the imagery that really grabbed me—Bollywood and its palettes of colors burst with beams of light. In India, it’s so natural to be daring. No matter what medium you choose for venturing into this exoticism, what you find is Mother India and her deep roots, based on truly tangible values: earth, water, and light.
makeup artistic director, Nicolas Degennes

P.s- Here’s to hoping all of us get India-Inspired be it in cooking, painting or whatever we may choose to express ourselves with…