Skirt with a twist

Kurton ki Kahani... Ep.7
What inspires me to reuse my clothes?? I believe one can look fabulous without spending a huge amount of money. I also find it tough to shop at the last minute ..I would much rather use my creativity to custom make something nice.
As for this look, it's simple and easy. Anyone can do it.
I had to attend a friend's party and as usual, I had nothing to wear... Kyaaaa kare?
So I rummaged in my wardrobe and presto..out came two of my old kurtas..
One was a night shirt, and the other one a kurta I had bought from the AND sale. l no longer wore these old clothes and so decided to go to work with them.
I cut the kurta and  made a skirt out of the lower portion. As for the blue shirt..simple enough...I just cut the old night shirt short  and wore it on this skirt.
And yes I did have a great party that night.

Saree with golden buzzer

I love wearing clothes with a golden hue since they give a very rich look and complement my skin color. I bought this satin golden saree  cloth from Mumbai from Vandana cloth house (at a discount of course!). I wanted to get chandelier lace done on this saree, but it's expensive ..Rs.2500 per metre. So I bought a small piece of chandelier lace and only got it embroidered on the front pallu where it would be most visible. Netting was done on top of the lace to give the whole thing a soft look.
When it came to choice of color for the blouse, what better than black to go with golden color saree. I had an itsy-bitsy piece of black cloth lying in my 'collection'  that I had forgotten all about ( a left over piece from the furnishing ). I used it to create a strap blouse because the material was less and voila...all set to dazzle. I wore this outfit at a wedding reception and hopefully turned some heads.. 😜.
The entire look cost Rs.8000.

Duppatton Ki Kahani

I am an architect by qualification. I often used to wear kurtas to college and hence had a lot of duppatta of various colours. My mom had collected them and kept them very neatly for me over the years. So finally last year I decided to use a few of them.
For my younger daughter the purple salwar was stitched from one of the old dupattas. Her kurta was made from normal white lining material (easily available for Rs.70 per metre).
For my ensemble, the kurta was stitched from one of the old dupattas. I bought the green salwar and dupatta from a clearance sale.
My elder daughter wanted something funky. So she combined a crop top with a blue scarf that I fashioned out of an old piece of clothing. Her salwar was bought from the same clearance sale.
The complete look cost me under RS.2000/- and was worn at a Holi lunch in my society.

Anarkali Ki Kahani

I love to talk..and that's how I write. So let's talk about this look which I feel anyone can do.
Bought this white anarkali from Jashn Mumbai at their annual sale for RS.2200. (I always buy my stuff at discount 😄love the feeling).
Wore it once but didn't like the look it gave to my body. So I converted it into a lehenga and choli. The lower part became the lehenga, added the plain black border to the already existing  purple border and got thread lines done all over it diagonally,  basically to match it to the blouse which was the upper part of the anarkali. The border was added in both the lehenga and the blouse to increase the length.
The dupatta remained the same. 
The total cost of redoing the full thing was approximately Rs.4000
The tassels of the blouse are made from used rakhi lumbas.

The Blue Fairies

This week, I want to tell you the story of two cotton Kota sarees of same colour but different prints bought at a throwaway price of Rs.750 each. I got these sarees converted into skirts and kurtas as seen in the pic.
And as for the kids net skirts...a very funny story.
In 2008, I had kept a joint birthday bash for both my girls. I had used a lot of this blue net for the decoration of the venue ( I love breaking stereotypes) and had kept a few pieces of it to be used later. Got the skirts done out of this net ( which is not the usual net that one uses) but the color matched and anyway I am ardent advocate of recycling...two birds with one stone.
The three dresses cost us Rs.5000....and the smile comes free 😍

Polka Dot White Saree

I bought this polka dot South Indian saree from a very small vendor in one of the Diwali melas for Rs.500.

The blouse cloth was bought from Ahmedabad from law garden road side stall for Rs.250.
The blouse cloth was small, very raw, and unfinished. So I gave finishing touches to the embroidery by hand and added a lot of extra cloth on the ends of the blouse with thread stitching done all over to make it look good.
I also added some mirrors to the blouse.

I completed the look with bangles bought from Sarojini nagar market for Rs.250 and loop earrings from lagpat nagar for Rs.200.

The whole look cost me about Rs.2500.

The Grey Saree for Royal Highness

Redesigned this 20 yr old saree gifted by my mom...giving it a classy, comtemporary look.
The border was bought in pieces from a Suneet Verma stock clearance sale, embroidered the patches together to make it look like one. 
And finally got the fringes lace stitched on the pallu and the blouse sleeves.
Completed the look with blue stone earrings, metal clutch and my favourite hairstyle.(hair tied into buns)