And a pony tail hangin' down
A wiggle in the walk and a giggle in the talk
Make the world go 'round.
Well, not exactly laces. There are also edgings and borders and other flowery, girly stuff. So, all ye men, please do not go any further, if you are not a big fan of girl/flower power. Girls, ladies, men who can stomach reading rambling posts about "cute" and "pretty" and "laces", dive in.
Little less than a year ago, I visited Mumbai and as happens whenever I visit the place that I love calling my home-town (although we moved out of there ages ago), I picked up a ton of beautiful stuff, some of which you see below. Rest of it, mom used up (Thank God/ any other super-entity/ force of nature/ you get the drift). A friend has been asking me to show her the stuff I got and I forget to show it to her every time she visits. So this one is for you, Ash. Talk of Kinari Bazaar on my Twitter timeline reminded me of the gorgeous collection in the by-lanes of aamchi Mumbai and hence this post. There's Crawford market, Nakhuda and another million places which I do not know of. What you see below though, I found in obscure galis* near Bhindi Bazaar.
This first one is a combo of one wide and another thin lace. This goes on a ghagra* and its top, or on what we call rida*. had to use the camera flash for this one.
Below one is close-up, without the flash (this is closer to the actual colour. Will try updating with better pics if n when I get time)
Next one is my favourite. It's jute and I absolutely love the colours. No flash here. Hence blurry.
The one below is rather ethnic and what you might call bridal wear when teamed with those flowers. Of course, this is only the lace and to make the lehenga* truly bridal, a lot of thread-work is recommended :)
This one below, I am not a big fan of, but mom is. It does have some appeal. Looks like appliqué* work.
Next one is just too golden for my taste.
Rest of the ones below are minor bling.
gali - lane
ghagra/lehenga - skirt or the bottom half of the Ghagra Choli
rida - an entirely different, colourful version of the Burqa
appliqué - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applique
2 comments:
where in mumbai you bought them? do u remember exact names/location of shops?
I've mentioned the places that I remember in the post.
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