Self Love with jabong.com and New Look

I've been MIA in the past week, I know. Test after test, assignment after assignment, I almost drowned, but not quite. Stayed afloat long enough and, gosh, now I'm jumping with joy. I quit the writing gig that I had been doing since the past 9 months, it had drained me long enough, no more! I've finished all manners of short films and research papers. I have stayed up long enough. Now, I have the one month of pure freedom that I've been craving since March 2015. I've waited long enough for this. That is a lot of Is, I know. Despite the many lessons that we've been taught, that's not a bad thing.

Funnily enough, it's Valentine's Day today. Love is in the air. Self love, to be precise. I truly detest the idea of Valentine's Day, but if I must dedicate a day to love somebody, it is going to be myself. And no, I'm not going to buy synthetic red hearts or chocolate to do that. God knows I hate those. I'm going to indulge in the things I love the most, and not just for this one day. 

1. Will stay in bed the whole day, if I so wish. 

2. Will not slow down, and will finish reading Bridget Jones in one sitting, if I feel so inclined.

3. Will eat all the cheese.

4. All of the cheese.

5. Will spontaneously dance if I want to, even if it is in the middle of class (already done woo-hoo!)

6. Loiter aimlessly on pretty streets, or by the sea. Why should boys have all the fun?

7. Will wear the most comfortable clothes on the planet (while looking great, of course. It is a fashion blog, girls.)

Comfortable clothes brings me to this brilliant tunic by New Look, ordered from Jabong.com. I have been a huge fan of the brand since last year. The clothes are young, yet retain sophistication. Love a new trend? Go to jabong.com and check out the collection by New Look—I can guarantee that you'll find whatever it is that you were looking for. This lovely tunic is so versatile, it can be worn with sneakers as I have), paired with a pair of sleek stilettos, or even tucked into your jeans. The irregular stripes are a nice change from the usual, and it's comfy enough for me to jump around if I feel like (must add to the above list), and then lounge around on park benches.

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Outfit Details:

Dress by New Look (via Jabong.com) [here. On sale!]

Get the complete collection here

Shoes by Nike (Sky hi dunks)

Ode to Winter (ft. Pearl)

I'm writing this immediately after typing out a rather long and tedious research paper on the European Migrant Crisis. 

I'm truly exhausted. 

Fortunately, I managed to squeeze in a short vacation to New Delhi into this crazy month and I don't feel as crappy as I would have in any other January of any other year. I finally managed to get a taste of real, shiver-y sweater weather after a pretty long time, and boy did it feel good. Gone was the warm, muggy air, and my cheeks finally felt a cool breeze after eons. I didn't even care that it stung a bit. What can I say, I am a winter baby.

Sadly, I wasn't able to get too many photos of all the cozy clothes that I wore in the capital (I did get snaps of some gorgeous artwork, which is all on my Instagram). However, I had done a shoot in a trench coat some time back (when I had really long hair), and that's my tribute to the lovely, lovely winter that I got to experience last week. Meet Pearl, the beautiful black creature in these photos who happens to be my heart and soul. We thought it would be edgy to have me walking a dog in a trench. It just turned out to be extremely cute, and she looks better than me all the time, anyway! Have a look at me being pulled around in heels because Pearl hates getting her pictures taken. Outfit details below.

Trench Coat from Zara

White Turtleneck from New Look

Jeans from Zara

Grey Snakeskin Print Pumps from Charles & Keith

Photographs by Vaishnavi Kukillaya