Dressing Sense

Office Wear For Ladies & Gents

A darted blouse with half sleeve, hip length, teams up with a straight and easy fitting pant. A full sleeve shirt with high armhole, straight cut, in large, subtle prints, pastel colours or dark colours, but not loud ones please. Plain coloured shirt can be teamed up with a sleeveless blouse or a singlet with prints or striped tops. Pants or trousers with flat fronts or single pleated ones make a perfect combination. Cropped trousers are in for office attires this season. Knee or calf length skirts with pockets makes a good option for the season.

A simple plain coloured kurta stylized either cut wise or at neckline with short sleeves, printed dupatta goes along with salwar or churidar. Prints are in this season, so try combining plain coloured dupatta with printed kurta or vice versa. Subtle embroidery along the neckline or sleeve hem or small motifs spread over gives that ethnic touch for working woman. Try using kurtas with straight pants accessorised with scarf. Chiffon makes a better choice for this summer.

Sari in cotton, silk or chiffon with simple and light prints with plain half sleeve blouse. Plain saris with thin borders and not too heavy or striking 'pallav'. Trendy blouses made of knits or lycra are a good option for office wear.

A loose blouse with collars, tucked in with trousers along with a coat not too lengthy. A sheer stripped blouse or shirt with pencil skirts, knee length or calf length, with short jackets.

A plain shirt with blue or black trousers with matching tie is the best formal dress for office going men.Business man can also wear blazer .

Occasional Wear

For marriage or other formal occasions, get into rich and glamorous outfits that one don't get to take out otherwise.

An embroidered sheer blouse with a long skirt and a jacket.

A long embroidered jacket with pencil pants.

How about those Kancheepuram silk saris or the richly woven paithanis and jamdani. If you don't have one there are lots of option with hand woven silk saris with intricate borders and pallav. Try a heavily embroidered sari.

Sherwanis - embroidered teamed up with salwar or gaghras. Gaghra - choli in brocade fabric with embroidered dupatta. Salwar kameez with capes or long jackets.

Casual Wear

Lots of colour, prints and metallic fabrics make way for casuals this season. Short dresses are in. Strappy tops teamed up with front tie blouse and printed floral cropped trousers are in.

Asymmetric cuts, tops and skirts in metallic fabrics. Beaded dresses, beaded halter dresses or sequined blouses with lycra skirts or beaded sheer skirts.

salwar kameez or chudidar can also be worn as a casual wear.

Party Wear

Hot pants in metallic fabrics, tops in lurex.

Beaded short skirts in sheer material with sequined bikini top.Slim, transparent pants with ethnic patchwork tops or shirts.

Loose drawstring pants and knotted hand painted chiffon shirts.

How about some ethnic printed, large flower printed tops with dark, bright coloured hot pants?

Fully embroidred sari or sharara with matching jewellery will also be a good match for party wear.