Styling is all about channelling your inner spirit and letting it guide you; that’s a welcome message in 2023! Designers everywhere would agree wholeheartedly as they seem to be inspired by the past and we are here for it. Fashion experts are predicting that retro vibes are hot and going away they are not!
Fashion always comes full circle. During the pandemic when our lives became tumultuous with Covid’s eerie omnipresence, the future seemed gloomy. Many of us believed that it was the end and humanity had reached the penultimate, inevitable doom.
Those sepia-tinged pictures of our parents and family members in their oversized sunglasses, bell bottoms, and kaftans, footloose and fancy-free took us down memory lane, envious of their sense of freedom.
The onslaught of the Hippie culture in the ’60s and ’70s meant there were no rules and humanity rejoiced in all its heady, hedonistic haze! Fashion always is a reflection of society’s mindset at a point in time. Is it surprising that following the ravages of Covid, we now want to embrace the future while taking the past along?
For nighttime, a sequined blouse in bright pink or orange with black bell bottoms will look appealing and glamorous. Kaftans are a fashion staple; it embodies the very essence of retro style. Designers everywhere have celebrated this unique outfit; any colour, combination, length, or design your heart desires there is a kaftan to appease your fashion sensibilities!
Retro saris do not really receive the love and adoration that they deserve. Bollywood queens like Dimple Kapadia and Parveen Babi set the silver screen on fire in their polka dot and bright, bold-printed saris.
In 2023 reimagine psychedelia with a Pucci-inspired cocktail sari, or a slinky, sequined and polka-dotted number! Complete the look with loose curls and dewy, soft makeup. And while you are at it do not forget to let your whims and fancies take over!
