What you wear at work has a major impact at your success. Looking stylish yet work-appropriate can be tricky considering there's a very thin line between appropriate and stylish when it comes to formal wear. While you obviously want to be dressed in a formal attire at your office, you still want to experiment and look stylish. Here I have rounded up six tricks you could use to take your work ensembles from boring to stylish without stepping out of the workwear boundaries. Are you ready to be the best dressed at office? Tip 1 - Liven up your basic 9-5 wear with some prints.  How we get bored of the solid coloured or striped shirts at office and yet pick the same style over and over again? It's time you swapped your regular shirts with some prints that'll make an impact yet be subtle. For this summer, I went for some pastels using the monochrome route for my officewear by pairing a printed shirt with similar hued pencil skirt in solid. Tip 2 -  Inject colour i

"Happiness is my intrinsic nature". But why do we still wait for something to happen to be happy? I'm here right now, so why wait for anything else? Stop waiting around for a holiday, for the perfect guy {or girl} to fall in love with you, for landing your dream job, for buying that handbag you've been longing for. Happiness is not dependent on anything, it's inside you. Happiness is you and there's so much beauty around already that you don't need to wait around for anything else to be happy. Right now is the right moment, make the most of it. Picture Story - Two NEW-S: new manicure @Fingertips and new necklace I picked from Hill Road street shopping, Mumbai - Taj Mahal I clicked from last summer visit to Agra. Finally I visited the Taj, everytime I'd converse someone on one of my offshore holidays I'd be embarrassed to confess I haven't yet visited Agra. No more. - Beautiful Narmada river I clicked from a recent trip to the amazing

Sheath Dress old, Stella McCartney Falabella Bag , Charles & Keith Peep Toe Shoes ,  Hermes Cuff , Cartier Watch , Miu Miu Sunglasses A classic sheath with a great fit is a long term love and that's precisely my story with this dress. Whenever I fail to find the right outfit when rummaging through my wardrobe and I want to look my best, I trust this sheath dress. With its amazing fit, a very classic style and side triangle detailing - its my favourite.  I paired it with my camel peep-toes, clasic black Stella McCartney Falabella vegan handbag and to add some glam to the look I stacked my wrist with some of my favourite gold and diamond bracelets. C’est trés chic , non?  Hope you had a great weekend, I'm pumped up for this week. Image Credit: Sejal Purohit

Are you vegan? Yes your diet is, but what about what's in your beauty closet? Knowingly or unknowingly most vegan and even vegetarian women although follow a vegetarian diet but forget all those ingredients used in their beauty and skincare products that are derived from killing animals or causing them torture. Being a vegan means not only eating vegan food but also using products that are cruelty-free and made without any animal ingredients or derivatives.  While many beauty companies smugly call themselves “cruelty-free,”  this just means they don't test on animals. But it does not mean all of them are vegetarian and vegan. Most of these companies use ingredients like beeswax and fish enzymes, carmine (red pigment derived from boiling insects), bone char, albumen (derived from egg whites) and other stuff derived from animals. Its shocking and downright cruel!  Until a few years ago even I wasn't aware that these companies use so many non-vegan ingredients in the cosme

Crop Top and Sporty Trousers : Zara, Blazer : Marccain, Lepoard pumps : Lipsy, Bag : Stella McCartney Every place, every city and every town has treasures of their own. I was in Indore last month and with some time in hand, decided to get some pictures shot. A friend recommended an early morning visit to Chhatri Bagh for its beautiful architecture. Excitement caught hold of me and I woke up at 6am (yes I did). Didn't know what to wear to visit the Chhatri Bagh so I decided to put together an outfit from my latest shopping picks - the sports-inspired trend that seems to envelope the summer fashion landscape. A sporty crop top with a pair of trousers that's a cross between track pants and formal trousers seemed completely season-appropriate. Layering is a great way to minimize the risque nature of the crop top and make it place-appropriate, functioning as a complement to a conservative look rather than drawing all the wrong attention. So I popped on a white blazer and

Yes its full bloom, Spring is official. Its such a happy cheery season and all you people with your gloom and doom, delete the word depression and feeling blue from your dictionaries. It's time to be happy and joyous. Remember my post Your happiness is in your hands ? Well that's true for Spring {and Summer, Autumn, Fall and Winter}. While my happiness is certainly not dependent on anything, its always there right in my control. But some things you can only wish for. Here's my Spring Wishlist: Stella McCartney  Lily sandals ($920) silver with mirrored half cylinder heels  Stella McCartney  wood and floral peplum blouse Love Moschino Skirt $155 and  this beautiful  Philippe Audibert  multi strand Olympia cuff What's on your Spring List? xoxo

Marccain jacket , Diesel tee and jeans , Zara shoes We've been languishing in 2014 for over 3 months now (hey its April) and I have been experiencing strong hankering to get off all the to-dos from my list and start a fresh one. And voila, the beginning has been made. This post has been sitting in my drafts since the end of December and I am finally changing its status. So this December {three months back} we headed for a short trip to Igatpuri and it was one of those moments when you're travelling by the countryside and spot a cool location where you'd know you'll get a great shot. This hut was my cool discovery en route from Igatpuri to back to Mumbai when I nearly jumped out of the window to get some pictures. Somehow strutting down the kachha roads in those heels gave me a high. I may sound a bit of a brat here but when it comes to travel choices, the small hill stations and the quieter places fail to pleasure me after a certain number of hour

For some reason I've been obsessed with deep purple and oxblood and ever since Stella started doing her Falabella bags in this hue (its been a hell lot of months) I've had my eyes on them. And this January when I saw someone carrying the exact same coloured Falabella (shoulder bag) at Bunglow 8, I just knew it is definitely going to land in my closet, sooner or later. I'm kind of sort of head over heels in love with this perfect plum bag. Surprisingly this colour with its gold hardware complements a hell lot of outfits and this bag certainly makes the perfect addition to my closet. And why not, when luxury blends with vegetarianism, it automatically translates to guilt-free shopping.

Zara Crop Top, Asos Midi Skirt, Stella McCartney Grace Bag & Steve Madden Shoes It doesn't matter how hard you work in the gym, if you don't control what you put on your plate. Unfortunately, I've been off track on my workout routine for quite sometime. And with Spring already making its way, its hard to resist wearing the crop tops and midi skirt - now isn't that an irony. So when the excitement of Spring-coming takes away your sanity and you incessantly start accumulating clothes that's not right for your body shape, what do you do? Start with the basics - clean eating. Situation - busy days, no time to workout, need to get back in shape Those days when you've been super busy and don't get enough time to workout and you're stressed, and you just need to eat something that tastes good at the same time that'll keep you away from putting on all those extra kilos? That's what this Avocado rice and avocado soup is about - delic

Spring is right here and before you get your wardrobe spring/summer ready here's a peek to what the Indian designers brought on tables - direct from the runways of the recently wrapped Lakme Fashion Week Summer and Resort 2014. Summer clothes bring life to the wardrobe and allows you to experiment with colours, fabrics, drapes, layering. And I love resort wear. Originally resort was the clothes that you'll wear when hopping on a cruise and going off to travel. But now resort has evolved into this collection of seasonless clothes that are a huge help in a transition period (when you don't know whether its winter, spring or fall). When in doubt - pick up from your resort wear. What were the key trends at the fashion week? Peplum blouses and jackets in Indian wear, soft pastels, thread embroidery, sheers (tops, jackets, skirts, half and half), embellishments, complex layering, double breasted jackets and asymmetrical hemlines were aplenty at the runways of Lakme Fashion We

Fitness is such a big part of my life that I just get paranoid when I don't get time to exercise. Last few months have been really crazy with travelling and long hours at work that I had skipped my workout for weeks. Unfortunately I can feel some of my clothes actually not fitting me right. But that's all changing up as I am starting my workout routine and loving every minute of it. Since I don't get time to go out to gym, other than running sometimes, here are my few favourite workout videos that I have been following since a few years now to keep me in shape. Trust me if you follow these, your are for sure going to get heads turned with your fabulous toned body. FULL WORKOUT When I want to focus on complete body, I love to follow this video. It take care of everything from head to toe and the exercises are so simple to follow. This is my favourite among all. LOWER BODY WORKOUT Butt Workout One So of course my workout routine involves focusing on lower body