" She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid, And so did she. They searched for blue, their whole life through, then passed right by - and never knew " - Shel Silverstein.

Now you will wonder what this bit of philosophical poetry is doing on a style blog ... but fashion is in a sense an art of wearing masks ... when we started this blog, we were determined to feature non-model people in our posts .... and one of the things we realized is that people get immense satisfaction being groomed, styled and photographed as they are not in their personal lives ... out of shyness and reticence ... all of a sudden emerges this beautiful butterfly out of their cocoon of everyday living .... the transformation is miraculous not because of the extra props, but because all of a sudden these friends, neighbors, colleagues and acquaintances tell you in bits and pieces about the best part of them ... some love their hands, some their eyes, some their smiles, hair, feet, legs, skin, pout, shape ... they literally put their best foot forward ... and it is so heart warming and affirming for us .... because we learn to see them through their eyes in all their amazing possibilities!!! Its another new year, and this is our first post of this year, we would like to thank you wonderful people for being on this journey with us ...... we have come up with some exciting new ideas for the blog ..... today's post is a shoot we did with a dear friend Iram Mirza ... wearing a Shantanu and Nikhil 2012 Bridal Couture gown .... stay with us, enjoy the post and wish you all a very happy 2013 :)

A Dress, a Camera and a Dialogue

Speak from your heart they said,

But really,

There's a thousand voices within

That abuse my poor tongue to speak,

I prefer showing you my heart,

If you would prefer to look.