Its a bold statement that you make when you decide to to this to your long tresses, bleach-em-blonde/ Ombre like Kayaan Contractor does. A very well done hair color job that goes from light blonde to hazelnut to her natural hair color, this adds so much color to her personality.

Kayaan Contractor

Kayaan gives us a very outdoorsy/street 90's look with her red and black tablecloth flannel plaid shirt paired with blue jeans and boots in black leather with a chunky chain and a matching backpack in black leather. Its a perfect casual look that can be styled UP (as in this case!) or Down with a pair of sneakers.

Kayaan Contractor

Kayaan of course punks it up with her fabulous hair worn open and taken in front, multi-chains and pendants, bracelets and a fab pair of shades. We are loving the Half-tuck for the top and think its a perfect way to style that boyfriend's shirt you've set your eyes on!

Kayaan Contractor

A great pair of vintage washed denims are a MUST HAVE for a girls wardrobe. Now ever so more denims with TORN/SLASHED-at-the-knees effect are the perfect pair for the moment! Get your hands on them or even better DIY to your old pair!

Kayaan Contractor

Kayaan Love Bug (as she addresses herself) is a part of leading blogger duo at Love and Other Bugs.

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Sarah Hartung

How do you mix grunge and Vintage to create a fab summer look. Sarah shows us how with her brown leather and canvas backpack and a pair of delightfully aged grunge boots. These are the accessories she chooses to pair her vintage dress in black with lace overlays picked from the Big Apple(USA) on one of her trips. Streaked bangs and a posh pair of shades complete her sans make-up summer cool look perfect for the streets of Barcelona or anywhere in the world!

Sarah Hartung

In Barcelona looking for the next inspiration, Sarah Hartung is a writer and lives and works one of the most breathtaking places in the world...Prague. Hope you managed to find your story Sarah!

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Luca and Susana

Its been said that a couple whose been together for long or belongs together start looking similar. Do you agree? Luca and Susana are one such VINTAGE loving cool couple who we spotted; their similarity didn't end with the obvious identical punctured earlobes and nose rings, they are both in creative professional pursuits as well!

Luca and Susana

Luca is a musician and a professional model and Susana transforms beautiful faces into gorgeous with her art....she is a make-up artist. Susana wears a black tank paired with a leather short skirt also in leather......perfect to flaunt her exquisite butterflies and other tattooed body art. A leopard skin and leather sling bag and lovely clear glass vintage frames are accessories of her choice.

Luca and Susana

Luca pairs his rolled-up denim shorts in black denim with a Vintage Palm print short sleeves resort shirt worn buttoned-up. A baseball cap in green that says OBEY and vintage black shades are the accessories that complete his look. A full crop of well-groomed facial hair is just the way to be right now!

Luca and Susana

Love the nose ring touch... muy bien! just saw Lady Gaga sporting one too, brings out a certain Goth vibe. Did anyone tell either of you earlier that you look like each other? Keep doing the good work and keep looking good you two, Susana and Luca!

Luca and Susana

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Chelsea Mcintyre

Chelsea, like her mate Eva is an avid traveler as well! Simply love her summer dress which we were told is from her trip to Japan. We are always ready for a treasure hunt in Harajuku, Shibuya and Roppongi districts of Tokyo.....its simply amazing!

Chelsea wears a summer dress in an all over floral print with a very interesting ruched hem-line detail paired up with a bandeaux in black and white. her gorgeous Retro cat-eye shades and Nude leather strap sandals are the accessories of her choice for this minimal, sans make-up and summer ready look.

Chelase Mcintyre Hook is an Australian and was on a 4 month European trip with her mate Eva when we caught up with them in Barcelona. Hope you two gorgeous girls had a good trip!

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Eva

Australian Eva is a traveler and is was on a trip around Europe for 4 months when we met her in Barcelona. She caught our attention with her flaming red hair color and a beautiful Red-Indian head with feathered headgear tattoo on her thigh. Adding more color to her personality are her fabulous mirrored pink shades and her blue headband....the rest is black and simple!

Eva wears a sleeveless black crew neck tank and pairs it with a pair of cut-off shorts in black denim. Comfortable leather sneakers from Vans in black and white (I have the same ones and they are amazing to walk around in). Eva loves her rings and sports multiple of them on her fingers with black lacquered nails. Pearl drops in her ears and two chokers add elegance to her look.

Eva lives in London and takes the cuts and bruises from her adventures in her stride!

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Eduard Mamblona

A little bit of Hip-hop, a little bit of swag and a little bit of Shamelessness in Eduard's street style makes it distinct. The longish T shirt or the Tall T as its becoming popular as is the latest must-have-piece, borrowed from the Hip-hop generation into the mainstream menswear. Made popular by artists like Kanye West and Chris Brown and done well over the seasons by labels like Acne and Ann Demeulemeester, its refreshing to see men experimenting with their silhouettes!  

Eduard Mamblona

Eduard wears a color blocked long T in black and white with short sleeved, rolled-up. A very interesting T from Bershka with the usage of the the perforated jersey, normally used in sportswear and a very interesting struck-off SHAMLESS print on the back. He pairs is with a pair of skinnies in acid washed black, rolled-up to the ankles and black-n-white Nike sneakers.

Eduard Mamblona

His head-phones with his favorite music and his cool black and paisley printed baseball cap are the accessories that complete his Shameless look! Eduard Mamblona is a fashion consultant with Bershka in Barcelona and works at Passeig de Gracia.......what and office address! we are envious!

Eduard Mamblona 

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Maria Carvajal

Maria Carvajal caught our eyes for her SIMPLICITY. Her minimalistic retro style, reminiscent of the 60's is a fine example of modern urban sophistication. She embodies the understated refined elegance of Jacky Kennedy and the quirkiness of Twiggy, both iconic for their style and time.

We love how the nude pale shades compliment her and leave her countenance glowing, cutting a striking portrait.

Maria wears a color block top in pale skin tone and midnight blue and a pair of cut-off pleated pants, both from COS. She wears platform wedge sandals from ZARA and very cool transparent round acetate retro dark shade from TOSCANA(they do some amazing eyewear...do check them out!)

Maria is an online marketing professional and live and works in Barcelona. Nothing says spring better than a breezy ride through a bike friendly city like Barcelona, specially if you have one like Maria!

Her amazing city ride is as cool and retro in style as her and a definite head turner. In mint green, chrome wood and leather, this compact machine would be such a pleasure to ride on....don't you think!

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Alexandre Becker

Dressed for summer and groomed for the moment, he looked like a fashion model/ someone definitely in a creative profession,  probably British, making the most of his rare day off in this fabulous Spanish city. Well that was our first impression of Alexandre Becker, he is not a professional model (can't figure why not...) and is not a Brit. A few questions about his whereabouts made us hungry!......

Imagine if the chef manages to put his clothes and appearance together like this on a regular day, how gorgeous to the eyes and divine to taste would be the dishes he plates! Alexandre is a Chef de Cuisine and and lives and works in  Brazil, another paradise of surf and skate, sun & sand and Joie de Vivre!

Alexandre sports the ever trendy undercut hair style that refuses to fade away, with a full groomed-to- perfection Mo-beard. He loves his tattoos and going by the few but intricate artworks he is inked with, looks like he chooses them well and after much consideration. We absolutely love his vintage steel watch.

Alexandre wears a plain white short sleeves T with sleeves rolled up with a pair of cut above the knee, city shorts in black. A red and black tartan shirt tied around the waist is a fine statement in street style and prepares him if he feels like shirting-up. Cool square green tinted Ray-bans and a leather backpack in black, with a black pea-cap hooked to it and a long key pendant chain are his ingredients for garnish! He chooses a Hi-top all white sneakers for footwear, that's been on our Menswear must haves list...go get them.

Street Style Diaries Barcelona -Daniella, Lal Mirch, Xavi

Barcelona has very vibrant mix of subcultures and its a delight to visit for its openness and rich city vibe and of course great shopping!. This capital of Catalunya has been an important places where the punk subculture emerged as a rebellion against the oppression around 1978 during the Franquismo. This Spanish subculture thrives and is well conserved with its own distinct identity by the youth of today. We met a group of three friends Xavi, Daniela and Lal Mirch who represent this unique subculture in a very Catalan way.

Xavi

Xavi wears a message T in black paired with a pair of torn denims folded up. He wears a pair of 14 eye Doc Marten boots in black with white laces. The punctured earlobes, piercings, punk and coloured hair and chunky chains are his accessories of choice.

Lal Mirch 

Lal Mirch (her name in Hindi means Red Chilly!!), wears a sleeveless message T with a pair of cloudy washed pair of denims in black. Her choice of footwear is also a pair of Doc Martens in Black but with a twist of red and black laces in either foot. Punk hair with skinned head, punctured lobes, piercings, metal spiked neck and wrist bands, hip chains with a padlock and a backpack in black are the accessories of choice for this bespectacled beauty.

Daniella

Daniella gives us a pretty punk version with her cat-eye make-up. She wears a Catalan flag T with sleeves rolled up with a pair of skinnies in blue denim, a pair of red plimsolls and a leather backpack in brown. Like her friends punctured earlobes, undercut hair style with a coloured crop on sideways and piercings complete her look.

The three amigos paint a pretty picture of this very identifiable Barcelona youth culture and life. We wonder how similar yet how different they are together!

Street Style Diaries - Nidhi Jacob

Nidhi Jacob has a distinct style, a style that's minimal, high-on-comfort and ease, drawing from vintage and tradition, blending a ZEN like calm and veering towards unisex, its this distinct identity that sees this fashion editor of ELLE go about her duties.

Nidhi Jacob

Nidhi wears this blue-on-blue color blocked long tunic (kurta) in cotton and pairs it up with a divided skirt in black, just about grazing her mid-calf. A structured sling bag in white leather and seemingly super comfortable slip on shoes in black & white completes her look. A short crop for hair and a sans make-up Nidhi manages to make heads turn with an almost boyish/ girlish charm!

Nidhi Jacob

We are impressed by how the use of unconventional cut-n-sew color blocking and a innovative play with proportions speak out a completely new language that's difficult to pin down and categorize or slot, something that we all love to do.

Nidhi Jacob

Tunic- REBOOT by Anuj Bhutani

Skirt_ asos

Shoes- H&M

Bag- & another stories

Street Style Diaries - Gursi Singh

Gursi Singh is the co-founder of the label Lovebirds along with Amrita Khanna. What drew our attention is his fabulous pair of shades and the whole minimal and clean urban look that he sports. We agree the shoes maybe an unusual choice but hey they are signature "Lovebirds" pair....it might be his lucky pair! 

Gursi Singh

Gursi wears this black T paired with a tailored pair of black trousers. The tailored shacket (shirt+jacket) in beige is an unusual piece, clean and minimalistic. Almost a cross between a waistcoat and a short sleeve shirt, it works beautifully as a layering piece and brings in just a hint of structure to the outfit.

Gursi Singh

Gursi also shows a fabulous new way to wear the hair undercut style paired with a top man-bun,  pushing the boundaries just a bit with the traditional Sikh style. A neatly trimmed full Mo-beard bring out his personality and are keeping with the clean and sophisticated urban-ism that they showed with the Lovebirds collection.

Gursi Singh

Street Style Diaries - Jishma Parikh

Hope you all have got a fab start to 2015! A new year always brings along with it new hopes and dreams and a renewed vigor to go after chasing those dreams.

Lets start our street style trail with Jishma Parikh and her love for butterflies and birds in her tattoos.

Jishma Parekh

Jishma has two tattoos worth flaunting and she does that with her cleverly chosen pieces of clothing. She wears this cut-off shoulder top with 3/4th sleeves in black and pairs it up with a pair of hot shorts also in black. Studded around the shoulder her amazingly shaded tattoo gets framed and is a definite conversation starter!

Jishma Parekh

We love the fact that Jishma's minimal approach to styling works with gold hoops in the ear, as does her amazing hair color reminding us of a peacock feather.....very well chosen indeed.

Jishma Parekh

Street Style Diaries - Amrita Khanna

Amrita Khanna

There is something quite endearing about Amrita Khanna's style that is bohemian in spirit yet has the body of casual sophistication of a minimalist. The look is tailored, crisp and clean yet full of color and fun elements.

Amrita Khanna

Conversational prints have been trending for a while and this one with as diversified elements as a teddy bear to a comic character, a tiger to a gorilla, a pet bottle to a potted plant, a pineapple, a monument and a roving eye is quite unique and unlike anything we've seen. Its like carrying everything that you like with you....what a conversation starter!..... don't you think?

Amrita Khanna

Amrita wears this color blocked oversize trapeze shape top in while and pastel blue and pairs it with a cropped-to-the-ankles length pair of trousers in black. A pair of meant-for-walking slip on shoes in tan and an oversize pair of shades complement her look. A statement watch, ring and black nails are her well chosen accessories with a full mop of free-spirited curlys.

Amrita Khanna

Its such an easy silhouette to carry of for a city dweller that would suit most body types and is easy-breezy and cool! Amrita is the co-founder and Designer at Love Birds.

Street Style Diaries- Augustine Shimray

Augustine Shimray

Khayashii Augustine Shimray is a personality that is as vibrant and multifaceted as the multicultural land that he comes from, India. This artist/ musician/ model and designer hails from the breathtakingly beautiful and pristine hills of Nagaland. Coming from the head-hunting Tangkhul tribe of heavily tattooed warriors, Augustine is perhaps the the thread that binds tradition and modernity, the primitive and the contemporary.   

Augustine Shimray

Augustine gives us a look that spells Punk Rock with a predominantly black palette, the Mohawk, the punctured lobes, the tattoos, the leather straps and boots, but with a twist that's original and a genuine  representation of who he is rather than an imposition. He wears this asymmetric sleeveless knit top with an over sized pocket and a pair of black customized pants with heavy duty Doc Marten boots, all black.

Augustine Shimray

Augustine is among the few lads of his age to sport the traditional facial tattoos along with the various others that he sports, we're sure each with a story behind it. The various charms and bracelets and armlets that he sports add to his fierce rawness. Augustine also deigns the dream-catchers, one of which he wears. The dream catchers are a native symbol of uniting tribes and are known to filter dreams and catch the nightmares.

Augustine Shimray

Augustine has a musical side to him as well and is also a vocalist for #featherheads, feathers, leather, beads and horn almost are a part of his extended being.

Augustine Shimray

We love the gun holster like contraption he creates with leather and studs for a small pouch that we're guessing is for his tools. Would like to know the story behind the octopus on his hand.....when we meet next!

Augustine Shimray

Street Style Diaries - Bandana Tewari

The Doyenne of Fashion

Bandana Tewari, a name that needs no introduction in the Fashion circles, is the Fashion Features Director of Vogue-India. Starting her journey from a literary and journalistic background Bandana has earned the status of the Doyenne of Fashion.

Bandana Tewari

In her trademark clear glass aviators, she gives us a perfect desert/jungle Safari chic look in earthy hues. Its an urban Sahara meets the City look which is super comfortable and bang-on trendy in the same breath. She wears these lounge pants in over-dyed charcoal and pairs it up with a knit cowled top in a dried tobacco.

Bandana Tewari

She layers her look with a safari style shirt dress in beige. We love this piece as it is so versatile and can be worn on its own as a dress or as Bandana chooses to. Her choice of  footwear in a pair of leopard patterned peep-toes is fabulous as it looks spectacular paired with earthy and neutral hues.

Bandana Tewari

Her fringed and charms multi-cord neck-piece, wild feathered danglers and multiple curated bracelets add to Bandana's  bohemian vibe who walks in this urban jungle with the same feisty cool gait as a spotted feline in the wilderness.

Bandana Tewari