ICFF 2013 TRENDS: GREEN

Growing up, I was obsessed with people’s favorite colors. Any new friend I made in school would be asked that pressing question and I felt defined by my own personal choice: White. To this day I still carry a little torch for fellow white-lovers. Green was my least bit favourtie - until I met my good freind Raghuvir. He changed the way I looked at colours - It was Yellow all the way for him !!! And till this date for some reason - I remember meeting his girlfriend and now Wife, Chhavi Sodhani for the very first time - and she was wearing a GREEN !!! Really - my eyes popped.. she is my green girl.. she is the reason why green is now accepteable in my life. So all you green lovers in this wide world will be happy to know that GREEN  was everywhere at ICFF. Last year there were a lot of super neon-bright colors (there were still some this year, too), but this year I felt like everywhere we looked, there was a rich jewel-toned green. From the incredible striated chair above to the faceted light below, little pops of green really had their moment. As a green-girl from day one, I was happy to see this trend. I hope you guys will enjoy these green pieces as much as I did. 

Image above: Green chair by Dirk Vander Kooij (More details after the jump)

Image above: Sconce by Rosie Li for Roll & Hill (My favorite piece from the show, hands down. I wish I had $3k to bring this home).

Image above: Green chair by Dirk Vander Kooij

More gorgeous green designs after the jump…

Image above: Hanging green glass pendants by Artecnica

Image above: Table Chair by Brendan Solinsky of Northern Michigan University.

Image above: Table lights by Neil Conley

Image above: Green glass cloches by Panoramica

Image above: Table lights by Tatsuya Akita

Image above: Detail of green chairs by Dirk Vander Kooij

Image above: Detail of the green striated chair (and production process!) by Dirk Vander Kooij

Image above: Detail of sconce by Rosie Li for Roll & Hill

Wedding Photography !

I'm absolutely smitten with Heather and Jon's vintage style of wedding photography. In additional to digital, they somehow juggle a plethora of film cameras and homemade lenses. And get this.

I am just back from the wedding of my best friend Raghuvir to his lovely Bride Chhavi. Much to my dismay I was stuck capturing their lovely moments on my Blackberry Camera. It sucks !!! I am so inclined towards buying the I-Phone. I saw some of them at the wedding using it and it have a lovely wide lens and clicks the amazing moments. I only wish I was a much careful user and over and above it all it had some more nicer business phone like apps... : (( I am really sad using a blackberry at the moment. I am almost hating its site !!

Vod-Ch-Ra-ka or Vod-Ra-Ch-Ka ?

So a few years ago - I went for Raghuvir - my best friend's birthday to salt water grill. This amazingly located restaurant is now shut ! What a shame ... Nothing worthy of staying ever stays in the city of Mumbai. however - apart from this - it was the first time that I dined with his girl friend Chhavi Sodani - which is an amazing memeory.. But another one of the first was when I tried for the very first time Watermelon Vodka. SO it was basically vodka with fresh watermelon juice as a chaser. But the most heavenly part of the drink was those ice-cubes in the form of FROZEN WATERMELON PIECES soaked overnight in VODKA.. !!

With every little bite into these cubes, the vodka oozed out.. !!! These pictures remind me of this first party with this couple who are going to tie the knot soon. Ofcourse - what would be perfect for this reception is a drink that i associate with them coming together !!! Sad thing is that my bummer as I fondly call him is now a Wine Drinker, but hey - who can complain when they have a watermelon mojito popsicle named after their togetherness ??