Waist-it-up

My office is super stylish. High heels and beautifully manicured nails—some of us even wake up an hour earlier to blow dry our hair, but that’s a secret. And of course, lavishing clothes. One day, my colleague walked into the office in what looked like a white cotton jumpsuit. Unattractive much? Wrong, she looked fabulous. In fact, for that entire day, I thought she was the best dressed at the office—and that’s a pretty big deal around here, believe me. There was just one thing that transformed this “grandmother-oversized-white jumpsuit” into something that’s goes in-sync with Vogue: a belt.
Show-off your curves, hide your flaws, add color, or even try being thinner. Belts have evolved over the years and today they’re used for more than just holding up your jeans. Take a bloated, long, and boring t-shirt and strap on a chic looking belt…there’s your stylish outfit for the day. Even Giorgio Armani believes in belts; on the ramp this season, he takes a simplistic purple dress and transforms it into something that’s more along the lines of chic. All this just because of the large, intricate, and colorful belt. Who would’ve known?

There’s a few ways to wear a belt. For example, professional women wearing their black skirt and white blouse can mix and match with different types of belts. White belts with an intricate yet classy buckle or even playing with a little bit of color once in a while…it can change an entire outfit’s look.
There’s always room for creativity; a brown belt along with an all-black outfit or even a dressy shirt coupled with a belt to show-off your hips. Sonam Kapoor does a fantabulous job with showing her hips off. A puffy pair of pants and a flowery top goes a long way, but using that brown skinny belt completes the outfit.

So what are you waiting for? Before you go shopping for new outfits, recheck your closet. Who knows, maybe you’ll realize that old outfits can be revamped with something as simple as 40 inches of cloth.     
By Karishma Galani