Green Grass, Blue Skies...

Gone weekend had me visiting a friend's farm house. Not only was it a nice reunion of sorts for all of us, it also played a relaxing breather from a super hectic city life. While I was there I could not help wishing for my laptop or at least a diary (I tell you the trend of small bags plays a spoilsport for girls like me, who like to carry their world along).

Amidst light breeze, the panoramic sights and a serene vibe, the writer in me became alive like never before. I can totally understand why people from creative fields run far away from the daily chuck-chuck and Thuck-Thuck of city lives so that they can let their emotions flow freely. I also felt like so many persons at the same time. While the child in me wanted to run and play around, the girly-girl in me wanted to sing songs, the intellectual in me wanted to express herself through words and the photographer in me wanted to secure each and every graceful movement of the nature and the people alike.

Till the time I invest in a nice camera, plz enjoy these shots captured by Samsung Galaxy ;)

                                               
                                                        The story of a girl and the hammock

Hemant (RJ Ronnie) with Samman

Floral Love

Under The Spell of Old World

I recently learnt from my mom that my maternal great grand mom (my nani's mom) was a model (Phew!). She used to appear in print ads back in the day and was a very charming lady. Alas, whenever I visited her, I always found her bed ridden coz, she was very old (but she looked cute to me). 

Anyways, that ticked my mind to wonder how models in the olden times looked. Hugely fascinated as I am by the vintage frenzy and all things old and gold (including gramophones, black n white movies, songs of those times and not to forget the dressing style of the era), I googled for the pictures of those times. 

And to my surprise the advertisements and the magazine covers were rather fancy, some of them being way ahead of their times. So here I present to you some of the classic advertisements that I am sure must have created quite a buzz during those times.

Sharmila Tagore gracing Filmfare's cover page

Parveen Babi on Filmfare's cover page

Sushmita Sen with a male model before being crowed as Miss Universe

                                                                   Coca Cola's print ad

                                                   A model donning Flying Machine jeans

                               
                                             Yester year's actress Nanda on print ad of Lux

                                             Saira Bano and Hema Milini swearing by Lux

Models donning Khatau Saree (with Very-Now makeup)