So I’ve already preached on the value of good manners on the blogosphere. But now that blogs are a tad passe, the only way to keep up is to keep it short and sweet. In other words – 140 characters.

And here’s the man that preaches Tweetiquette, true to form within the prescribed 140 characters!

Annkur says 'Tweet no evil!'

Annkur wore this tee-shirt to the chai tweetup held on 8 January 2010. With his unassuming presence, he still managed to make a statement, possibly the most important one for that evening. It’s funny, it’s unusual, it’s relevant and it’s cool…it’s got be I Style!

Tweet No Evil

The tee-shirt is a regular fit in the characteristic Twitter blue and says ‘Tweet no evil’ under an image of three Twitter birdies displaying the respective ‘Hear no evil/Speak no evil/See no evil’ poses. For a social (and relevant) message with a funny angle and for his sense of timing, Annkur gets my I Style! vote. It is available at Inkfruit for Rs.300.

                          

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This is Kenneth Lobo. Apart from the fact that he organizes a really cool event or two each week (Movies! Poetry! Music!) as a part of The Bombay Elektrik Projekt, he looks just like a regular guy.

The Bombay Elektrik Projekt dude

Ah, but appearances can be deceptive. Does this look like the face of a man who waltzes off to Ladakh on a whim? And breaks a toe while making tea? Ah, again. What’s he hiding? Turn around Ken, and let’s look at your back instead.

Look, ma, a tail!! And don’t say I’ve been talking behind his back either, that’s where he puts his I Style! self!!!

Ken, you’re one Kool Kat and you’re high on I Style!

And for the purists among you, it’s an Animal Planet tee-shirt and that’s the logo that you see above his tail.

                          

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When the weather is dreary and my mood matches it, bright colours are the first thing I turn to, to cheer me up. Mumbai is normally sunny (barring those dull monsoon months) but the last few days have been a weird canvas of colourless insipidity. You can’t get too bright on a day like this.

I met Reena a.k.a. Spitphyre in a writers’ discussion and told her she was quite lovely. Of course, that day she was dressed like the pretty girl that she is. But her sense of colour blew me away during the Wall Project. Move over street artists, bright walls and graffitiers, Reena’s outfit puts everyone to shame.

Even on that already bright day, amidst a street awash with colour, Reena’s yellow tie-dye dungarees teamed with a postbox red tee-shirt were what stood out. If you’re thinking it was just a matter of tossing together some randomly colourful outfits, do check out her footwear – sexy, strappy flat sandals in the same shade of red.

Yellow and red painter girl

Reena doesn’t have a loud voice or an imposing outline; she doesn’t have to! Her outfit itself was one brilliant exclamation point and she so made it work! Check out the matching sunglasses (in a Posh Beckham shows a smile pose).

As I keep saying, it isn’t just the colour or the fit, it’s cattitude that makes I Style! work. Here she is in a ‘don’t I look preggie’ pose. That’s on account of the red (matching again!) wallet tucked into the kangaroo style pocket in the front.

That's my fat wallet, not tummy, you dummy!

Finally, here’s the lady doing a Bangles number on the sidewalk. Need any more proof that she’s I Style!‘s latest star?

Walking like an Egyptian

                          

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• At November 16, 2009, Spitphyre wrote:

  This is one of the coolest things to have ever happened to me and you are a total peach for it Idea!

  Starting today, this particular page is official cheerer-upper for the rest of my online life :D

  And you guys, this is my chance to say: Do keep visiting EACH AND EVERY website created by this fine woman and read ALL her writings wherever they appear (newspaper, magazine, school book, biscuit wrapper, ANYWHERE). That's gonna turn out to be your claim to fame someday. Mark my words with a fluorescent highlighter!

• At November 16, 2009, Vishal wrote:

  You can add me to the Fans of Reena. We're building a temple and everything. :)

• At November 17, 2009, Vandita wrote:

  You can add me to the Fans of Reena. We’re building a temple and everything. [2]

• At December 2, 2009, IdeaSmith wrote:

  @Spitphyre: Mwaaaaah!!!!! We lurrrrve you!!!

  @Vishal, Vandita: Thengyu, thengyu! But umm...right now a vote at Indibloggies 2008 (http://multivote.sparklit.com/web_poll.spark/21900) would suffice. *End of shameless self-plug*

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Landmark is having their annual sale! Of course you knew that if you are a book-lover in this city. But did you know that they don’t just have their regular (great!) books on sale but also a load of cool stuff as well?

Check out what I picked up for the princely sum of Rs.199. That’s the lovely Dipali who showed me the bag and agreed to model it for I Style! as well.

EcoFrendz is a brand that has retailed bags from Landmark before but I’ve never seen some of these designs on display before. The bag I bought is khaki coloured cloth with a black cloth strap. Now normally, I’d pass off this stuff as being too stereotypical social worker stuff. But look at what’s on the side. It says ‘Let’s go places’ and it even has a real compass hanging down the side! I can see myself carrying this with jeans, salwar-kameezes as well as a skirt!

Now I’m a sucker for toys like that, it’s kitschy, it’s cool without being flamboyant. How’s that for I Style!?!

                          

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