It's close to miiiiidnight .... something evil's lurkin' in the daaark .. (hiccup) ... under the moooooonlight ... You see a sight that almost stops your hearrrrrt .... You try to screeeeeamm ..... But terror takes the sound before you make it ..... You start to freeeeezzze ...... As horror looks you right between the eyes, You're paralyyyzed ..... 'Cause this is thrillerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ...... Thriller night ... And no one's gonna save you From the beast about to strike ...... You know it's thrillerrrrrrrrrrrrr .... Thriller night .... You're fighting for your life Inside a .... Killer .... Thriller ....toniiiiiiiiiightttttt .... wohooo ... (hiccup) You hear the doooooor slam .... And realize there's nowhere left to ruuunn ... (hiccup) ... You feel the coooold hand ... And wonder if you'll ever see the suuunn .... You close your eyyyyes .... And hope that this is just ima-gi-nation ... Girrrrrl, but all the whiiiile .... You hear a creature creepin' up behiiiiindd .... You're outta time .... 'Cause this is thrillerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ..... Thriller night ... There ain't no second chance .... to fight the thing with the forty eyyyyes, girl .... Thrillerrrrrrrrrrrrr ... woohooo ..... Thriller night .... You're fighting for your life Inside a ...... killer ...... Thriller tonightttttt

As a wardrobe staple, the red jacket is probably one of the happiest mood lifters among classics .... it is versatile, glam, chic, funky, young , peppy and works with an astounding number of colour combinations !!! Almost all of us, have bought a red jacket or sweater sometime or the other and have worn it till the colour faded or handed it down to a younger cousin or sibling as a rite of passage :) ... Recently D hauled out her old little red jacket as the Delhi weather turned colder ... and S decided to take it along to test the winter afternoon light in a neighbourhood park .... S often does that to D when D least expects it !! ... meaning .... unkempt hair (who has the time to maintain super groomed hair at all times duh) ... zero makeup (there is something about a super expensive camera that demands a modicum of grooming and make up, it is sacrilege to face a Canon 5D Mark 3 with the same attitude as a self clicking camera phone :p) ... well to cut a long story short ... S convinced D ... D put on her favourite Chanel red lipstick ... spritzed on some Diorissimo ( S’s fav perfume) ... borrowed S’s Marc Jacobs sunnies to hide the dark circles and sacrificed herself as a guinea pig !!

Dita Von Teese, burlesque queen, fashion icon, glamorous media darling ... and the most authentic reincarnation of old Hollywood glamour in our times ..... with her red lips, jet black dyed hair, porcelain skin and hour glass figure (the tiniest celebrity waist possible!) ... was in India, as global brand ambassador of Cointreau, the liqueur brand. Holding aloft a martini glass of “Cointreau Sutra”, Cointreau’s cocktail tribute to India, she gushed over her maiden visit to India, seeing the Taj Mahal, and her absolute fascination for the Indian sari.

Coco Chanel once said .... “A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future.” .... “Perfume puts the finishing touch to elegance - a detail that subtly underscores the look, an invisible extra that completes a woman's personality. Without it there is something missing" said Gianni Versace .... You get our drift here :) ... both the fashion stalwarts quoted above reiterates the one item of every person’s wardrobe which is a absolute necessity ... unless you fancy yourself a cave dweller and stay miles away from polite society .... in which case you wouldn’t be reading this blog anyway :) .... In the evolution of civilization ... health, cleanliness and hygiene, religion, bathing rituals and perfumes are all interlinked through the ages ... In fact, the origin of the word 'perfume' comes from the Latin 'per fumum' meaning "through smoke" ... as the first rituals of worship consisted of burning fragrant plant matter as incense which conveyed prayers through smoke to the Gods !!