In Lovebirds
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Alia jetted out of Mumbai on Thursday and was seen wearing a sky blue dress from Lovebirds with a Gucci tote and clear PVC sneakers. Yep, you read that right.
Love the dress, the sneakers, not at all.
P.S. Hers are not Stella McCartney and going by the fact that I’ve seen a dozen of the ones she has on eBay, looks like she is wearing a label that probably sources from China.
 
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Alia Bhatt
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
The dress is lovely but I don’t want too look down and see my feet enclosed in my shoes. Too science fiction (alien in glass chamber) for me.
She is fast becoming a fashion victim! Like KJo is dressing her. Wish she went back to her easy breezy style..
Dress wagera is okay, I have no views.
Those shoes: I hope there is some ventilation or I hope she does not take off her shoes during the flight (for the well being of co passengers). If such shoes are a trend, this trend needs to be nipped in the bud.
why is label so important? is it fashion only if it’s a couture brand?
No, it is not important if it is couture. What happens nowadays is that China mass produces whatever is the trend of the moment and sells them. These items are obviously cheaper and therefore bad quality. Many small shops buy these copies and put their own label on them and sell it to the general public. Stylists sometimes sources from the small label and put it on their client. Most of the time these products don’t last and become landfill waste with barely any use. That is what I personally don’t like.
When there are so many good labels doing good work, why sport these knockoff trends.
What makes you think the branded ones when bought/borrowed by the celebrities get used too often to their full potential of long lasting quality? They barely repeat clothes. Its all going in the landfill(sometimes museums if worthy), i doubt they would donate/recycle. Plus the celebrity labels are definitely so expensive that most of your viewers cannot afford them. This comparison to me comes across slightly on Boasting side.
Just about all celebrities’ outfits are sourced these days. Once they wear it, it goes back to the designer or wherever it is sourced from. It is then sent to someone else or sold.
I am fully aware that most viewers cannot afford the branded labels, me included. But, as huge influencers themselves, I wish for celebrities (or their stylists) to lead the change in sourcing ethically. That is what my point is just for this post.
The topic doesn’t stop here though. In the day and age we are in, with limited resources around us, we all have a responsibility to help contribute. Wear that piece of clothing a few more times. Don’t buy impulsively because it was such a bargain. Save up and invest in a quality piece that will last longer.
I have done all the bad things, fast fashion, impulse buys as well, but once you learn of how it affects the environment and of the people who make these low-cost on trend items for less than minimum wage, you can’t ignore it.
That’s what I wanted to convey. 🙂
That’s such a good way to put it.. most raw material is vegan. It’s from crop and somewhat from animal slaughter, like serums dyes, leathers, many more.. plus add to it the production and packaging material (fancy packaging bags which most love to take even for small items) less shopping or sensible buying is just the bit in reducing environmental wastage. A far point to understand for whoever would.. to begin with.
Hi folks, I work for the environment in a professional capacity. And one of the basic and most fundamental issues is our need to consume. We all want coffee grown in Latin America and cotton grown in MP and laptops/phones sourced from mines. EVEYTHING comes from nature and therefore nothing is sustainable, fashion included. It is false pretense to say that durable items are good, because they too contribute to production (they are little less bad than irresponsible fashion, but terrible nonetheless). That we want people to wear new looks everywhere is the very reason why the planet is heating and farmers are committing suicide.
I appreciate the fact that while being a fashion blogger, you are encouraging environmental responsibility. But I don’t see any difference between luxury brands or high street brands or china brands. All of them are doing their own part in doing bad for the planet, each in their own ways. So your comment should not just apply itself to this ‘china shoes’ post, it applies to all the posts including H&M, Zara which rely of fast fashion and 99% of the luxury brands who burn their billions worth of clothing every year just to keep up their brand value, and Chinese/low price brands. Also they all form a vicious cycle, top brands define fashion for the year, get the celebrities advertise and create a hype, the mid-range brands mimic those with cheaper fabrics/techniques and cheap ones follow and we the mere public rely on all the available styling/fashion info available online and try to follow the trends..
So as much as I am an addict of fashion, I feel each one of us hold our own part in messing up the environment. (excluding may be a few who just reply a few classic pieces or handlooms and reuse and not buy clothing every season/every year just to follow trends).
As someone who works in senior R&D capacity out of ShangHai for many years, it is so lame, so old to say that everything made in China is cheap, does not last, and uses unsustainable… seriously folks TRAVEL … and learn
I disagree with you on so many levels here. But its your blog and your opinion. I wish you would do some research on contribution of fashion to global warming, pollution etc. Also, dig deeper on how much these designers pay the artisans/seamstress who work for them and their profit (not cost) margins. I understand they created labels and are reaping fruit of the work put in this, but paying lower than minimum wage is a concept they are well aware of. Also, i hope you don’t use an Apple device, Made in China it is 😀 .
Isn’t wages, regional quality standards, make practices, a totally different issue from consciously and carelessly adding to environmental waste.
WHy sport these trends? SImply because we can’t afford the rest and definitely can’t keep saving money and wait to buy genius great stuff. EVer heard of wanting to own a few of very style and not just one grand statement piece. Things the rich speak!!
Not sure how you went from ‘cheaper’ to ‘obviously bad quality’. Just because the designers charge top dollar doesn’t necessarily translate to much better quality or greater use. In any event, it’s not quality but planned obsolescence, whether in the fashion industry or tech industry, is what makes them unsustainable and environmentally unconscionable.
I actually like how fresh faced she looks
Ewwww those shoes! Alia has given off her fun fashion sense.
Shoes too heavy for the dress!
Hi,
Thank you for the post really loved reading it. What brand do you think they are?
yuck
Not Stella McCartney?! CHINA??!!!
The horror!
ha ha ha …love your reaction 😀
She looks lovely ankles up. Ugh, I hate it that PVS sneakers are a thing!
Gonna get hated for this but I don’t think they’re soo bad.. And its nice to know that celebrities sometimes skip the brands and get from china like us lesser mortals 🙂
P.S: I wonder how she doesn’t get shoe-bite though.. No socks too.. In 40 degree weather. That must be some intense foot deodorant.
She is wearing lace now show-liners.
Wow, it must be fun to be told what to wear at an airport by Ami Patel.
Wearing something that’s trending regardless of whether it suits you or not is called being a slave to fashion. In my opinion these clunky sneakers don’t suit her petite frame & in this hot weather she could’ve opted for easy breezy open toe flats.