Personal Style: Little Black Sari

I recently organized a personal style shoot to celebrate the first anniversary of The Fashion Orientalist. This is our very first personal style article for which I worked together with a couple of talented people. I got in touch with…

MAC Cosmetics: Valentine’s Day Lipstick

Valentine’s day. The day you look at life through rose-tinted glasses. Butterflies fluttering in your stomach every time you lock eyes with your crush or beau. Love is in the air and heart shaped items hit the shelves. You either…

Christmas Gift Idea: Clinique Chubby Stick

The Clinique Chubby Stick is a must-have product for women. A true collector’s item, since there are so many different and fun crayon colors available! It is therefore a perfect gift to present to your sister, girlfriend, mother or female…

Estée Lauder Lipstick

Estée Lauder is one of my favorite makeup brands. I really like their nail polish, the colors are beautiful and the bottles are real collector items, they come in cute square, glass bottles. As you may know I love lipstick.…

Beauty & Make-Up: My Chanel Make-up Addiction

My Chanel make-up addiction started at a young age. Although I was not allowed to wear make-up until I was around 16 years old, I spent a lot of time admiring my mother’s Chanel make-up collection. When I was 17…

Interview Mehndi Rouge: Henna Decorations

Many of us have walked past those cute henna tattoo stands, those you can find at popular tourist locations or at fairs, contemplating on getting a temporary henna design or actually giving into curiosity and having a design tattooed onto…

Romantic first date ensembles by Ayesha Depala

Whenever the song ‘Single Ladies’ from Beyonce starts playing at a party, all of those in a relationship start dancing along enthusiastically while the actual single ladies stay seated. It is rather strange don’t you think? While those in a…

Get the Bollywood look

100 years of Indian cinema. 100 years of heroes chasing heroines to win their hand in marriage. The Fashion Orientalist breaks down four different typical Bollywood looks for you to try. Modest beauty The modest beauty is often portrayed in…

Fashion and Beauty: An interview with Arabic singer Teema

The Fashion Orientalist sat down with Arabic singer Teema to talk fashion and music. Teema is a Moroccan/Dutch music artist who developed a passion for singing at a young age. She attended the Music School of Amsterdam at the age…

A warm welcome from The Fashion Orientalist

As a fan of Indian fashion and an admirer of Arabic fashion designers I have noticed that a lot of western fashion brands are inspired by the East. The distinctive style of fashion from the East fascinates me. When Carrie…