Apr 23 2014
picture from The Age (Aditya Mendiratta)
This lively image is from a charming little article by, Australian, Ashleigh Bonner (on the left here, I think) published in The Age newspaper. It explains how, during a trip to India with her sister, the two of them are invited to a wedding and goes into the trials and tribulations of getting suitably attired. I think they did pretty well.
(You can read the article by clicking on the picture.)
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May 18, 2014 @ 12:32 pm
“The inbuilt bra in the purple and gold design I try on is way too big, but try explaining that with hand gestures….” I can only imagine the adventure, not to mention the humor and fun, Ashleigh must’ve experienced.
Cute and waaaay too quick column–I was hoping for more wedding details and photos!