dont let the monsoon blues dampen your spirits dress up in style and enjoy the rainsits that time of the year again when you grumble every time the skies go dark thinking that you will have to wear that unflattering raincoat or carry that bigblack grandfather umbrella but wait there is a lot more to monsoon than just that the fashionconscious puneites are making the most out of what is available in the city markets to escape the rain with stylebe it motleycoloured umbrellas or smart rainwear colourful flipflops or hats that give you that sophisticated sherlock holmes look puneites are letting their imagination run wild talking about the new eyecatching varieties of umbrellas that will surely make a fashion statement vidhi jain a fashion student says the markets are flooded with trendy umbrellas from patchworked umbrellas to bright neon green ones from pretty chinese umbrellas to the stylish transparent ones carrying a beautiful umbrella makes you feel good on a dull rainy dayfor men bored of the dulllooking raincoats there is the option of teaming them up with hats which give you a classy look while saving you from the rain says sandeep jagam an entrepreneur the rains can be quite a mess especially for people on a twowheeler a variety of gumboots and rainproof fidoras are quite a rage and they look really swanky man bags also help a lot because a lot of stuff can get damaged in the rainfashionista damayanti raje bhosale feels this is the perfect time to pull out some ignored clothing like capris and threefourths go for bright coloured chiffon cotton and polysilk tops even if they get wet the material dries fast also there are a lot of closed rubber shoes available they are a must for this season as they make your feet look good and protect them from the water too she saysanother wellknown fashion connoisseur rasika wakalkar says there is no particular style for monsoons but yes it is definitely the time when you can experiment with funky and bold colours be it a neon pink or an electric blue jacket the most important thing is to take care of what kind of footwear you use forget about your leather footwear for sometime and bring out all the colourful rubber and plastic ones that you have trendy bright footwear makes a great style statement with that short skirt or threefourthsthis is also the time when many of us suffer from different hairtroubles thanks to the moisture in the air but hair stylist nidhi arora offers a solution dont get bogged down if you are having a frizzy hair day the key is to keep them hydrated by using a good serum and leavein conditioner and avoiding the blowdrier use a diffuser to add volumeso dont let the monsoon blues take you down paint it with your own colours and enjoy the rainsfollow us on twitter for more stories