Smart steps
If you are looking for reasons to shop in times of tight budgets, here’s promising news. Carlton London, a premium footwear brand from London has put on its shelves varied European styles of leather shoes and accessories for both men and women. To top that, the brand has rolled out its special discount scheme at the end-of-season sale. There’s a flat 50 percent discount on most footwear and a 25 percent discount on all handbags. The offer is valid till the end of this month.

Cosy charm
We are in the thick of winter but if you are still having wardrobe issues, then this should cheer you up. Wills Lifestyle’s new collection for this season packs in “luxurious looks” coupled with “sophisticated charm”. The collection for men includes Avner sweaters, Gerard sweaters with mock neck, tweed and sports jackets and corduroy shirts. For women, casual wear represents a folk story incorporating tribal prints and hand techniques. The collection includes Sweden quilted jackets with quilting details. The range of sweaters offers the new Gisella sweater with a flattering hand feel and chic cowl styling. Women can also choose from fine fitted city cord capris and knit tops in striking structures.

Dot on time!
Fastrack has launched its “Army Collection” of watches and sunglasses. This Fastrack collection has used army equipment, arsenal and apparel as its design inspiration. The 20 watch variants come in unusual case shapes inspired by the grenade, the sniper, tanks and even the dog tag! All watches have large, chunky cases that have variations of a gun metal finish - unlike the normal stainless steel fashion look - giving this collection a genuine army feel. The theme of army in the Fastrack sunglasses has been expressed through colour and finish associations with the army. Like watches, all frames come with a form of gun metal finish giving the styles a rugged and raw look, which is very army, along with the lens colours used which come in variations of the army green. This collection of sunglasses, for the first time, also has a large number of variants fitted with polarised lenses (15 out of the 27 variants in this collection). The collection starts from Rs 1,395 and goes all the way up to Rs 3,495.