The neon bat

There was a point of time when neon scarves were quite the rage. They flooded the markets and I just went mad. We have a saying in our family that if you love wild colours, then you are probably a little crazy. My grandmother used to say that a lot and the funny thing was that she loved all those bold bright hues of red, orange and pink.

Coming back to the story of the neon bat, like any other neon deprived girl in a metropolitan city, I went out and got myself one too many such scarves. 

It was the neon apocalypse explosion in my closet. Neon scarves everywhere.

Neon scarf to the right of me; neon scarf to the left of me and then I thought, too many scarves, time to convert one of them into something else. 

I was feeling particularly lazy that day so I decided to do something that required minimum work. The minimum work came to me in the idea of a kimono style top, an idea that I lifted from the internet. (Gotta be honest when the designs are not my own idea.)

Very simple work. Just fold the scarf into half, stitch up the sides, allowing ample room for slits and hysterical hand movement. Then cut up the front bit in the middle and hem it up. 

The ribbon can be optional. I just thought it would be nice to throw in another bright element, as if things are not bright enough already. 

Let's remove the pink stuff shall we?

Begone Pink!

Somebody's instant reaction on seeing me was to call me a 'Neon Bat'. 

I like the name. And the idea of neon bat prowling the streets of Mumbai, distracting pedestrians with hysterical hand movements.

However, like most people, I have sane parents, so I should probably avoid that.