For a slice of style

Cutouts are for summer. As the season gets hotter by the day, lets take a peek at some breezy fashion and ventilation in clothes that make you sizzle in style and help combat the heat.

Outfits with openings at specific points enable the body to breathe easy through lighter and airy material. So cool down with some hot trends in cutout ensembles to overcome this sweaty spell.

“You probably won’t like walking under the sun without the right choice of wardrobe. One must balance the heat with a suitable fabric and not get bogged down by its heavy weight instead,” advises designer Ridhi Arora. “Often, crop tops and mini-skirts look difficult to carry, if not comfortably worn. So, selecting an appropriate piece for the humid weather becomes a chore. Causing an end to this worry, cutouts come as a convenient dress code,” she advocates.

Those less adventurous can opt for this attractive sartorial makeover, only to look fresh and funky for a change. The idea is to reveal a wee bit of skin; it’s no harm to go boldly sexy with grace after all. As long as vulgarity doesn’t sneak in to disturb the order, the charm is taken well care of.

“Conservative dressing has been a part of our desi culture, so keeping Indian sensibilities alive, the art of skin-exposing is done with immense care and wit,” explains the contemporary draper.

“You see, it all depends upon the size, shape and placement of the cutouts. But one can’t stop creatively exploring the trend. A lady with an hour-glass figure would definitely look stunning if she slips into a form-fitting dress to outline her chiselled frame,” says designer Fatma Shaikh.

It goes without saying that cutout silhouettes create a peek-a-boo effect to tease the eye. Innovation is the key to beget innumerable styles, although key-holes on the back as well as at the waistline are widely known. Other options like arm hole cutouts, or the sides and front (upper chest and belly-baring), shoulder slits, high-neck cutouts, round/triangular/rectangular back cutouts, frontal bodice opening, diamond slices, navel cutouts, midriff cutouts, hip-clefts, abs-vents, et al can also be put to advantageous use under the sewing machine.

Couturier Asa Kazingmei shares her inclination towards the edgy stuff on the designing graph: “I thought of creating something feminine with oomph, high mass appeal and glam quotient on the fashion-meter. You need the right attitude and confidence to effortlessly pull off such an outfit. Attire with cutouts are all about exuding an infectious aura,” she adds.

Apart from apparel, this sculptural impact is delivered on accessories like shoes, bags, sandals, jewellery and boots too.

Speaking about an ideal palette for cutout dresses, Arora picks pastel shades and some solid colours as its summer contents. For Shaikh, dark and black hues form the shade card, while Kazingmei recommends orange as the next black, besides bright reds and midnight blue as other alternatives.

Strikingly enough, when dual tones are used, cutout fashion conjures up an optical illusion to the eye. “But one must master the appropriate technique of creating it flawlessly,” cautions the draper.

Incidentally, cutouts are also flaunted in pairs instead of a single piece. Laying emphasis on its flexibility, Arora says, “Separates are available in cutouts in different combinations, such as crop top-skirts, crop top-pants, blouse and shorts, etc. It’s all about how aesthetically you can use them.”

Cutout gloves and coats can be some more add-ons to team up with.

If it’s an off-shoulder dress or a cutout number, choosing compatible inners or lingerie is a necessity. “Shop for a convertible style, so that you can wear it with or without the straps, as you wish,” advises designer Nidhi Munim.

As far as fabrics are concerned, designers suggest linen, cotton, polyester, crape and spandex as the best bet, whereas in the prints section, fashionistas can go offbeat with graphic, geometric, baroque, pop-art, jacquard prints, as well as embrace conventionality with animal motifs, floral themes, stripes, dots, embroideries and so on.

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Mexican marine humiliates drugs cartel bosses on arrest by dressing them in LINGERIE

A hero marine who hunts down Mexican drug bosses humiliates the narcos he catches by dressing them in women’s underwear and forcing them to kiss one another.

During a raid by Erick Morales Guevara – nicknamed ‘Senor Thor’ – a masked operative posed next to an alleged cartel gunman wearing lingerie.

In another image in a separate raid, a man was pictured holding a hammer to his chin while a marine holds a gun to his head.

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A photograph taken by Mexican marines shows a masked operative posing with an alleged cartel gunman after he was arrested and humiliated by his captors by being forced to wear women’s clothes

Another photograph taken by ‘Senor Thor’ shows a bloodied prisoner holding a mallet to his face while an officer points a gun at the back of his head. The mallet, or hammer, is a symbol of the Norse god Thor

This image, of a portrait of crime boss El Chive’s father, was taken by the operative’s team during a raid. The team defaced it then signed it ‘Sr. Thor’ as a provocation to the drug lord

And another photo, leaked to Breitbart Texas, shows a portrait of a drug lord’s father after it was defaced by the now-legendary Senor Thor during a raid on the cartel boss’s home.

After storming the property of Silvestre ‘El Chive’ Haro Rodriguez, Senor Thor had found the house empty – but decided to send him a message.

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Not only did he steal a vase containing the ashes of the drug lord’s beloved father, but he also defaced a portrait of the elderly man by scribbling ‘Sr. Thor’ across his face.

His provocation had its desired effect – sparking a personal cat-and-mouse feud between the two.

El Chive responded to the theft of his father’s ashes by hanging a banner in public accusing Senor Thor of taking bribes.

The lengthy statement, left dangling from a pedestrian overpath in the city of Tampico last year, accused the marine of stealing £330,000 during a raid.

Silvestre ‘El Chive’ Haro Rodriguez (pictured) was arrested last year while visiting one of his key lieutenants in hospital

It read: ‘This is for you, Erick Morales,’ it began. ‘Dog, [I] know where you live but I want you, not your family. I’m not a pig like you.’

‘Why do not you tell the government how much you stole from Altamira?’ it added.

The banner – which was signed by the Gulf Cartel’s Tampico branch – went on to claim its ‘soldiers’ would turn the city of Tampico into a ‘battlefield’ if authorities continued to pester it.

Unfortunately, Senor Thor never managed to capture his nemesis. El Chive was arrested by state police in August last year after Senor Thor had been transferred to a province in the south.

El Chive was caught while visiting his key lieutenant in a hospital in the city after the man had damaged one of his hands in an accident with explosives.

According to El Universal, he attempted to bribe the arresting officers by offering them three vehicles.

However, the move was unsuccessful and he was arrested and transferred to Mexico City.

El Chive was thought to be a leading boss of the Gulf Cartel and in charge of the cities of Tampico, Madero and Altamira, in the state of Tamaulipas.

The gang has controlled the region for decades after it made a fortune smuggling alcohol during the prohibition era before switching to cocaine in the 1980s.

The group is notoriously violent and is feared among the population it presides over for its assassinations, kidnappings, extortion rackets and murders.

However, in recent years it has lost much of the power it once held, due in part to the strength of its offshoot Los Zetas.

The Gulf Cartel was founded in its modern form by Juan Garcia Abrego, who expanded operations to begin importing cocaine from Colombia’s Cali Cartel and distribute it across the border to various locations within the U.S. in the 1980s.

Gulf Cartel, to which El Chive is linked, operates in Tamaulipas on the country’s east coast (illustrated)

This is the sign El Chive hung from a busy pedstrian bridge in Tampico in which the crime boss accused ‘Senor Thor’ of taking eight million pesos during a drug raid

Pictured is a haul of weapons seized by authorities during a raid in the city of Altamira in April last year. Among the haul, which bears the logo of the Gulf Cartel, are mines, grenade launchers, grenades and assault rifles

By 1995, he was so successful he found himself on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted and the following year, he was arrested and extradited to the U.S.

He is currently serving 11 life terms in a Colorado prison after being found guilty of money laundering, and drug possession and trafficking.

However, his biggest legacy was the creation of Los Zetas.

It was made up of hand picked members of the Mexican Special Forces – who were persuaded to join as his personal protection team after being offered salaries vastly exceeding that of the army.

By the early 2000s, the group had grown in size and power to such an extent it began operating its own extortion rackets and traffic routes.

An official rupture between Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel occurred in 2006 – establishing Los Zetas as a standalone drug cartel and one now vying with the Sinaloa Cartel as Mexico’s largest.

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