April 2012 - Fashionfad

The Delhi based designer duo Shantanu & Nikhil, known for their chic and sophisticated designs hit the shores of the tinsel town of late by launching their exclusive S&N Drape Store in Bandra, Mumbai.

The launch saw the duo unveiling their new collection sensual S&N Drape playing on the philosophy of using the Indian drapes in modern settings. Strong silhouettes and drapes of the evening dresses and gowns ruled the collection. While their first store in Mumbai was a mere reflection of their aesthetics narrating a glamorous and intriguing affair.

The event saw the glam brigade of the town gracing the event including Kajol, Dia Mirza, Aditi Rao Hydari, Navya, Rochelle, Marc Robinson, Rocky S, Jatin Kampani, Niketan Madhok, AD Singh, Alistair Woodham and many more.

Divo luxury hair and accessories brand hosted a luxe luncheon that saw the city’s cognoscenti descend upon at Vinoteca in Worli, Mumbai. The highlight of the afternoon was Divo showcasing their hair brushes with a live demonstration on, Lisa Haydon, the face of Divo.

Seen in attendance were, Queenie Singh, Aarti Surendranath, Devieka Bhojwani, Amrit Rai, Rashmi Uday Singh, Akanksha Nanda, Nisha Jamvwal, Lucky Morani, Nandita Mahtani, Nonita Kalra and Archana Pillai, Zeba Kohli, Sharmilla Khanna and Tanaz Doshi, Ritu Nanda, Radhika Dhawan and Cecilia Oldne to name a few.

Toni & Guy SS’12 Look Toni &Guy Salon, renowned as an innovator within the hair industry, rustled up a quick make over for Delhi’s fashionistas rendering looks for this summer season.

Inviting the city’s iconic women like Miss India Universe 2011 Vasuki Sunkavalli, couturier Charu Parasher, blue blooded designer Princess Chandni Singh of Seohara and young home-maker Garima Nagpal to enjoy a hair make over. The stylists present at the salon showcased hair styles to go with formal Indian, classic western, bohemian resort and preppy western.

Unlike traditional jewelry, the traditional craft of the goldsmith, since the 1970s contemporary jewelry has become a field of experimentation at the frontiers of art, design and the artistic crafts. In this exhibition, eighteen French, Swiss, German, Finnish, Swedish and Taiwanese, artists are proposing a new and personal vision in their work. Although some pieces were conceived in reference to the history of jewellery, they can be made with the most diverse materials, using every possible assemblage process, in function of the techniques, symbols and the culture during a given period. This exhibition, conceived by the Fondation Bernardaud, is being shown in the museum’s Contemporary Space.

A jewelries no longer are only the questions linked to the cost of the materials and to the social status that are put by these new artists jewelers, but rather the cultural position of the jewel as art work, in relation to the body. The jewel is redefined by them as a fully integrated practice to the plastic arts. Intimate costume therefore “unique”, the jewel talks about our body, links that it weaves with others and with the environment.

Many experimental materials were used, one among them is ceramic material, it is the porcelain that has most often captured the favor and emotion of the artists. It can be used by modeling or casting, only or in association with the metal, the wood or the rock, the porcelain can change its appearance of color and surface. Smooth and pure, fragile and resistant. Porcelain also can become a desire object, a trigger of visual and physical sensations, when it is transformed in jewels, while adapting itself perfectly to the conceptual and poetic requirements of the creator.

We see a very emotional journey of all the artists. It’s a merge between art and design, avoiding the traditional rule of perceiving a jewel. This will definitely change the art of jewelry in the coming future.

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The stories galore, each having its share of laughter and tears, and more true it is, more intriguing it gets. Such true stories tracing the journey of each garment, right from its gestation to full bloom, produced under The IOU (I Owe You) Project, are somehow whispering the values of sustainability and responsibility, and the world is taking notice of.

Celebrating uniqueness, artisanship and design, the project conceptualized by Kavita Parmar and her team somewhere in May 2010 has turned out to be the global face of responsible fashion due to its technological development and new way of thinking about an old problem. The forte of the project producing handmade garments created by a force of artisans, craftsmen and designers, lies in traceability, transparency and uniqueness, driven by the platform of social media and e-commerce.

An innovative way of creating, buying and selling clothes comes as a win-win situation for everyone involved – from designers who are aware of each stage of production to weaving and artisan cooperatives in India and Spain who create the garment to fully traceable piece in the hand of consumers. The project which closely co-operates with 7 different companies based in Italy, Portugal, Spain and India, keeps its every move transparent by featuring the stories of the weavers in India and craftsmen of Europe (who by the way are shutting down their factories due to low cost work being done in East) through social media, giving them their share of acknowledgement while doling out the fair sum of money for their distinct skills.

The base materials used to produce the apparels are sourced from the different parts of the world ranging from Madras for the Madras check to the authentically indigo dyed denim from Japan.
Whereas tweed is sourced from England and organic twill from Greece to create one-of-a-kind handmade apparel where no two pieces end up alike, breaking the monotony of machine produced replicas.

The project over a very short span of time has won recognition for its innovative approach in the form of 16th Luxury Briefing Awards 2012, as well as it was recently invited by the UN to present their project at the UNSCC Conference in Torino.

The recently concluded Lifestyle Pakistan Exhibition in New Delhi witnessed one of the guest country’s largest fashion house and retailer, Sefam showcasing its latest collection under its brand Rang Ja at Taj Palace in the capital.

The Spring Summer 2012 collection on display featured embroidered long and short kurtis and tops; all paired with Pakistani churidaar pajama and tights, mostly. The fresh, funky and vibrant assortment had interesting kitsch motifs and patterns in brighter hues of yellow, green, orange and blue.

Present on the occasion, Mr Zain Aziz, International Business Head of Sefam, said, “We are delighted to see the interest for Pakistani fashion and traditional embroidery work in India which brings us to the country. Sefam has plans to open 200 brand stores all over India starting with Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh & Ludhiana by 2015.”

Rang Ja from Pakistan

Charu Parashar’s Tropical Get Away Charu Parasher hosted an afternoon soirée at The Gallery on MG , to preview her spring summer collection 2012, Tropical Get Away.

Inspired by eastern Caribbean island the collection primarily comprises of resort and beach wear styled with extensive usage of hats , printed sashes ,bandana’s,etc.

The color pallet is dominated by citrus colors like apricot, lime , strawberry pink ,neon orange, mango yellow, tomato pink. The usage of fabrics like chiffon, cotton and satin makes the collection a perfect wear for a holiday.

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Monthly Archives: April 2012

S&N Drape Store Launch

Divo at Vinoteca

Toni & Guy SS

Explore your COTTONSCAPE !

Celebrate the most important woman in your life with Swarovski gifts

In the Contemporary Space

I Owe You Project

Rang Ja from Pakistan

Charu Parashar