Lately, in the nippy Delhi evening, three of the prominent Polish fashion designers showcasing at Blue Frog in the city, happened to raise the mercury with their scintillating designs.
Three dynamic designers – Maciej Zein, Agnieszka Maciejak and Zou Corp presented their collections under the aegis of The Polish Fashion Institute in cooperation with Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Polish Institute for Culture dedicated to promote Poland’s culture, design and arts. Maciej Zein, known as the master of the red carpet, had his latest collection The Hurricane on offer. Inspired by Grace Jones music, it’s his very first sport chic collection. On the contrary, Agnieszka Maciejak, having had designed for the likes of Naomi Campbell and Sharon Stone, showcased the leggings with mathematical graphics in New Delhi, which the designer is globally hailed for.
The collection of Zou Corp was consisted of hi tech fabrics, bold colors and prints. On the occasion, Indian designers Pankaj & Nidhi also set up an exhibit of select pieces from their current collection titled ‘Wycinanki’, inspired by Polish Folk Art.
About this India-Poland collaboration, Grazyna Olbrych, Director of Polish Fashion Institute, said, “Fashion overcomes cultural differences and creates natural interest not only in the work of the designers but also the country they come from. I lived in India, in Mumbai for 5 years when I was a teenager. In this project I can combine my love for fashion and for India.”
The evening saw the illustrious names from the different walks of life, enjoying the visual feast offered by the designers. The attendees included His Excellency Ambassador, Prof. Piotr Klodkowski, Aasthi Bhartiya, Sharon Lowen, Mahesh Mathai, Jivi Sethi, Rashmi & Sanjay Virmani, Mamta Malhotra & Radhika Jha, Superna Trikha, Rod Anker, Amit Aggarwal, Joy Mitra, Aparna & Norden Wangdi, Gautam Gupta, Paras of Geisha Designs, Caroline Young and Shivjit Kullar amongst others .
The Royal Thai Embassy and Lotus Arts de Vivre in collaboration with designer Bina Modi, hosted the event ‘A Night of Silk and Jewels’ to foster stronger Thai-Indian relations through contemporary Thai arts and culture.
Till date MAC AIDS Fund has raised more than $270 million dollars which have helped men, women and children globally living with HIV/AIDS. This year the cosmetic brand is aiming to make twice the impact on World AIDS Day on 1st Dec by matching all VIVA GLAM product sales on any of the MACcosmetics.com e-commerce sites for a double donation. Typically one VIVA GLAM purchase can buy five meals for a person living with HIV but with MAC Cosmetics’ donation match on Worlds AIDS Day a VIVA GLAM lipstick purchased online can buy 10 meals.
The cosmetic brand is committed to fight against HIV/AIDS 365 days a year through the sales of VIVA GLAM Products which goes directly to the MAC AIDS funds. Additionally in the week leading up to World AIDS Day, M·A·C Cosmetics employees around the world will put away their makeup brushes and use their helping hands to participate in an annual company-wide volunteer effort for World AIDS Day. Organized by the M·A·C AIDS Fund, this volunteer initiative involves more than 2,000 M·A·C employees in 122 North American cities and 36 countries worldwide. 
In the lead up to World’s AIDS, on December 1, the storied Belgian fashion house Maison Martin Margiela, follows its tradition of launching special t-shirts designed to support the fight against the HIV AIDS.
Since 1994, the brand has been unveiling a range of specially designed t-shirts with a quote reading, “There is more action to be done to fight AIDS than to wear this t-shirt but it’s a good start,” in different languages. And for 2012 it’s Chinese.
The unisex t-shirts available in white grey and black carry the Chinese text around the neck area. The proceeds of the sale are supposed to benefit a French Association AIDES. Meanwhile, an exhibition featuring the images of various International celebrities wearing the t-shirts has been put on in Hong Kong and Beijing. 
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With every other famous figure showing their concern for AIDS, designer Urvashi Kaur joins the bandwagon.
About her choice of red color, Urvashi says, “It’s chosen as it is bold and visible – symbolizing passion, a heart and love. The scarlet cape is easy to wear and looks good on any body type.” 
With strawberries, brownies & wine doing the rounds, guests shopped their heart out for the upcoming party season when Atosa, the multi-designer store by Aparna Badlani and Azmina Rahimtoola, became the venue for the preview of exquisite collections by fashion designer Gaurav Gupta and Anaikka accessories by Kanika Saluja. Showcasing her collection after nearly three years , the jewellery designer got inspired by the transition in the life of the Anaikka women , the concept evolved from her own experience of loving, defending and offending , defining her journey of being creator , preserver and destroyer. Anaikka is inspired by the alpha woman who is confident, independent, versatile and experimental yet at the same time elaborate, easy and feminine. The designer’s aim through her accessories is to provide grand solutions to Simple clothing. The collection presented included a goth inspired , cutting edge line of neckpieces , head gear , bustiers , metallic shrugs , metallic jackets and even an entire bejeweled body armour !
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