Monthly Archives: March 2013

Tilda Swinton for Chanel

 After David Bowie, now it’s Karl Lagerfeld who has roped in English actress Tilda Swinton to star in Chanel’s latest ad campaign.

The 52-year-old Academy Award winner will appear in this Scottish-themed advertising campaign for the 2012-13 Metiers d’Art Paris-Edimbourg Collection of the brand when it will hit the billboards this May.

About Tilda, Karl said, “Tilda perfectly embodies the Paris-Edimbourg collection. She is of course Scottish, but more than that she is a modern woman, a timeless icon of age.”

Setting Stage for NYFW

 The renowned fashion choreographer Kedhar Gawde is India’s newest fashion export to West. Having had directed and choreographed shows for some of the biggest brands in fashion and luxury, Kedhar was lately invited by New York Fashion Week to direct the NYFW show for South African designer, David Tlale.
 
The first Indian director ever to direct a show at New York Fashion Week, Kedhar is known for giving a subtle Indian touch to his shows. Whether be it the chic ambience, the trendy music, or classic set designs, he puts together a stellar show, and exemplary are his shows for the likes of Giorgio Armani and MTV.

About his experience at New York Fashion Week, Kedhar says, “The experience was extremely enriching. It was interesting to see and understand their style of working, above all being the first Indian show director to do the show at NYFW, was a feeling that can’t be entirely described in words, more so the feedback I got after show just sealed the deal.” 

Campbell’s Fashion for Relief

  Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who runs a charity by the name of ‘Fashion for  Relief’ to mobilize the fashion industry to support important causes, launches a  specially designed bag in India in collaboration with an online fashion retailer,to help raise money for Udayan Care helping women and children in India.

 The reusable bag will have a selling value of Rs. 350 but will be given away free with each order of the new Koovs private label product.The part of the proceeds from each garment sold will be donated to Udayan Care on behalf of Naomi Campbell’s charity.

 Launched in 2005, ‘Fashion for Relief’ has had presented star studded events in  New York, London,Cannes,Moscow and Mumbai.Till date,Naomi has collaborated with some of the biggest names in fashion including high-profile  designers like Dolce & Gabbana and Alaia for her charity ‘Fashion for Relief’.

Jewels Exotic than Lingerie

 Just a decade back, the antics of snake charmers and words of mystics fascinated west like anything, but lately it seems India as a gestalt is capturing the imagination of the world. And the latest in this series of India-as-a-muse fashion stories is Russian model Natalia Vodianova’s lingerie collection.

The model turned designer of late presented an exquisite collection of fancy innerwear at Etam Lingerie show in Paris. The highlight of the collection was a score of jewels adorning lingerie. These jewels included chunky maang tikas, nose rings, cuffs and heavy neckpieces, standing out on bikinis and garters.

Moreover, the musically-rich Etam show with live performances by the likes of Lilly Allen, Rita Ora, M.I.A. and Lykke Li had other designs featuring hats and veils teamed up with saucy lingerie.  

Umit Benan Quits Trussardi

 And as Milan Fashion Week concludes, there comes the news of Umit Benan saying goodbye to Trussardi.

The Italian luxury fashion label Trussardi claimed that its Creative Director Umit Benan had finished his contractual two-year assignment, and both the sides consensually terminated their
collaboration with Fall Winter 2013 collection being the last one.

Umit Benan had joined the label two years back, and meanwhile he also managed his namesake menswear label.



 

Backstage 2012

We at Fashionfad live in a world where fashion is our religion & the daily hustle bustle of the fashion world our preachings. As devoted worshippers of Fashion (& our readers) we not only like to be a part of the glamorously executed fashion shows but also dig in deep. Yes we are talking about the Green Room! A place where all the post show drama takes places. But hey what’s fashion without a little bit of Drama right? The year 2012 had its own share of Magic & eccentricity. Make-up genius Mickey Contractor along with his talented team of MAC used his magic wands to create avante-grade looks for the Delhi Couture Week 2012 for renowned designers like JJ Valaya, Shantanu & Nikhil, Varun Bahl, Gaurav Gupta, Manish Malhotra. From Red painted fore heads to the bouffant and gothic eye make up, Mickey & his team created the catchiest trends on the runway.

For the WIFW SS’13 the prediction by the make-up visionary Mickey was Au Natural, minimalist, neatly tied up look which was presented by him on the catwalk for designers Anand Kabra, DevRNil, Payal Pratap Singh etc. So, for the year 2012, the MAC team with its sword play of brushes definitely managed to create Glamour, make-up trends & a lot of Magic on the catwalk.