Monthly Archives: March 2013

Tiger Blanc Luxury

Designers Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna hosted a signature evening celebrating the Tigre Blanc ideology – Live, Love and Drink Tigre Blanc at The Leela Palace, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

The evening transported the guests to a fantasy Tigre Blanc world, inspired by the brand’s core pillars of decadence, opulence and love. A love corridor designed along the lines of the French Boudoir at the entrance set the tone for a sensuous evening with racy photo montages quickening the heart beats, lush chaise lounges for amorous tete-a-tetes and gilted vanities at disposition of the lovely ladies of the night.

Present at the launch was Tigre Blanc’s Founder Mr. Renaud Dutreil, Mr. Jason Lundy, Pascale Ahmad, French Ambassador H.E. Francois Richier, Rohit Bal, JJ Valaya, Dino Morea, Priya Sachdeva, Rahul Dev, Raghavendra and Rani Kavita Singh Rathore, Varun Bahl, Gauri Karan, Anand Bhushan, Rohan and Puneet Juneja, Poonam Bhagat, Ankur and Priyanka Modi, Anju Modi, Prateek Jain and Gautam Seth of Klove, Sumant Jaikishan, Rashmi Virmani, Kapil & Soumya Khurana, Gautam Rakha, Amol Vadehra, Soni Aggarwal, Rod Anker, Vijay and Shobana Arora, Sanjeev Bijli and Ramesh Mani among other personalities.

Louboutin Flagship Boutique

Mumbai city was stamped red as Christian Louboutin celebrated the launch of his flagship boutique in Horniman Circle, Mumbai. Following the in store celebrations, the high heeled trotted to the exclusive after party at Aer, Four Seasons hosted by Sussanne Roshan. 

Louboutin’s were out in force for the evening as they received star line up of attendees from the world of film, art and design. Special guests included: Christian Louboutin, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhay Deol & Preeti Desai, Arjun & Mehr Rampal, Sussanne Roshan, Melita Toscan du Plantier, Karan Johar, Jean Francis Lesage, Manish Malhotra, Zoya Akhtar, Surily Goel, Sanjay Suri, Onir, Anurag Kashyap, Naeem Khan, Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla, Rocky S, Nachiket Barve, Natasha Poonawala, Sophie Choudhry among others

Launch of Flowers Forever

Lately, entrepreneurs Priya and Atul Kapur hosted the launch of their newest venture Flowers Forever at an al fresco venue well decorated with flower arrangements in Victorian style urns and pedestals in New Delhi.

The idea is to offer the most realistic floral arrangements imaginable of the highest quality with fresh appearance truly inspired by nature. Besides natural looking silk flowers, Flowers Forever also offers an exquisite collection of timeless and classical pedestals, planters, urns and columns.

The launch was attended by who’s who of the city including designer Ritu Beri, Kalyani Chawla, Raseel & Navil Ansal amongst others.

Polo Cup at Arc

India Arc beat Argentina Arandu, lifting the Yes Bank International PoLo Cup for the second consecutive year, the match held last Saturday, at the Arc Polo Grounds, Mahalaxmi was a thriller of sorts.

Hosted by Mr. Rana Kapoor, Founder, Managing Director & CEO, Yes Bank, Shri Praful Patel, Hon’ble Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises was the Chief Guest for the evening, while H. E. Mr. Tomás Ferrari, Consul General of The Argentine Republic in Mumbai was the Guest of Honour at the event. 

 Raj Shroff President Amateur Riders Club and Bindu Kapoor  played gracious hosts to guests such as  Vinod Khanna, Yukta Mookhey, Milind Soman, Zavaray Poonawalla, Delna Poonawalla, Indu Shahani, Tulip Joshi, Captain Vinod Nair, Monica Vaziralli, Vinod Advani, Milan Luthria, Kailash Surendranath, Nisha Jamwal, Rina Shah, Dolly Thakore, Jamal Mecklai, Malti Jain, Zeenia Lawyer,  and Sofia Hayat among many others.

The Farah Baksh Design

Following the stupendous success of its annual design collection Farah Baksh, India’s premier design company Goodearth proudly puts together vivid memories of Kashmir in their very first design journal.

Sharing the stories of the people and places that inspired the designs, Good Earth annual design collection Farah Baksh has been inspired by the Kashmiri Heritage and its sophisticated design sensibilities. The collection is an eclectic mix of cushion covers, dinnerware, centerpieces, bed linen and apparel. Goodearth’s design team intensively researched Kashmiri culture; hence they had put together vivid memories and design inspirations into a fabulous journal. 

 

Awe struck by the beauty of Kashmir were Simran Lal and Aneita Lal, Good Earth  Aishwarya and Rajshree Pathy, Founders India Design Forum, Arya Nerker and photographer  Sunhil Sippy , Nisha Misra ,Poorna Jagannathan, Rukshana and Mustafa Eisa, Sabina Chopra, Samantha and Nikki Nayar, Mozez Singh, Sheena Sippy, Sona Mohapatra , Ram Sampath, Little Shilpa (Chavan) , Kamal Sidhu and Nico Ghoghavala,  Mukul Deora, Shahid Datawala, Krsna Mehta, Bandana Tewari, Marie lou Philips & Matthieu Foss, Smita Deepak Parikh , Vikram Raizada, Padmini Mirchandani, Leetu Shivdasani,  Akanksha Nanda, Jamini Ahluwalia,  Laila Motwane, Gayatri and Sachin Shah, Raj Anand, Divya Thakur, Keith Khan and lots more..

 

Precursor to Design Forum

The last day of the India Design Week, was a true celebration of design that saw patrons including the Founders of the IDF Rajshree & Aishwarya Pathy, trail their way across different cutting edge design venues from Wadibunder to Colaba.

The first stop was at Le Mill where the India design Week hosted a talk to explore the relationship between food and design, and to talk about how design can act as a facilitator to bring out the perfect dining experience. Architects Rajiv Saini, Ashiesh Shah and Bijoy Jain used furniture to come up with their take on the idea of design and space.

Priya Kishore design store Bombay Electric presented their latest collection at their flagship store in Colaba while Divya Thakur’s Design Temple showcased their latest collection inspired by Earth and Desire. The eclectic store hosted an informal discussion right after between fashion editor Bandana Tiwari and historian Naman Ahuja on the subject of sexuality in Indian society through the ages.  

Seen at the India Design Week Trail were Rajshree & Aishwarya Pathy, Roohi Jaikishan, Waheeda Rahman, Shalini Shahani, Shahid Datawala, Arjun Bhasin, Akanksha Nanda, Krsna Mehta, PRasad Naik, SAngita Chopra, Astaad Deboo and Tasneem Mehta, as Cecilia Morelli Parikh, Priya Kishore and Divya Thakur co-hosted at their design spaces.

Kiran & Meghna for WIFW AW13

The Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Kiran & Meghna of Myoho that the designer duo will be showcasing on the last day of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week is all about mixing and matching.
The collection features odd separate teaming, off-colored pairings and a luxe careless feel retaining the handcrafted essence of the label. Detailed block and screen prints in muted yet vibrant colors are complemented by graphic, crafty textures and embroideries, somewhat leaning towards tribal-folk aesthetics.

With focus on tailoring, fluid silks receive structural assistance from crisp organza, wool twills, heavy cottons and thick jacquards. While drama comes hidden in the layering of prints, textures and separates.

A la Mode Tigre Blanc

The high fashionable spirit of Lakme Fashion Week further went higher with Tigre Blanc as the storied French vodka brand held post show parties for designers Tarun Tahiliani, Masaba Gupta, Shivan & Narresh, Kunal Rawal, Rocky S and Arjun Khanna at Tote on the Turf and Love Fashion Lounge.

Created in French tradition of excellence, culture and art d vivre Tigre Blanc made the guests to transport into the opulent and decadent world of French luxury with specialty drinks ranging from Tigresse Martini, Follies En Rogue; Mon Cheri, Toi et Moi, Je t’aime and Forbidden Fruit.

The parties were jazzed up by many of the illustrious names of the tinsel town including Neena Gupta, Soni Razdan, Sarah Jane Dias, Arjun Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Evelyn Sharma, Zeba 7 Rajesh Kohli, Yash Birla, Shahzan Padamsee, Ronit Roy, Dilshad Khambata, Poorna Jaggannath, Anupama Verma, Shefali Khanna.

Grand Finale Party by FDCI

Work Hard and Party harder being the adage, FDCI hosted WIFW A/W’13 grand finale party at Shiro resto bar at Chanakyapuri, Delhi. With the stalwarts showcasing their designs at the ramp across the five day, WIFW AW 2013 closed midst loud cheers as Manish Arora presented his Paris Fashion Week collection in front of the packed audience. The five day extravaganza saw designers debuting showcasing their serene and versatile designs.

The finale party saw the best of fashion world getting together, seen enjoying their accomplishment were AD Singh, Reynu Tandon, Suneil Sethi, Imam Siddiqui, Poonam Bhagat, Prashant Verma, Sujata Assoumul, Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna, Varun Bahl, Rohit Bal, Anju Modi, Naseer Abdullah with host of other celebrities.

WIFW AW 13 Post Show Parties

It’s that time of year again, and Fashion week isn’t just about runways, Wills India Fashion Week charged ahead with a flurry of celebrities and after show parties. We bring you our favorite snaps of who did what at some of the chicest parties at this AW13 showcasing.