October 2013 - Fashionfad

Known for introducing a strong and refreshingly feminine aesthetic to the world of fashion photography, Deborah Turbeville died at the age of 81 after a battle with lung cancer. She took her last breath at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan.

She was born in Stoneham, Mass on July 6, 1932. As a young woman she moved to New York, where she served as a fit model for fashion designer

Claire McCardell and later on turned an editor at Harper’s Bazaar. She worked alongside icons such as Diane Arbus, Polly Mellen, and Isabella Blo.

Deborah almost single-handedly turned fashion photography from a clean, well-lighted thing into something dark, gloomy and filled with sensual strangeness.

Her photographs were featured in magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Mirabella; in newspapers including The New York Times; in advertisements for clients like Ralph Lauren, Bruno Magli, and Nike and in books including “Unseen Versailles”. Her most famous shoot was the 1975 Bath House series for American Vogue. She was distinguished from other photographers for manipulating her negatives by scratching, tearing, scattering dust on them and distressing them.

Turbeville continued working into her eighties, shooting Valentino’s spring/summer and autumn/winter 2012 advertising campaigns last year and publishing her final book, Deborah Turbeville: The Fashion Pictures, in 2011.

Born in Pakistan, Maria Khan did her graduation from London College of Fashion UK. Being raised in Pakistan, studying in London, marrying an Indian and living in Hong Kong exposed her to various cultures which she has imbibed in her designs. Maria always had a strong ﬂare for fashion.

She started experimenting with ideas and eventually started to design under her label ‘Maria Khan Jewellery’. Her designs have always been inﬂuenced by her personal life experiences. Her jewellery is a striking unity of white corals, tourmaline, mexican turquoise, pink coral, korean jade, lapis, smokey quartz and unpolished onyx. Maria loves to experiment exciting ideas and designs with various materials and craftsmanship, which gives her brand a powerful liveliness and energy.

The designer has showcased her collections at Holiday Bazar in Hon Kong and has held private shows for organizations like the American Women Association. She has also presented her designs at Mumbai. She has earned global clientele for her exotic and beautiful designs.

Her designs are available at Melange in India and at various stores in US, UK, Hong Kong, Dubai, UAE and Pakistan.

You can get ‘Maria Khan’ at:-

www.mariakhanjewellery.com

Gucci is teaming with Twitter to present chime hack, a hackathon to create mobile app solutions to support girls and women, through Gucci’s chime for change campaign. The 3-day event will kick-off during TEDWomen2013 in San Francisco with a private event at Twitter on December 5, 2013.

Chime hack was first announced through an exchange of Tweets from Adam Messinger, CTO of Twitter, and Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini. Chime hack will celebrate the power of women in tech, and will connect the tech community to issue experts and non-profit organizations to identify ways for disruptive mobile app solutions to support girls and women globally. Challenges for the hackathon will focus on Education, Health and Justice, as well as social entrepreneurship and encouraging girls and women to participate in tech fields.

Confirmed Chime hack participants include Dick Costolo, Twitter; Susan Wojcicki, Google;Juliet De Baubigny, Kleiner Perkins Caufield& Byers; Jared Morgenstern, Yub.com; Andrew (Boz) Bosworth, Facebook;Hugo Barra, Xiaomi; Tom Conrad, Pandora; Dave Morin, Path; Guy Oseary, Maverick/A-Grade Investments; Sara Haider, Twitter; Trevor Traina, IfOnly and Traina Interactive; Renee Kaplan, Skoll Foundation; Brit Morin, Brit + Co; Megan Quinn, Kleiner Perkins Caufield& Byers; Kate Aronowitz, Facebook; Phil Wiser and Annie Fox, Hearst Magazines; Jocelyn Ross, Stripe; and Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch.

The North East Fest flagged off its second edition with its slew of runway shows by leading designers at NSIC,New Delhi. Promoting the indigenous fabrics of the region through their shows were Rajdeep Ranawat, Sailex, James Ferreira and Wendell Rodricks.

The event took off with Soha walking the runway for Sailex, who is well known designer from Manipur. . Sailex’s collection marked his foray into Indian wear with elegant ethnic-inspired ensembles made of high quality fabrics and intricate embellishments. Taking his specialty of creating ‘art to wear’ to the next level, Rajdeep Ranawat exhibited designs from his Spring-Summer 2014 collection called ‘Rococo goes Tropical’. This included playfully designed prints and embroideries, further enhanced with flowing and feminine garment silhouettes accented with Swarovski elements. Bringing the day’s fashion dose to a close was master draper James Ferreira. In an oath to North East textile and handloom James Ferreira drapes Assamese scarf in 15 different ways, layered over red swimsuits. Men’s collection consists of khadi casuals, jacket shirts and printed chiffon Kurta’s and asymmetrical woven moonga silk tops.

Organised by ministry of Home affairs in association with National Textile Corporation, the Festival was inaugurated Ms Soha Ali Khan- the brand ambassador –NEF and Mr.Joi Barua- Cultural Brand ambassador-NEF. With a view to promoting overall development of the North East region, the Fest saw seminars, conferences, B2B meetings at work amidst fervent media interactions with the weavers, artisans who have their own distinctive style of weaving but the common thread is creativity of design.

Alvira Khan Agnihotri and designer Ashley Rebello who have been designing looks for Salman in the past have launched their designer store, ‘Ahakzai’ in Bandra offlate.

The launch was a star studded affair with Bollywood A-Listers, though Salman khan himself was missing but his mom Salma Khan, Waheeda Rehman, Shaina MC, Mini Mathur, Maria Goretti, Urmila Matondkar, Pulir Samrat, Neelam, Juhi Babbar, Krishika Lulla amongst many others were in attendence.

It was a glamorous evening when crème de la crème of the design world descended at The Gallery on MG for the celebration Abraxas Lifestyle Magazine’s First Anniversary.

The event started up with the traditional lighting of the lamp ceremony. Advisory Board member and prominent photographer Akash Das hosted a special photography exhibition showcasing 60 of his fabulous works on wildlife, fashion and fine art nudes.

Publisher and Managing Editor, Hemant Sud announced the addition of artist Sanjay Bhattacharya and Sonjoy Mohanty in the Advisory Board. Also setting up of new chartiable intiative called Abraxas Trust and magazine going international from next month was announced at the celebratory event. All the members of Advisory Board were felicitated with special gifts. The evening ended with cocktails and dinners.

Joining the celebration were guests like Sanjib Chaterjee, Tanuja and Sanjay Kanvin, Padma Shree Ritu Kumar, Urvashi Kaur, Niket and Jainee, Gautam Gupta, Vandana Sethi, Pawan Sachdeva, Anuradha Ramam, Shantanu Singh, Mausmi Bajpai, Salil Bhatia, Raghav Chandra, Andrew Ko, Kiran Karnik, CP Gurnani, Rajendra S. Pawar and Pradeep Gupta, Shankar Sawhney, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Naseer Abdullah, Sanjiv Bhasin and Ravi Dhingra among others.

This fall indulge into Mac’s surreal feast for senses, where no taste is too extravagant and no behavior is beyond limits.

On the menu is – Cremeblend Blush flushes skin with a sensual glow while Eye Shadow smolders for the ultimate in seduction, intensified by Fluid line in Gilt Gourmet and Deliciously Rich. Haute & Naughty Too Black Lash darkens and lengthens lashes, while Lipstick and Lip glass further intoxicate the senses, as lacquered nails shimmer in jewel tones and molten metallics.

Karieshma ventured in to the world of fashion after graduating in Fashion Design from NIFT, New Delhi. Her vision is to promote the Indian craft and talent through her label overseas. Vibrancy is a consistent theme of her collection and she is not afraid to experiment with colours.

Her label ‘Kariehsma Sarnaa’ launched in 2011 is best described as a marriage between the traditional and contemporary. The concepts are deeply Indian in their inspiration with a strong global appeal. Vivid palette is in congruous with the USP of the label. Impeccable finishing, right fitting and wearable ensembles are key areas which are never compromised.

She has showcased her collections at Lakme Fashion Week, Divalicious in Dubai and New York Fashion Week Fashion Collective. Her designs have been graced by Sonam Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Shobbha De and Sonakshi Sinha to name a few.

Karieshma’s designs are available at Chamomile, Fuel and Aza in Mumbai, The Project in Hyderabad, The ffolio in Banaglore, Deval in Ahmedabad, Second floor Studio in Delhi, Collage and Evoluzione in Chennai, Signature Studio, Sanskrit and Clutch Closet in Dubai and Strand of Silk in London.

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Monthly Archives: October 2013

Deborah Turbeville Dies at 81

Maria Khan

Gucci Teams to Hosthackathon

NEF 2013, Delhi Chapter

Alvira & Ashley store Ahakzai

Celebration at The Gallery

Mac Indulge For Fall

Karieshma Sarnaa