April 2014 - Fashionfad

Gucci announced the opening of its sixth store at the Quest Mall, Kolkatta. The House’s new shopping destination spans 2350 square feet – making it the largest luxury boutique in the Mall – and boasts a design concept by Creative Director Frida Giannini.

At the Gucci Kolkata store, clients will receive an unparalleled and luxurious combination of personal service and attention to detail that has defined the Gucci experience since Guccio Gucci opened his first store in Florence in 1921. A comprehensive range of Gucci products including handbags, shoes, luggage, small leather goods, silks, watches, jewelry, fragrances, sunglasses, the children’s collection, and gift items will be available at the store.

Smoked mirror and glass alternate providing an elongated perspective; door handles comprise gold and glass stripes; the floor is covered in white marble, sliced with a wide black marble strip that runs underfoot, up the wall and on the ceiling overhead; a fused bronze glass with a striped cross section and cracked lacquer is employed on shelving and display cases. Walls, covered in both bronze glass and bronze mirror, contribute to the warm intimacy and sophistication of the store environment.

Revlon has teamed up with Sony Pictures to launch an exclusive collection of lip and nail shades inspired by the ‘electric’ theme of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The Electric Chrome Collection features three new electrifying shades of Super Lustrous Lipgloss and six new shocking shades of Revlon’s iconic Nail Enamel. The unique shades have glowing glass pearls in the formula to give an illuminated appearance. Mix and match to create your own high-voltage palette and watch the sparks fly!

In addition to the limited edition Electric Chrome Collection, Revlon has also curated two makeup collections, the Gwen Stacy’s looks from the film. Featuring both a daytime and a nighttime look, the Gwen Stacy “Get-the-Look” sets are a mix of new and popularRevlon products allowing you to feel like a super-hero’s girlfriend for the day (or night)!

The Electric Chrome Collection and Gwen Stacy’s “Get-the-Look” sets will be instores in April 23^rd. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be in theaters May 1^st.

The sophisticated and the luxurious fashion brand Jil Sander named ‘Rodolfo Paglialunga’ as its new Creative Director. The announcement came in following its eponymous founder, Sander’s third departure from the label in October last year.

Rodolfo has earlier been the womenswear design director at Prada and creative director at Vionnet. He will make his debut for Jil Sander at the Milan Fashion Week in September and will showcase his spring/summer 2015 collection.

Honoured to be a part of the brand, the designer now follows the footsteps of Raf Simons, who was associated with the label for seven years, from 2005 to 2012, to take it to a new and innovative direction.

The 18^th annual ACE Awards are scheduled for 3^rd November in Manhattan. Announcing the first list of awards honourees, the awards this year synchronise with the Accessories Council’s 20^th anniversary this year.

Hosted by Hal Rubenstein, the list of awardees includes Proenza Schouler for the Designer of the Year, Kate Spade for the Brand of the Year and Shinola for the Brand Launch Award.

Among others, Google Glass wins for fashion and technology, Guy Trebay of The New York Times gets the Marylou Luther Journalism Award and Salvatore Ferragamo will be honoured with the Hall of Fame Award. The council will announce the rest of the awardees on the day of the ceremony.

This woman’s nineteen years with the entertainment industry concludes to no introduction to be given to her. She has laid her footsteps in the field of acting, anchoring, sports presenting and finally fashion designing. All this while, her ensembles have widely included ethnic and glamorous sarees, with which she possesses a deep and a never ending connection. Having a well-defined and diversified knowledge of the silhouettes, the fabrics and the colours, this multi-talented star curated her eponymous label in 2013.

In her own words, her creations are extension of who she is. Since the launch of her label, she has organised exhibitions in Mumbai and Singapore to bring her collection to the mainstream fashion world. Bringing forth her admiration for the versatility attached to this traditional Indian wear, the designer makes it sure that the garments are comfortable and easy to wear.

She officially made her turning into a designer public by making a debut appearance at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2014. Her collection was away from the bling, the sparkle, the loud embroidery and other heavy works. Concentrating more on the fabric and the colour combination, the designer switches to keeping it simple with minimalistic embellishments.

The exquisiteness further lies in the fact that the sarees are wearable at all occasions and suitable for women belonging to all age groups. Her sarees are vastly unique, inventive with the excellent blend of classy and traditional.

She retails her collection through her flagship store in Mumbai. Also, her collection at the Lakme Fashion Week can be found at www.mandiradesigns.com.

You can get Mandira Bedi at:

www.mandirabedi.in

Continuing their tryst with fairy tales, Navya & Divya’s Resort/Cruise 2014 collection, have gone one step ahead and given a twist with both rich and subtle colours married to striking silhouettes, to depict the various facets of a woman.

There’s good, there’s bad, and then there’s Hoodwinked!

This designer duo together curated and conceptualised their men’s wear, women’s wear and accessory label ’11.11/Eleven Eleven’ in 2008. Shani Himanshu and Smita Singh Rathore graduated in fashion design and leather design respectively, from the Domus Academy, Milan in 2003. They joined hands with the artist/designer Mia Morikawa, a graduate in graphic design from Central Martins, London, in 2010. Her presence in the team bought great amount of dynamism and individuality to the label.

While Shani and Smita have worked closely as fashion consultants with several fashion brands in Italy, they have also won awards like the GIFU Award in Japan and Most Innovative Collection DEAGU Award in Korea, during their early years in the fashion arena.

The label essentially aims at bringing together Indian heritage of textile crafts, and Indian traditional Khadi wear to the centre of International Fashion Industry. Besides, the designers made their grand public appearance in the country by showcasing their collection at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2014.

They vastly retail their collection at their flagship concept stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. Their international retail stores are located in USA, UK, Japan, France, Australia, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Singapore and Brazil.

You can get Shani Himanshu and Smita Singh at:

www.11.11.in

Make-A-Wish Foundation presented its first ever fundraiser in India , titled “WISH – A – TEDDY” at the Palladium Hotel, Mumbai . Planned to celebrate World Wish Day – a global day of wish granting which falls on 29^th April, 2014, Ms Sangita Jindal and Ms Neerja Birla , graciously hosted this one of a kind fundraiser in aid of the children.

Wish – a – Teddy was an exhibition and sale of exclusive, hand painted fiber glass teddy bears by India’s renowned artists, like Paresh Maity, Baiju Parthan, GR Iranna, Jayasri Burman, Nilofer Suleman, Vibha Galhotra, George Martin, Seema Kohli, Gurcharan Singh, Arunanshu Chowdhury Valay Shende, have lent their artistic touch, for a collector’s item.

Apart from the artists, renowned designers like Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Sabyasachi, Anamika Khanna and Maheka Mirpuri along with Nirav Modi, Rose, Ghanasingh, Varuna Jani and Farah Khan have lent their support by creating beautiful teddy bears.

Seen at this fundraiser evening were Bindoo Kapoor, Devaunshi Mehta with daughter Dia, Madhoo Shah, Avantikka Kilachand with husband Pramod, Hafeez & Pearl Contractor, Vivek & Meeta Jain, Sunil & Tanuja PAdwal, arzan & Khushnuma Khambata, Maheka Mirpuri, Kalpana Shah, Aarti & Kailash Surendranath, Ashiesh Shah, Siddharth Kak, Roopa & Haresh Fabiani, Meena Raheja amongst many others.

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Monthly Archives: April 2014

Gucci Expands in India

Revlon Inspires Spiderman

Rodolfo for Jil Sander

Accessories Council Excellence Awards

Mandira Bedi

Hoodwinked by Navya & Divya Niranjan

Shani Himanshu and Smita Singh

World Wish Day for Charity