For the Spring/Summer 2016 collection Karlito, the popular Karl Lagerfeld like fur FENDI charm, adds on to his fun, colored kiddasia fur crest, a punk look giving life to the Punkarlito capsule collection.

Karlito is back with an exclusive limited edition, eye-catching small leather goods capsule collection which is both ironic and edgy, fusing fur with leather and studs in a rock punk yet luxurious way.

It features unique small leather goods accessories as wallets, purses, pouches including unique iphone and ipad covers. Black leather with white details and a black mink touch for the Karlito’s face ‘sunglasses’. A leather face and metal studs in black, silver and gold give a total new look to Karlito.

aThe champion of alternate fashion, and always known to push the envelope, Diesel announces yet another milestone collaboration with the Mumbai Indians – the defending champions for Indian Premier League 2016. In it’s first-ever association in the field of cricket, Diesel will produce a limited edition capsule collection for Mumbai Indians, with the first assortment expected to launch in Fall 2016, followed by a second release in the Spring of 2017.

Mrs. Nita Ambani, Mumbai Indians expressed her excitement while announcing the collaboration with Diesel, terming the development as a mark of truly global recognition for the brand Mumbai Indians.

“It’s a momentous step for Mumbai Indians to be recognized as the most preferred global brand partner, becoming the first sports club from India to expand its footprint globally, said Mrs Nita Ambani adding, “Mumbai Indians with its strong brand values and both on and off field performance has won hearts of millions of patrons’ in India and world over. We are very excited with this opportunity to reach out to our die-hard global fans in the cricket playing nations with the exclusive Mumbai Indians-Diesel collection.”Diesel_logo_for_web

Diesel will be producing an exclusive line of off-the-field MI merchandise comprising both, tops and bottom-wear. The collection will be available globally across popular cricket playing nations like Australia, England, South Africa among others through the Diesel footprint.

In India, all the 11 stores of Diesel in Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune and Chennai will stock the exclusive collection.

aSouth Asia’s biggest queer film festival, KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival entered its 7th edition by launching the first look of the poster ‘7 shades of Love’ in Mumbai today. Renowned fashion designer Wendell Rodricks and popular actress Simone Singh unveiled the poster and announced Ajoy Das as the contest winner.

Wendell Rodricks spoke about the poster and said, “This year’s KASHISH poster design winner is a representation of the state of mind of the KASHISH Queer Film Festival 2016. Not only is the message calm & clear that we have arrived, but the thought process behind the film reel representation and the seven shades of love encircling us all, makes a compelling statement. The most poignant part of the design is the message that everyone is free to love who they wish to love. I wish the winner of the KASHISH Poster 2016, and the festival well deserved success in a year that may change LGBT rights for Indians in a path breaking way.”

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Excited about winning the poster contest, Ajoy said, “It was a personal challenge to design a film festival poster for a very special community. It means a lot to win this prestigious award since the competition is of international level. It gives me great personal satisfaction to contribute to the cause of LGBT community.”

The “Sheer Summer” collection of designer Sumona Parekh to be showcased at Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016, has been derived from the garden motifs in fresh sunny mood. This feeling is reflected in the wonder of the filigree work with its flower and leaf motif with curling tendrils. There is a distinct presence of her jewellery workmanship woven into the fabric of her clothes.

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This collection is an assortment of cool summer fabrics in sheer textures like georgette, butterfly net and chiffon in subtle spring shades like custard yellow, baby pink, white, tangerine and peach. The silhouettes of the collection starts from short knee length canvas dresses to floor length elegant ensembles with dhoti pants, capes, palazzo, summer “throw “jackets.

Rimi Nayak’s SR 2016 collection theme “Marionette” (French word for Puppet) talks about the journey of a woman who decides to break free from a life of obligation and oppression to liberate herself and live an authentic life where she is free to express her true and real self without the fear of judgement or acceptance.

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The collection has a wide range of colour palette signifying both the struggle and the freedom after that. Cold white and ice blue provide a pure, calming effect as does the warmer apricot and deep coral alongwith the deeper shades of ebony and mangosteen, and deep black as an accent narrating the darker side of the story symbolizing the pain and the struggle. Muted gold symbolizes hope while horizon yellow adds the happy note narrating freedom.

Fabrics used are hand- woven khadi cotton and denim along with satin and crepe. Digital printing technique is used to create various prints in ripped and frayed denims. Different hand done textures along with prints are found in the range of short dresses, cropped shirts, draped culottes and long dresses. A touch of androgynous detailing is omnipresent in the collection along with the flowy drapes.

Montegrappa, Italy’s most revered manufacturer of fine writing instruments, Ultimate Centennial Dragon one million dollar pen limited edition has been created to commemorate Montegrappa’s 100th Anniversary. The one-of-its kind bejeweled Centennial Dragon series is limited to 100 units only – 33 units in rose gold, 33 in yellow gold, 33 in white gold and one unique piece called the Ultimate Centennial Dragon.

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The design of the pen draws inspiration from the Nine Dragon Wall at the Forbidden City in Beijing. The dragon has since ancient times been a symbol of power and prosperity in China, and the wall at this historical palace was built in 1773 during the reign of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Montegrappa’s Ultimate Centennial Dragon pen is made of 300 gm of solid gold, studded with flawless diamonds, rubies and a pearl.

The buyer of the Ultimate Centennial Dragon will be offered a VIP factory tour by a member of the Aquila family to view the manufacturing of the pen followed by lunch or dinner with members of the board including F1 racing driver, Jean Alesi.

Ultimate Centennial Dragon (Serial Number: 100/100):

Material: Solid 18K Gold
Weight of Gold: circa 300 g.

Price:

Ultimate Centennial Dragon pen priced at $ 1,000,000
Centennial Dragon 99 pieces in gold are each priced at $ 225000

Aqdus Saleem’s collection called ‘The Modest Chapter’ created a perfect blend of Islamic culture and ethnic wear.

Giving an international flavour to her line she aimed at the modern liberated empowered woman. Shades of white cotton, lawn, linen and organza were delicately highlighted with embellishments in white and Sahara beige. The turbaned models appeared in pastel white and beige for midi skirt and comfy dresses, jumpsuits with soft covers, capes teamed with a feminine blouse and skirt and the white pleated midi with hooded cape set the mood of the highly layered collection.

Inspired by the Middle East, Aqdus creatively moved away from traditional Abayas and onto more fashionable modern attire that gracefully moved around the body of the models.

The Pyjama Tribe’ by Sohaya Misra for her label ‘Chola’ was aimed at the fashion wearer of all ages and sizes. With textured linen and cotton as the prime fabrics sans embellishments, the layered separates had a variety of possibilities for mix-and-match options. With a neutral colour card starting with white, beige and grey, Sohaya moved to blue, deep red and cherry.

Inspired by Japanese fashion, the collection had a distinct Far Eastern flavour as asymmetric and giant collars made bold fashion statements. Flared shirt dress with soft trench coat, draped asymmetric frock, grey layered skirt, striped coat with interesting back closure and clever layering created the mood of the collection. There were wide pants teamed with Zen like tunics and free flowing ensembles for relaxed oriental fashion.