430 KaurDesigner Urvashi Kaur curated an exclusive exhibition titled ‘Flash Flea’ to personify her personal fondness towards spontaneity and reflect her personal lifestyle with a refined and sophisticated touch.

To display exclusive clothing, jewellery designs and exotic home décor, the designer collaborated with exuberant lifestyle brands such as Nappa Dori, Nimai, CVH studio, Anupama Singh and Kainaat.  Each brand displayed unique designs and luxurious contours to give a justifiable insight into Urvashi’s personal aesthetic and her ideology to cope up with today’s social media driven environment.

Established into an elegantly decorated lounge space, the exhibit was willingly attended by high-profile socialites who had great time over cocktails, beers and mouth-watering cuisines.

Premieres: 71st Venice Film Festival - Jaeger-LeCoultre CollectionThe 71st edition of the Venice international Film Festival kicked off on 27th August to welcome Hollywood’s glitterati in the most mesmerising looks.

Directed by Alberto Barbera, the event began with the screening Alejandro González’s ‘Birdman’, wherein actress Emma Stone was the first person to arrive on the red carpet. Dressed in a stunning black Valentino couture gown, the actress looked beautiful as ever.

Following came in Alessandra Ambrosio in an exotic floral Alberta Ferretti gown and luscious Chopard jewellery. Kirsten Dunst, on the other hand tried to keep it cool by wearing a casual fiery red Miu Miu dress. Emanuela Postacchini contrastingly, came dressed in an elegant golden embroidered gown. She displayed what in the right sense is known as glamour and oomph.

Besides, Bianca Balti, Liya Kebed, Constance Jablonski, Edward Northon, Owen Wilson, Sandra Ng, director Peter Ho-sun Chan and many others were spotted exhibiting exuberance and magnificence during the highly coveted Venice Film Festival.

430 ventPopular as the Queen of Kaftans, designer Pria Kataaria Puri lunched her new flagship store located at the heart of Mumbai.

Replete of exuberant dresses, gowns, a glamorous line of evening wear and kaftaans, the store is the virtual representation of the designer’s extreme passion for prints and textures. It also features an exclusive section comprising of Cappuccino Collection Fine jewellery, a brand endorsed by Pria herself.

Browsing through the creations, celebrating with the designer were some of the elites of the fashion industry and glitterati like Zarine and Simone Khan, Arjan Bajwa, Pooja Bedi, Madhoo Shah, Deanne Pandey, Aditi Gowatrikar, Divya Kumar Khosla, Bhavna Pandey, designer Neeta Lulla, Nishka Lulla, Nachiket Barve and singer Sona Mohpatra to name a very few.

430Dr. Alka and Atul Nishar played hosts to celeb studded champagne evening for the launch of  their multi designer fashion house Aza’s mega store in Bandra, at 24 Turner Road, on Thursday, 28th August.

Based in the upbeat suburban location, spanning over three expansive floors, the store offers a floor for prêt collections, a couture floor with personal bridal consultations, and a floor dedicated to menswear.

Seen admiring their new shopping destination were Renu Chainani, Tara Sharma, Tusshar Kapoor, Shamita Shetty, Karishma Tanna, Vardhaman Choksi, Bhavana Pandey,   Neelam Kothari, Munisha Khatwani,  Tanaaz Doshi, Schauna Chauhan ,  Alisha Chauhan, Nina Manuel, Zarine Khan, Carol Gracias, Laila Motwane, Kaykasshan Patel, Simone Arora, Basab Paul, Penny Patel, Devita Saraf, Parul and Nayan Patel, Dolly Sidhwani, Rina Shah, Siddharth Goel & Sheena Sippy, Deanne Pandey, Tania Deol, Vardhaman Choksi, Sonali Dalwani, Meena Raheja, Mona Narang, Debbie Hitkari, Gayatri Shah, Mozez Singh , Uraaz Behl,  Aditya Khilachand,  Suki Dusanj , Varun Bahl, Nachiket Barve, Arpita Mehta with muse model Sanae, Sonaakshi Raaj, Malavika Raaj , Neeta Lulla, Nishka Lulla, Urvashi Joneja, Sounia Gohil, Shraddha and Mayank Nigam, Troy D’costa, alongwith  Nargis Fakhri, Vaani Kapoor and Esha Gupta .

430 arTV personality, presenter and actress known for her keen fashion sense and individualistic aesthetics Roshni launched her own signature fashion label “Roshni Chopra Design” at Pali Village Cafe, Mumbai.

The idea is to use the rich Indian cultural heritage, full of craftsmanship right from weavers to embroideries and embellishments and make the art more accessible. Something that can be dressed up or dressed down” says Roshni speaking about her label.

Seen making a statement as her muse were Mini Mathir, Maria Goretti, Priyanka Bose, Shweta Salve, Shweta Bharadwaj and Laxmi Rai alongwith guests Zeba Kohli,  Bansri Mehta, Bijay Anand, Priyanka Oberoi, Diandra Soares and Amrita Puri.

430 1One of the most awaited award ceremonies, Emmy Awards 2014 concluded recently with the highly popular fashionistas of Hollywood dressed in the most subtle, fashionably classy and glamorous way possible.

To begin with, English actress and singer Michelle Dockery looked stunning in a Rosie Assoulin gown with a sleek halter neck and mild layers. Kerry Washington looked charmingly beautiful in an orange off-shoulder Prada ensemble with a thigh high sensual slit and sparkling short skirt underneath.

American actress Claire Danes looked absolutely mesmerising in fiery red Givenchy gown with a beautiful net coating and an all highlighting floral neck piece. Sarah Paulson looked elegantly dynamic and vivacious in Armani Privé’s black gown embellished with 3D red dotted embellishments.

The gorgeous Allison Williams presented herself in a magnificent Gambattista Valli couture gown, which in its own simplistic way displayed oomph and exuberance.

The evening followed with numerous other glitterati dressed in their best red carpet ensembles, including Julia Roberts, January Jones, Gwen Stefani, Jessica Paré and many more.

430 6Atosa, the eclectic multi designer store held a preview with designers Kallol Datta, Arjun Saluja and Payal Khandwala at their Khar store.

Seen at this celebrity studded preview were Tisca Chopra, Mansi Scott, Poorna Jagannathan, Vikram Raizad, Rashmi Shetty, Gauri Shinde, Nina Manuel, Sona Mahapatra Reshma Merchant and many others, as Aparna Badlani and Azmina Rahimtoola played the warm hosts.

430 alVahbiz Mehta and Manasi Scott hosted the start of Power Women Fiesta – a month long extravaganza at starting from 27th August 2014 to 28th September’14. This one of a kind event was hosted at Ameoba, the bowling alley & Sports bar at Phoenix Marketcity Kurla .

The Power Woman fiesta is a unique initiative that allows women to pamper themselves silly over retail therapy, spa & beauty services and  food & wine offers from amongst the outlets at this larger than life destination.

Seen enjoying meeting with friends and bowling were Malaika Arora khan, Amrita Arora, Suchitra Pillai, Aanchal Kumar, Aditi Govitrikar, Candice Pinto, Shweta Salve , Dipti Gujral, Arzoo Govitrikar, Alesia Raut etc

 

430 4The exotic luxury watch brand based in Switzerland, SWATCH recently launched its fall winter 2014 collection in Mumbai. Introducing some new techniques and innovation in the process of watch making, the collection is ideal for people of all age groups and is highly suitable to be worn on multiple occasions.

Gracing the launch with her presence was the acclaimed Bollywood actress Sonakshi SInha dressed in an exclusive DVF shirt dress paired with custom made gold gladiator sandals from Fermah and vintage Givenchy earrings from Viange.

Speaking of SWATCH latest collection, it has been interestingly classified in four categories, namely ‘A World of Colours’, ‘Classic’, ‘Let it Shine’ and ‘High-lands Mix’. Accompanied with funky straps, exclusive dials, graceful colour combinations and timeless technological features, the brand continues yet again to offer a diverse range of wrist watches with advanced inevitable features and mesmerising classiness.

Bombay Dyeing, has collaborated with two phenomenal designers Nachiket Barve and Kallol Datta to launch the Signature Line 2014 for the home décor space  at the glitzy event held at Tote on the Turf.

Nachiket Barve has created two very diverse collections ‘Lightness of Being’ epitomizes calmness, sound sleep and wellbeing; Toxin on the other hand is aimed at the vibrant energy of  young India with a modern, graphic and funky vibe.

While Kallol Datta has collaborated with the hallmark brand by designing 2 collections – ‘Artisanal’ which focuses on the evolved consumers who appreciate the finer details in life including the sheets they sleep on. His second collection ‘Elysian’ is a print heavy line comprising of micro and macro prints, apt for the discerning youth of India.