Monthly Archives: October 2009

Farah Khan Ali

The distinctive artistry crafted with quaint aesthetics led Farah fascinate…

Farah Khan Ali

The renowned jewellery designer and gemologist Farah Khan Ali is a name synonymous with everything beautiful, elegant and ornate. The distinctive artistry crafted with quaint aesthetics led Farah fascinate the jewellery connoisseurs with her exquisite marvels.

Intricate yet striking, bold yet feminine, Farah’s jewellery line has set the high standards for style, quality, detailing, design and elegance. Unusual colors combined with exotic gems set the basis for her novel designs, thus making her the one of the most sought after name in high end fine jewellery across the globe.

Farah’s journey to zenith of haute jewellery flagged off purely as a happenstance when she decided to do a course in Gemology at the renowned Gemological Institute of America in Santa Monica, California in 1992. She graduated with flying colors and gradually started gathering accolades for her work in form of elite clientele and plethora of recognitions and awards like Lion Clubs” Award for Best jewellery Designer of the year, “Retail Jewellers Award” for Most Innovative jewellery of the year in 2010 and lately in February 2011, she was honored with “Great Women’s Achievement Award” for her contribution in the field of Jewellery, proving her might in jewellery designing.

With 18 years of focus and experience in this field, she still feels like a creatively inclined soul who happened to come into Jewellery Designing by chance, only to discover that she was born for it. Over all these years which Farah has treaded with strong emotion, feeling and interpreting the world in her own distinctive way, she takes her inspiration through the process of life and its experiences.

Currently, the Farah Khan Fine Jewellery Brand retails in India, but her clients are spread across the globe. Having established her presence with flagship stores in the capital city of Mumbai and now New Delhi, the Brand has also had very successful retail and runway shows all over India with big Bollywood names supporting and walking for her.

Internationally, Farah has also designed for Swarovski where she also took part in Swarovski’s Runway Rocks in Mumbai in April 2008 and Swarovski’s 5th Anniversary celebration for Runway Rocks in London in June 2008.

Farah Khan’s jewellery designs have been featured regularly in the Gemvision 2009, a book on forthcoming trends in the jewellery industry from Swarovski. In August 2010, Hollywood Celebrity stylist Michael O Connor selected Farah Khan among 12 international designers for her jewellery on the Red Carpet at the Emmy Awards. Ace Tennis star Serena Williams wore her jewellery to the “Essence Luncheon” in LA in March 2011.

You can get Farah at:

www.farahkhan.net

Design Vault

Tina Tahiliani Parekh launched Design Vault, a new concept boutique at Ambavatta, Mehrauli. The name adverts to the idea that the bank vaults often have beautiful and interesting vintage pieces that lie forgotten unless they are actively revived. The boutique offers Delhi a chance to access designer clothing, shoes and accessories at remarkably marked down prices.
 
The idea behind the concept is that all designers are left with extra stock at the end of a season or if an export order is cancelled. These pieces are usually put on sale, but often sales run for very short period of time making difficult for the typical cosmopolitan buyer to attend. Designer Vault caters to a demographic that has no objections to purchasing pieces that are two seasons old and are merely pleased to have access to stunning clothes at amazing prices throughout the year.
 
“We went to a similar place in Milan and we did not mind picking up stuff that was two seasons old. Design Vault serves a dual purpose which was long overdue. It gives a new set of target customers the opportunity to access amazing designer wear at unbelievable discounted prices throughout the year. It also helps the designers with their business as it enables them to convert their older stock into sales by accessing a group of customers for whom price is more important, “says Tina Tahiliani Parekh.
 
Amongst the brands that will be available at the store is Tarun Tahiliani, CUE by Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna, Tarana Masand, Payal Jain, Varun Bahl, The Ensemble Design Studio, Anna Singh, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Moschino, Jean Paul Gautier & Lanvin, Rakha and Rabbani, Rohit Bal, Monisha Jaisingh and Abraham & Thakore, as well as Cherie.

  

Malini Agarwalla

Designer Malini Agarwalla launched her label Malaga in 2004 just out of her passion to create beautiful fashion accessories. Malini academically holds a Master Degree in Management Studies specializing in Finance but her dream was to create handbags, footwear, belts and accessories for the contemporary women to showcase the wealth of art and craft in the country and yet reflect international trends. Over the time Malini forayed successfully into pret wear with her line Pimento.

The Mumbai based designer started her company as a manufacturer of quality handbags to fulfill the demanding and continuously evolving taste of the women of today. Bringing her artistic and design skills to the fore, combining élan, panache, and different styles, she was determined to make her bags affordable reflective not only of the rich cultural heritage of her native India, but also of all the exotic visuals she encountered in her travels all over the world.

Malaga specializes in carefully handcrafted bags, belts, footwear and fashion jewellery of a wide range and design for women with both traditional and contemporary tastes. Rich embellishments of jeweled pieces, swarovski crystals, embroidery, beadwork and zardosi (gold threadwork) are interwoven with use of materials such as fibre, leather and various fabrics (silk, brocade, jute, linen, denim, velvet, cotton etc.) to create a stunning array of formal and casual line of accessories for women.

Malaga bags have also been shown in accessories shows and trade fairs in Paris, Milan, London, and Dubai and met with a great response. Malaga bags are exported to Europe, UK, the Far East, USA, Japan, the Mid East and Africa. In India, Malini retails from her stores in Delhi and Mumbai.

You can get Malini’s design at:

demo.worldofmalaga.com

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