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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Trends @ WIFW SS 12
Fashion weeks come and go, leaving one spoilt for choices. With thousands of scintillating designs every season, fascinating in a way or other, it’s bewildering to stop by your best. It’s like skimming off the cream itself. Here only trends come for the rescue. Though you might be like, ‘I don’t follow trends’ but the collective nod of geniuses call for selective adherence.
The latest edition of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week culminated on modish notes, throwing light on the Spring Summer 2012 shelves of the high streets. With sparkling ensembles galore, the trend story celebrates flirtatious, frivolous and feisty summers pandering by the fluctuating fashionable obsessions. Here is to trendy Spring Summer 2012.
Sheer Play: The fabric remained the hot favourite one among the designers for its unparalleled sexiness and elegance while refraining from slutiness. From organza to tulle in various blends, sheer teamed up with fabrics like chiffon, lace, silk, georgette and cotton oozing oodles of femininity. The translucent fabric appearing on the sleeves at one time and legs and waists at the other created the perfect sheer play. Designers like Rahul Mishra, Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna and Wendell Rodricks amongst others used sheer with subtlety. The fabric also popped up in the form of flowy jackets and skirts.
Ombre/Ikat Print/Metal: Amidst the floral carnival with almost half of the designers playing with floral prints, ombre effect emerged as the distinguishing factor. Being a hot favourite trend around the world, ombre could be seen in the collections of Urvashi Kaur, Nachiket Barve and Sulakshana Monga in the recently concluded fashion week in India. On the other hand, traditional Indian ikat print was embraced by the designers like Rajesh Pratap Singh, Charu Parashar, Nida Mahmood, Anita Dongre and Nandita Basu. Subtly paired with bright hues, the print created some sartorial wonders.
Metallic shimmer in the form of fabrics, as in Rohit Gandhi & Rahul khanna and Sulakshana Monga’s collections, or in form of metal studs and fringes on Malini Ramani’s kaftans and maxi skirts, remained one consistent feature on the ramp. Shantanu Goenka’s zari work and gold embellishments on the dresses glittered bright.
Color Splash/Color Pop-up: The upcoming season is all about rainbow hues. The bright shades render that summery feel. Color blocking, multi-hued layering, rainbow prints and loads of wilderness, all account for the trend. Designers like Charu Parashar, Nida Mahmood and Preeti S Kapoor are few designers among others who had abundant colors in their collection.
On the other hand, a subtle play with colors ala Wendell Rodricks and Rahul Reddy turns out to be a perfect trend recipe this Spring Summer. The flash of bright colors from a corner or the other, in the form of piping, insert, belt or shoes stands for elegance and loads of fashion.
Organic Obsession: The WIFW SS 12 saw designers like Wendell Rodricks, James Ferreira and Samant Chauhan paid their tribute to nature by indulging in ethical fashion. Wendell’s malkha cotton, Samant’s eco-friendly Bhagalpur silk and James Ferreira’s hand woven khadi ignited the trend of ethically alluring fashion.
Tail Dress/Wrap Dress/ Peplum: The trends vouch for flirtatiousness with shirt dresses and tail dresses ala Rajesh Pratap Singh, Rahul Reddy, Aneeth Arora and Pallavi Mohan. The effortlessness they exude is perfect for laid back summers. Further, wrapped and draped ones like Bhanuni by Jyoti Sharma, Rahul Mishra and Nachiket Barve render elegance to the look, with collars, one-shoulders and cowls. Apart from these dresses, palazzo pants, peplums, maxi skirts and jumpsuits had ubiquitous influence throughout the week.
Diamonds at Christie’s
Unveiled in India in early 2011, the world’s largest matching pair of Forevermark diamonds will now be auctioned in at the forthcoming Christie’s Hong Kong Autumn sale of Magnificent Jewels, on 29 November 2011.Expertly crafted by Forevermark Diamantaire Steinmetz, from two individual rough diamonds, each initially weighing over 100 carats were discovered in South Africa. Thus, the resultant two brilliantly round cut diamonds, with of highest color D, weigh 35.61 and 35.77 carats respectively.
Perfectly proportioned, these stunning diamonds have been awarded ‘Triple Excellent’ for polish, symmetry and cut.
Mapxencars for DFW SS
The designer label under Riddhi & Siddhi well known as mapxencars which specializes in custom made women and men’s outfit will be showcasing its array of collection for the spring summer’12 at the Dubai Fashion Week.A collection varying from Jumpers, summer tops, cropped Jackets and trousers will be displayed by the duo designers. Cotton chino, Georgette, satin silk, Chiffon’s and jerseys are blended well to craft the entire collection. The range includes all structured and well thought out outfits. Shades of cube, texture and shape inspired the designer’s creation.
The essence of Mapxencars signature contemporary style is very well executed on its assortments compiled for the Dubai Fashion Week. The collection accentuates a lot on its geometrics and color patterns implied on the garments.
Burberry Nude
What could be more sexy and classy than Burberry in nude! The iconic label embraces these always modish neutral shades this fall in its collection, ‘Burberry Nude’.
The collection features iconic Burberry trench coats in tawny tan and neutral hues in Satin, Sateen, Silk, Lightweight cashmere, Bonded cashmere, Felted cashmere, Lace, Suede, Leather, Shearling, Heritage cotton poplin, Wool, Wool twilln. Lush furs and lustrous materials from the house of Burberry render that glamorous elegant look to this range. Apart from the coats, the collection also has handbags, clutches, eyewear and shoes, all in nude, screaming loud of understated elegant fashion.
Sun styles for women include nude faceted acetate frames, delicate rose gold oversize aviators and square-cut metal frames. Optical collection includes styles inspired by early 1960s cat eye shapes, alongside half-rim frames. Featuring Burberry check engraved metal tubular bar and acetate temples.
Troy Costa fashion store
When the fabric fuses with the cut and ignites a passion in your walk, you distinctly know that you are embracing a ‘Troy Costa’ creation. The designer famous for his immaculate tailoring presented his flagship store in Khar, right next to the queen of the suburbs Bandra. The store will act as an added attraction to the Bandra clientele which is known for its penchant for being uber stylish and conscious about their looks.With a high end fashionable atmosphere, The Troy Costa Store located in a quaint villa with high ceilings promises to catch the fancy of fashion connoisseurs with its international look and feel. Troy has creatively conceptualized the villa which has a pathway leading you to the store a modern feel with a burst of colours like white with dull gold, purple, black and chrome with back painted glasses complimenting the entire look, giving the entire store an iconic appeal just like his designs.
Host, Troy Costa , welcomed guests Tanisha Mukherjee, Leander Paes, Jacky Bhagnani, Babul Supriyo, Akashdeep Saigal, Marc & Waluscha Robinson, Nachiket Barve ,Ash Chandler , Rupali Suri (Model) , Payal Kothari (Shoe designer), Radhika Mukherjee (Shaan’s wife), Umesh Jivnani (Fashion consultant), Junelia Aguiar, Kavita Sachdev, Neha Gundecha (Owner of Sea Princess & Trilogy), Anup Gandhi (Owner Of Bonobo), Urvee Adhikari (Adhikari Brothers Family), Vikram Raizada, Gayatri Ganjawalla (Kunal Ganjawalla’s Wife), Larra Shah (Celebrity Tarot Reader) and more.
Patine
Haseena Jethmalani and Leetu Shivdasani are delighted to announce their collaboration with "Patine" by Shon Randhawa through a permanent collection of PATINE, famous for bringing to life the wonderful colours and intricacies of Indian heritage embroideries.The collaboration between PATINE, Leetu Shivdasani & Haseena Jethmalani was driven by a passion to revive the traditional craft of “Parsi Gara”, ‘Chikankari’ and “Zardozi” gold embellished embroideries and present them in a contemporary spirit.
To further its quest to create unique & distinctive creations PATINE has transformed and re-worked traditional embroidery techniques with innovations in stitch and thread, on modern materials and colour palettes, giving them a contemporary feel while retaining their classical look. Exquisite embroidered accents and finishes, fine fabrics; colorful silk linings along with ethnic detailing are all signatures of the brand.
Haseena and Leetu hosted an elegant yet easy brunch afternoon at their store S’ Fashion Studio to present the permanent outpost of "Patine" in Mumbai and Delhi.Also present was Shon Randhawa, the creator of the embroidered marvels of "Patine".
Seen at this do were Nandita Mahtani, Laila Lamba, Debbie Hitkari,Anupi Oberoi, Devaunshi Mehta, Esther Daswani, Rohina Anand, Mallika Advani, Renu Chainani, Penny Patel etc. Haseena and Leetu with Shon Randhawa played the most gracious hosts, showing guests the new "Patine" line and also ensuring everyone had eaten a bite or two.
fashionfad’s fashion feed on Surbhi Chawla Dozakh Applique Collection Troy Costa Store Jimmy Choo XV Burberry Nude and more…
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Jimmy Choo XV
The 15 dazzling years of Jimmy Choo came with a release of its coffee table book Jimmy Choo XV, tracing the journey of the label.The book features Jimmy Choo’s 15 most iconic shoe designs till date. Sketches and behind the scenes pictures, through eight chapters image the power of stiletto. The book has been photographed by Mario Testino.
The first glimpse of the book worth 60 pounds can be availed on October 26 at any Jimmy Choo store while officially it will be distributed through booksellers worldwide in February next year.
Dozakh Appliqu
Kartikeya & Isha launches a new range of Appliqués under their label Dozakh. The collection varies from dresses to Kurtas with detailed embellishments and stitches. The outfits are based on grey tone. Kurtas are cut shorter from the front and the back is kept long. Floral thread blended in net yoke is used to design the bottom of the Kurtas at the back side. The necklines of the Kurtas carry gold coil flowers. 14 paneled Kurtas are created using the same technique in old grey.
Ombre dyed ruched in old grey shade from waist to the shoulder is teamed with an attached skirt carried out effectively with extensive use of appliqué. Chiffon is amalgamated with gold coil of the traditional style in pattern of twigs to present the imagination of the designers.
A straight chiffon dress in charcoal grey also includes in the collection by Kartikeya & Isha. The dress is accentuated with a work of floral threads along with appliqué.
