New Design Head at McQWhile Pringle was showcasing its Spring Summer 2013 collection at ongoing London Fashion Week, label Alexander McQueen was all strapped to spill the beans.

Just moments after the Pringle show, Alistair Carr, the former design director of Pringle, was declared as the new head of design at McQ.  Alistair will work closely with Alexander McQueen’s current creative director Sarah Burton.

In camaraderie with Sarah Burton, Alistair, a Central Saint Martin’s College of Art graduate will debut with Pre-fall 2013 collection for the Alexander McQueen diffusion line. Alistair Carr has had previously worked with labels like Balenciaga, Marni and Chloe.  

For fourth year in row, the international concept of Fashion’s Night Out, the luxury shopping extravaganza, hosted by Vogue, took place at DLF Emporio in New Delhi recently.

With participation from the world’s most desirable brands and celebrated Indian designers, Fashion Night Out 2012 showcased exclusive designer merchandise, in-store offers, unique product launches and appearances by celebrities for the ultimate luxury shopping experience.

There were Rohit Bal and Shantanu & Nikhil designed T-shirts and Sabyasachi totes designed especially for the night out created by FreeCultr and Uni Style Image. The proceeds from the initiatives will go to the Habitat for Humanity’s Women IndiaBUILDS initiative.

The event was also marked by the presence of glitterati like Alia Bhatt and Karan Johar.

Jet Gems Dazzle the NightDiamonds are truly  a girl’s best friend and keeping exactly that in mind  Pradeep Jethani of Jet Gems  unveiled his  collection of Exquisite diamond jewellery that is sure to make every women go weak in their knees. It was a stylish evening that shimmered with beautiful people, breathtaking jewellery along with a  chic campaign that stole the show. The campaign was graciously   unveiled by Manyatta  Dutt who was seen being dazzled by the styling and jewellery of the captivating visuals. The soiree offered guests a shining glimpse of Pradeep Jethani’s  latest gleaming baubles including the stunning “Dome Ring” that will formally be unveiled at his new flagship store opening shortly.

Three unique looks from the campaign were unveiled to the guests who appreciated the finely shot images and the breathtaking jewellery. Praddep Jethani proudly announced Krishika Lulla  the face of his campaign stating her as the new age women who balances work and professional life both astutely and symbolizes success , style and elegance. Guests who shimmered through the night included designer Anita Dongre , Actresses Sameera and Sushma Reddy , Isha Kopikar , Sophie Choudhary , Neetu Chandra, Gul Panag , socialites Zarine khan , Aarti Surendranath. The new Jet Gems showroom at Bandra, Mumbai is truly the final destination for women with a fine taste in design and jewelry.

Ekru Store Launch in KolkataThe Kolkata based fashion label Ekru by Ekta & Ruchira saw the unveiling of its second flagship store in the city of Kolkata lately.

The store launch came with showcasing of the couture collection of Ekta & Ruchira featuring traditional Indian silhouettes like kalidar, angrakha, lehanga and choli with twist. Rich fabrics like brocade, velvet, silk and benarasi weaves are intertwined together with embellishments, textures and detailing.

The store is around 3000 square feet and is aesthetically done up by renowned sculptor, Narayan Sinha. His installations share the rail space with Ekru’s creations. Moreover, the store is adorned by antiquated photographs, mirrors, urns sketches, chandeliers, benches, lamps and urns.

The evening saw the famous dancer Tanusree Shankar lighting the lamps. The event was well attended by who’s who of the city including Madhu Neotia, Shalini Karnani, Designer duo Dev R Nil, Designer Sharbari Dutta, Preeti Aggarwal, Swaroop Dutta and many more.  
    

MAC Gets Bigger & BetterEach year global cosmetic brand MAC just keeps expanding across the world with its talented team of make-up artists participating in fashion weeks across the world and predicting and setting fashion trends and inspiring the world of fashion.

For the seventh consecutive season MAC as one of the principal sponsers will support MADE Fashion Week providing young , up and coming designers an opportunity to show case their talent and artistry. In New York city for the fashion week 300 make-up artists opened their kits and unleashed their creativity hitting 80 shows through out the city creating inspirations and setting trends that defined S/S 2013 season.

MAC was backstage at shows for   Carolina Herrera, Dian Von Furstenberg ,  Prabal Gurung , Jason Wu and many others .For spring / summer 2013 MAC tested several new products , including new moisturizing lipstick , a brow gel and pencil , new moisturizers and a palette of  lip and eyes shades which is predicted to become a rage among the  fashionistas this season. MAC cosmetic’s presence was stronger than and that too beyond backstage courtesy its co- branded events taking place throughout New York Fashion Week.

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Ten Fresh Faces for WIFW SS13Now, as the Spring Summer 2013 preview season flagged off with New York Fashion Week, the Indian fashion industry is all set to come up with the new edition of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.

Thus, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) held the Model Audition for upcoming fashion week at The Lalit, New Delhi, declaring the lineup of models for the Spring Summer 2013 edition. The list is comprised of ten fresh faces besides a bevy of India’s catwalk habitués.

The newbies to hit the ramp include Klaudia, Vika, Darya, Olena, Oksana, Carla, Galina, Hida, Shweta and Sangya. The models were selected by a jury made up of big names like FDCI President Sunil Sethi, Designer Ritu Kumar Hemant, Khandelwal, Harmeet Bajaj, Vidyun Singh and Paras Baroliya.

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Ritu Kumar designs for Midnight’s ChildrenThe doyen of Indian fashion, Ritu Kumar, weaving the trendy tales for last four decades, stuns with her costumes which she has designed the wedding sequences of Deepa Mehta’s upcoming film Midnight’s Children.

The outfits are designed by Ritu Kumar after research on the royal costumes of the Muslim families of pre-Independence India. From creating the looks from the turn of the last century with vintage costumes, especially reflecting the way of life of India under the colonial rule,  with all its grace and intricacies, it encapsulates three Muslim weddings in Northern India.

The “poshaaks”, or ensembles, worn by the Begums for their weddings consisted of a three piece ensemble – a kurta, a farshi pajama and a dupatta. Ritu reprises the act using references from her book “Costumes and Textiles of Royal India” to achieve the unique look of the past.

In movie Soha ali Khan will be seen wearing a white ensemble made of chanderi silk cotton hand woven fabric. An angarkha cut full is worn over the tunic of white chanderi. The ensemble is hand embroidered with natural silk cotton ecru yarns to give a look of jaaliwork which is a reflection of marble and whiteRitu Kumar designs for Midnight’s Children effects used in North India on clothing.

While the ensembles worn by Shahana Goswami have a pajama where the upper part is made of deep teal blue brocade, and the lower half is made of blue, emerald green and gold stripes of patched silk. A teal blue dupatta completes the ensemble.

About designing costumes for this much anticipated movie, Ritu said, “It is a great honour for me to be associated with such a large-scale film. It’s a mammoth production with so many characters and it was really exciting to work on each and every one of them. It took about six months during which I went through a lot books on the history of fashion.”

The ensembles designed for the movie will be showcased through special permission from the makers of “Midnights Children” for the first time as part of an Exhibition on Vintage Indian Textiles & Craft Forms at the Ritu Kumar flagship store at Crescent Store, New Delhi on 23rd and 24th October 2012, giving visitors an insight into the fading history of Indian embroidery techniques and fashion forms at the turn of the century.

The film which is going to release later this year mainly features the actors like Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan and Shahana Goswami, and is based on Salman Rushdie’s Booker prize winning novel of the same name.

WIFW SS13 Runway ListFor all the fashion lovers who were waiting with baited breath, FDCI has announced the distinguished list of runway designers participating in the biggest fashion event of the country – the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2013. The FDCI, apex fashion body in India has brought  together the most admired names in the fashion industry to set trends for prêt-a-porter Spring-Summer 2013. These fashion visionaries are all set to dazzle the audience with their version of contemporary fashion from October 6-10,2012, at the Pragati Maidan , New Delhi.

After revealing the list of designers , Mr. Sunil Sethi , President FDCI said “Continuing our commitment to showcase the best fashion talent at the WIFW, Asia’s biggest fashion and trade event, we are delighted to announce the names of our talented designers, who will be presenting their work in this edition of the reputed event. I wish all of them, the best as they gear up to participate at the WIFW Spring-Summer 2013." The FDCI will be announcing the list for stalls and accessory designers at the WIFW spring-summer 2013 at a later date.

List of Designers on the Runway
Ashish N Soni
Rajesh Pratap Singh
Namrata Joshipura
Wendell Rodricks
Gaurav Gupta
James Ferreira
 Manish Malhotra
Suneet Varma
 Kavita Bhartia
 Payal Pratap
 Ritu Kumar
 Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna
 ‘my village’ by Rimzim Dadu
 Alpana & Neeraj
 am:pm by Ankur & Priyanka Modi
 Anaikka – Kanika Saluja Choudhry
Anand Bhushan
Anand Kabra
 Anupamaa by Anupama Dayal
Gauri & Nainika
Taika by Poonam Bhagat
Atsu by Atsu Sekhose
 Rahul Mishra
 Bhanuni by Jyoti Sharma
 Charu Parashar
 Dev r Nil
 Gaurav & Ritika
 Kallol Datta 1955
 Kiran Uttam Ghosh
 Malini Ramani
 Geisha Designs by Paras & Shalini
 Péro by Aneeth Arora
 Hemant & Nandita
 Divyam Mehta
 Dozakh by Kartikeya & Isha
 Jenjum Gadi
 Joy Mitra
 Manish Gupta
 Ranna Gill
 Nachiket Barve
 Nalandda
 Nida Mahmood
 Pia Pauro
 Prama by Pratima Pandey
 Raj Shroff
 Rajdeep Ranawat
 Rishta by Arjun
 Ritesh Kumar
 Samant Chauhan
 Shivan & Narresh
 Soltee by Sulakshana
 Surily
 Vaishali S
 Vineet Bahl
 Virtues by Viral, Ashish & Vikrant
 Abhi Singh
 Khushi Z
 Prerna Bharadwaj
 Schön by Sakshee Pradhan
 Taniya Khanuja
 Preeti Jhawar
 Rahul Singh
 Surbhi Chawla

The Fashion MosaicMozaic, the lifestyle store by Shilpa Gupta at Bandra, Mumbai known for the mosaic of lifestyle solutions offered through ornate settings in each room presented “Fashion Room” over wine and desserts lately.

The launch of the fashion room came along with the showcasing of creations of designers James Ferreira, Uvi, Myoho, Ritu Didwania, Mal Mal, Ritika Arya Jain, Jool and Taara by Sangeeta Khanna.

The collections reflecting timelessness and minimalism turned out to be perfect for the season of festivities and occasions. James Ferreira presented a special range embodying comfort and sensuality through drapes, irregular tie and dye forms, interesting patterns, colour blocks and an eveningwear line in satin.

A blend of classic, contemporary and fusion styles Mal Mal’s collection reflected one’s own individual personality. Myoho’s creations were a blend of Indian handlooms with a subtle modern sensibility while Uvi presented designs in his signature style with vibrant colours, floral motifs and play with textures.

Coming as a breath of fresh air Ritu Diwania’s fusionwear was a blend of the North Indian Pathan look and European baroque look. The kurtas were teamed up with straight wide legged pants with highlight being the delicate hand smocking on each piece whereas Jool Kurry unveiled a line of Avant-garde, statement making yet wearable accessories, for the first time at Mozaic’s Fashion Room.
On the occasion of the launch, Shilpa Gupta, said, "The Fashion Room makes Mozaic a holistic design and lifestyle store with creative solutions for all your style and space needs under one roof. In keeping with our ethos, each designer has been handpicked and has created a line that is not available elsewhere.”

The event attended by who’s who of the city including Mansi Roy, Radhika Mukherjee, Azmina Rahimtoola, Basab Paul, Rashmi Nigam, Urvashi Kau, Alina and Sana Wadiwala, Shaan Khanna amongst others