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Luxury brand Amit GT hosted a cocktail soiree to celebrate the launch of his first flagship store at the prestigious The Westin Gurgaon. Socialites like Ramola Bachchan, Naseer Abdullah, Anjana Kuthiala, Hemant Sagar, Didier Leconnet, Anupam and Charu Parashar graced the party with their presence.

The store offers daywear dresses, top, trousers, skirts and jackets and evening and cocktail dresses in open browsers with a unique couture section too. Amit GT has collaborated with famous Swiss-based company Jakob Schepfer that makes fabrics for Louis Vuitton and Chanel to design some fabrics for the brand and will soon have lines of accessories with many European designers.

Estée Lauder, Invisible Fluid Makeup is a technologically advanced intuitive liquid makeup that perfects your skin without leaving a trace. Harnessing the power of Estee Lauder’s exclusive new, patent-pending IntuiTone™ technology in shades for beautiful skin of every ethnicity, this new generation of foundation guarantees your true-to-life shade match by working with your natural undertones.

“Foundation has come a long way over the years, but there were still many dissatisfied women,” said Anne Carullo, Senior Vice President, Corporate Product Innovation, Estée Lauder. Undertones are what give our skin its unique color and dimension. Invisible Fluid Makeup is a true innovation because it delivers a veil of visible invisibility to every skintone.

Acting like a weave on skin, the formula allows skin’s undertones to come through, giving the appearance of natural skin, but in a way that is radiantly, naturally and uniquely perfected.”

Committed since 2008 alongside UNESCO and the International Herald Tribune, Jaeger-LeCoultre reaffirms its support to the World Heritage Marine Programme on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention.

During the closing conference in Kyoto, Jaeger-LeCoultre presented its partnership with UNESCO to reaffirm its support to the World Heritage Marine Programme and focus attention on this action.

In addition, Jaeger-LeCoultre also published a special page on the Ogasawara islands located in Japanrald Tribune. To reach a large audience, the nano-site developed on the New York Times website presented interactive news features, profiles, video reports and interviews concerning Tides of Time Programme.

Tod’s launches a D-Bag, truly precious and limited edition collection of 2 pieces only available at DLF Emporio, New Delhi.

The new D Bag is a version of the D Bag Luxury, which was launched at the Villa Necchi in Milan during the presentation of the Tod’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection and which is the Tod’s iconic bag par excellence.

Taking its essential design elements from the D-Bag Luxury, it is made from special materials using extremely advanced manufacturing techniques: purple silk combined with orange crocodile for very luxurious details to create not only an eye-catching product, but also emblematic of the innovation and quality that lies at the heart of Tod’s, and at the heart of Made in Italy to celebrate India.

Designer Manish Arora and Tina Malhotra of Evoluzione invited guests for a special evening as they introduced Manish Arora Amrapali collection. The collection, "India Enchanted”, is uber contemporary and avant-garde fashion by Manish Arora, intertwines with the heritage and quintessentially timeless elegance of Amrapali to create a magnificently eclectic jewellery.

Inspired from the decadence of Indian Royalty, both teams at Manish Arora and Amrapali have been working on this project since May 2012 to create a range of necklaces, earrings, bracelets/bangles/cuffs, rings and hair accessories.

Guest’s came together to raise a toast to celebrate the onset of festive season were the who’s who of Delhi swish set, including Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna ,Namrita Joshipura, Ritu Kumar, Payal Pratap Singh, Poonam Bhagat , Anju Modi , Rankaj & Nidhi Ahuja , Lisa Ray, Priya Paul , Sanjay Sharma , Amol Vadehra , Radhika Chanana ,Sapna Kumar , Joey Matthews, Aparna Bahl & Deepak Bedi , Vidyun Soni , Gautam Kalra , Shelly & Sanjeev Batra , Vikrum Baidyanath, amongst others.

The collection which was unveiled at Paris Fashion Week in September 2012, will be retailed at Amrapali stores in India, internationally in London, Paris, USA, Lagos, major department stores as well as online retail websites.

The iconic French sportswear label Lacoste launched its exclusive boutique at Palladium Mall in Mumbai.

The newest addition to the expanding number of Lacoste boutiques in India, this stunning space will house a variety of the brand’s products besides the limited edition super light pique kurta with golden croc emblem – the festive season collector’s edition exclusive to India.

Speaking on the launch, Rajesh Jain, Director Lacoste India said, "We are overwhelmed with the warm welcome brand patrons have given us at The Palladium. In a short span of 15 days the store has hosted consumers across age groups. We are thankful to the Lacoste fans in Mumbai and strive to provide them the same French shopping experience they till now enjoyed at other Lacoste stores around the world.”

The launch event saw two times Limca record holder Himanshu Agrawal decoding the iconic Lacoste crocodile logo to create an 8 feet long crocodile. Moreover, the evening saw glitterati and celebrities including Vikram Raizada, Shilpa Chavan, Rocky S, Bhawna Sharma, Carol Gracias and Nayonika Chaterjee making their own small croc origami.

The luxury mobile phones by Vertu have their adobe in India now, as the luxury mobile phone maker launched its first standalone boutique at DLF Emporio in New Delhi.

To commemorate its entrance into the Indian market, Vertu organized a celebratory event co-hosted by Perry Oosting, President, Vertu and couturier Tarun Tahiliani. On the occasion Vertu in collaboration with Smile Train, a New York based organization working for children – presented its first charity handset, Constellation Smile – a unique variant of its recent smartphone, Constellation Touch.

The unique partnership will see Vertu donating Euro 200 from each handset to the charity providing free corrective surgery for children with unrepaired cleft lips and palates. The brand has committed at least Euro one million to Smile Train through the sales of this model.

Vertu also commissioned world renowned photographer Mary McCartney (daughter of British pop legend, Sir Paul McCartney) to curate a series of inspiring imagery documenting the journey of the children whose lives have been changed for the better as a result of receiving surgery. Loved ones of the children such as family, friends, teachers and doctors and those who support the children on an on-going basis also feature in a short accompanying documentary.

Speaking on the occasion, Tarun Tahiliani said “Vertu is synonymous with luxury and I am delighted to be associated with a brand that exemplifies handcrafted elegance, pioneering technology and a spirit of innovation. The cause that the Constellation Smile supports is unique yet socially relevant. The launch of this boutique sets new standards in the country for luxury and service.”

The event witnessed few illustrious names from all walks of life savoring scrumptious gastronomy delights with champagne. The attendees included Rohit Bal, Gaurav Gupta, Sumeet Nair & Gitanjali Kashyap, Sanjay & Sheena Sharma, Ameeta Seth, Ayesha Thapar, Shivv Singh, Vikram Goyal, Ramola Bacchan, Subodh Gupta, Radhika Jha and Kalyani Chawla amongst others.

At the Indian fashion weeks designer Felix Bendish raises the bizarre quotient through his eccentric out-of-the-box designs. The designer reprised such antics at recently concluded London Fashion Week where he was involved with embroideries and accessories done for British designers.

From his lizard brooches to interesting technique of embroidery, the designer took the city by storm. About his experience at London Fashion Week, Felix says, “It was such an enriching experience in London. There I got to meet some really interesting people like installation glass artist Andrew Logan and millinery designer Pier Atkison.”

“Moreover, my visit to Zandar Rhodes studio in Central London was such an experience. She was totally amazed with the technique of embroidery which I had taken with me,” concludes Felix.

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Monthly Archives: November 2012

Amit GT Cocktail Soiree

Est

Jaeger Marine Programme

Tod

Manish Arora Intertwines

Lacoste Boutique Launch

Vertu Opens at DLF Emporio

Felix Bendish @ London Fashion Week SS13