February 2013 - Page 2 of 19

The Black Swan star Natalie Portman starred in Miss Dior’s newest perfume campaign of late.

The campaign in the form of a short film titled ‘La vie en rose’ is directed by Sofia Coppola and features Natalie playing with roses of different hues. The campaign sees the acclaimed director Sofia Coppola and Hollywood diva Natalie Portman working together for second time for Dior Perfume.

As of now, the perfume is exclusively available at Selfridges and will be available throughout UK by March 1, 2013.


Cotton Consumer Newsletter Report
Date	Subject line	Senders name	No. of subscribers	Open Rate (%)	CTR (%)	Bounce
17-Jan-2013	Latest from the World of Cotton	Cotton Council International	185, 332	23.6%	5.4%	1.2%
18-Feb-2013	Lights.Camera.Fashion- Let’s Design-5	Cotton Council International		35.3%	8.5%	2.0%

The unparalleled glitter and glamour of Oscars is back, and the celebrities from around the world walked the red carpet all dressed to nines of late. Flaunting their carefully picked ensembles the Hollywood divas offered a visual style feast, and the admirers went all gaga.

The 85th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles turned out to be a mélange of exquisite couture red carpet gowns and jewels from some of the luxurious fashion houses in the world. Some of the best dressed women on red carpet included Jennifer Lawrence, the Best Actress Nominee for her character in Silver Linings Playbook, wore a pale rose gown from Christian Dior’s Spring Summer 2013 haute couture collection.

Kristen Stewart who walked the red carpet with crutches donned a beautiful Reem Acra gown while actress Anne Hathway chose a satin pink gown. On the magnificent stage of Oscars 2013 British singer performed her Academy Award winning song Skyfall wearing a Black silk dress with degradé hand-embroidered crystals by Burberry.

Ben Affleck, whose film “Argo” won the Academy Award for Best Picture, wore a Gucci Made to Order black satin peak lapel one button three piece Signoria tuxedo with white dress shirt, black satin bowtie and black patent leather lace ups while Best Director Academy Award winner for “Life of Pi,” Ang Lee wore a Gucci Made to Order black grosgrain/satin notch lapel two button Signoria tuxedo with white dress shirt, black satin tie/bowtie and black leather lace ups.

Jennifer Aniston wore a crimson Valentino gown whereas Jessica Chastain appeared in copper hued Armani Prive number.

The storied Italian luxury fashion house Gucci launches its mobile website bringing m-commerce to luxury shoppers.

The brand recently announced the optimization of Gucci.com for mobile devices, available in North America and Europe as of now, to be launched in the Asia Pacific region this spring. The mobile website which has been created in response to the growing demand for access to Gucci’s luxury products on mobile devices allows customers to easily browse and purchase Gucci products through their mobile phones.

The new mobile site was designed to deliver the same high-end brand experience that customers know and love from shopping in Gucci stores

to smartphones that have become an essential part of their everyday lives, and an increasingly essential part of how they shop.

Gucci.com operates its e-commerce site in 27 countries but this is the brand’s first website specifically optimized for mobile. Customers in the U.S. and Europe who visit Gucci.com on a mobile device will automatically see the new mobile site. The site is optimized for iOS and Android mobile browsers.

About this recent development Gucci President and CEO Patrizio di Marco said, “Gucci has always prided itself on providing customers with unparalleled shopping experiences, whether in our stores or online. Based on the rapid growth we have seen in mobile purchases it was important for us to create the kind of luxury experience in mobile that we are known for in the industry and that our customers expect from us.”

Now, when Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn Winter 2013 is merely a fortnight away, designer Nida Mahmood shows a glimpse of her collection she will showcase on the last day of the event.

Her Autumn Winter 2013 collection titled ‘Adventures of Must! Qalandar’ is an ode to the mystics and minstrels, the foot loose and fancy free souls who wander around with their feet dancing on earth and minds in the open sky. The quirky collection will be the celebration of the relationship between Mother Earth and her favourite vagabond who is eco-passionate, organic, natural, free-spirited and spontaneous.

The collection will be an intriguing mix of colorful stories crafted from yarns portraying our lost crafts and traditions.

Of late, it was announced that DHL, the official logistics partner of Lakme Fashion Week would present an exclusive show with leading designer duo Shivan & Narresh and Masaba Gupta, at the upcoming Summer Resort 2013 edition of the Mumbai-based fashion week.

The partnership that is part of DHL’s global relationship as the Official Logistics Partner for IMG Fashion Weeks in 15 countries across four continents will see designers presenting a collection to reflect DHL’s theme ‘International’.

Speaking about DHL’s association with Lakmé Fashion Week, RS Subramanian, Country Manager, DHL Express India, said, “This season again we are very excited to present Shivan and Narresh as they are extremely talented and their collection is very chic and international. This year we will also be presenting Masaba Gupta, whose eclectic aesthetic taste is refreshing and exciting.”

Poonawalla Breeders’ Multi Million, one of the most glamorous races in the country was recently organized in Mumbai, along with a fashion show by designer Delna Poonawala.

Hailing from the illustrious Poonawalla family, the designer who is known for her quirky and fashionable hats showcased her Spring Summer 2013 collection of hats featuring an eclectic array of headgears.

The winner of the race was Horse no. 8 of Stud Hazara owned by Dr. Ramaswamy, Maharaja of Chettinad, along with the Jockey – B Srikanth. Besides, adding more glitz to the races, were exciting prizes such as “Best Dressed Lady” which was won by Sophie Choudhry; “Best Dressed Gentleman” won by Sagar Chordia and “Best Hat” won by Tulika Tripathy.

The event was attended by who’s who of the tinsel town including Vijay Mallya, Rahul Bose, Eijaz Khan, Tanaz Doshi, Sammeer Sheth, Queenie Singh, Ashish & Monica Gupta, Vikram & Namrata Shroff, Sagar Chordia, Nicky Nayyar, Falguni & Shane Peacock, Vinta Nanda and Salim Asgarally, Drashta Sarvaiya, Maheka Mirpuri, Rukhsana Eisa and Farhat Jamal amongst others.

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Monthly Archives: February 2013

Natalie Portman for Miss Dior

Cotton Consumer Newsletter Report

Let’s Design Season 5 Premieres on Zoom- March 1, 2013 at 6Pm

Style Quotient at Oscars 2013

Gucci Goes for M-Commerce

Nida Mahmood for WIFW AW13

DHL Shows at LFW SR13

Hats & Horses