February 2013 - Page 5 of 19

The much awaited fashion fiesta Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week is back. Scheduled from March 13-17, 2013, the Autumn Winter 2013 edition will witness 128 designers showcasing through runway and exhibition.

And of late, Fashion Design Council of India announced the show schedule for the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, A/W 2013 along with the list of designers participating at the event. Scroll down to see the schedule.

Meanwhile, announcing the list of designers, Atul Chand, Divisional Chief Executive, ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing Business and Sunil Sethi, President, FDCI said, “Designers have the power to influence global fashion with their unique designs. These myriad style gurus are ready to showcase their creations both on the runway and exhibition area. The interesting mix of innovation, creativity and tradition will usher in the best at the WIFW Autumn-Winter showing, this season. I wish them the very best for the upcoming show.”

The Italian luxury fashion brand, Tod’s announces the appointment of Alessandra Facchinetti as Creative Director of its Women’s collections, commencing March 2013.

The first Tod’s Women’s collection under the creative direction of Alessandra Facchinetti will be presented during the next Milan fashion week, in September 2013

The Italy-born designer who has studied art, sculpture and architecture started her fashion career in 1994 as designer and coordinator of the brand Miu Miu. Later in 2000 she joined the Gucci Group as Design Director of women‘s ready-to-wear, to be followed by stint at Maison Valentino. Notably, it was in 2010 when Alessandra launched her first personal project, which represents an experiment of “no season collection”, exclusive to the online market.

About her appointment at Tod’s Alessandra Facchinetti said, “As an Italian designer, I feel very honored to take up such an important role for a brand that – with the highest quality and refinement – helps to keep up the prestige of Made in Italy in the world.”

The storied British brand Burberry of late showcased its Burberry Prorsum Womenswear Autumn/Winter 2013 collection at London Fashion Week, inspired by Burberry classics, sixties beauty Christine Keeler, and featuring an iconic Burberry colour palette.

The collection titled, ‘Trench Kisses’ featured trench coats, cabans, chesterfields, topcoats, regimental greatcoats, column dresses, shell dresses and cropped trousers done in innovative and elevated fabrics including cotton gabardine, glossy cashmere, glossy calfskin and laminated python print leather. The color palette was comprised of white, camel, oxblood, red, black and gold.

The accessories completing the collection included crush bags, kitten wedges, animal print sunglasses and gold band belts.

The name synonymous with sublimity of writing instruments and accessories, Montblanc, of late pays tribute to Albert Einstein with its latest launch of limited edition pens.

Montblanc Albert Einstein Limited Edition 3000 features design inspired from Einstein’s theory of relativity. The platinum plated line son the dark blue precious lacquered cap represents the space time curve and the filigree engravings on the platinum plated barrel reflect his most famous formulas. The nib is enriched with the engraving of the chemical element ‘Einstenium’, and is in solid gold.

The edition that honors one of the greatest scientists and founders of the theory of relativity features fountain pen, ballpoint pen and rollerball, and its name 3000 refers to the speed of light.

The L’Oreal-owned hair care brand Kerastase has roped in supermodel Kate Moss to head its Couture Styling Line.

The images which will hit the French salons in month of May this year has been shot by renowned photographer Solve Sundsbo. The first international face ever appearing in Kerastase’s campaign Kate Moss perfectly represents the underlying philosophy of the line highlighting style and liberty of movement.

If Rihanna’s River Island Collection marks her position as an influential fashion force, then her mettle is further strengthened by her recent deal with MAC cosmetics.

The deal sees the pop icon collaborating with the international cosmetic brand on multiple collections of color cosmetics.

The first product to hit the market is RiRi Woo, a lipstick inspired by her favorite MAC red, Ruby Woo. The four collections, to be known as RiRi [Hearts] MAC, will break throughout 2013.

Her name will appear on the packaging, and her signature will be embossed on the RiRi Woo lipstick case and on the bullets of the summer lipsticks, as well as several of the fall and holiday pieces.

Well, expressing emotions is a humanly need whatever the medium may be. Anguish, yearning, love, sense of being triumphant, anger, or merely a plain story stated through tattoos are of most relevance of one who gets inked.

Though hackneyed might be the act of getting inked these days with repetitive designs and ideas producing an army of clones but sometimes we chance upon a piece of art tattooed portraying someone’s palpable tears, smiles, resilience and pride. One such emotion-tickling story is of Inga Duncen Thronell, a breast cancer survivor who got her chest tattooed completely with intricate floral and vine motifs.

The tattoo as shown in the picture is done by Seattle based artist Tina Baforo and it took one Sunday a month over two-and-a-half years to complete this design. And what comes as a surprise is that the picture of this woman posted on social networking platform Facebook was banned by the site claiming that it violated its rules on nudity.

If the drama of Vivienne Westwood Red Label or raunchiness of Rihanna’s River Island Collection ruled the first three days of London Fashion Week, of course besides loads of scintillating designs, the last two days took this fashion extravaganza to another dimension with designers worth their salt belting out the lyrical melodies infused with colors, structures, prints, patterns and embellishments.

On Day 4, designer Christopher Kane brilliantly showcased his Autumn Winter 2013 collection of unconventional oversized silhouettes mixing up to create new forms. The appliqued dresses, detailed skirts and patterned coats completed the collection. While Erdem’s love for prints was not that absolute as furs, abundance of sheer and appliques were playing hide and seek throughout the collection featuring long dresses and coats in earthy hues predominantly.

Tom Ford’s latest womenswear collection saw prints, embellishments and colors galore. From leopard printed pieces to monochromes, the collection was a brilliant mix of fabrics as evidenced by furry neon bomber jacket paired up with lace top and trouser. On the other hand, Peter Pilotto unveiled a collection infused with interesting prints and embroideries on mannish coats, jackets and skirts.

The final day saw Meadham Kirchhoff playing with black, white and gold, presenting a vintage inspired collection infused with gothic elements. From long velvet dresses to A-line dresses, coats and flared trousers the collection was a beautiful mix of different fabrics and patterns. The Delhi-born fashion designer Ashish Gupta was at his grungy best showcasing street style looks on the ramp. The oversized pinafores in denim, use of bright neon on jackets and pants, checkered dresses and sweat shirts paired with skirts gave an eclectic look to the collection.

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Monthly Archives: February 2013

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