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Manish Arora AW13 in Paris

All inspired by his last visit to Burning Man in Nevada, designer ….

Yogis of Barkha n Sonzal

The spiritual riches of India come alive through designer duo Barkha and Sonzal

Lately, entrepreneur Abha Gupta along with luxury aficionado Nisha Jamwal hosted a high profile evening to celebrate Italian furniture at their new store Icasa in Mumbai. The space with a sense of style and minimalism, the store houses chic sofas from the world’s top Italian design brand Natuzzi. The Italian furniture on offer includes contemporary Italsofa, classic leather editions by Natuzzi, Ottoman couches and other luxurious creations in preppy hues like lime, aqua and aubergine.

About the store launch, Abha Gupta, owner of ICasa, said, “ICasa is well-crafted Italian furniture, in the form of a standardised offering, at an excellent price for the Indian consumer.

The event was attended by who’s who of the tinsel town including Sagarika Ghatge, Vidya Malvade, Sudeepa Singh, Dalip Seghal, Kunika Sadanand Lal, Anjana Sukhani, Prahlad Kakkar, Anil Chopra,Vikram Raizada, Chetan & Laveena Hansraj, Tanuj Virvani & Neha Hinge, Poonam Dhillon, Sharan Parekh, Namrata Shroff & Vikram Shroff, Nishika Lulla, Maheka Mirpuri, Suchitra Krishnamurti, Penaaz Mesani, Parveen Dusanj, Rashmi Uday Singh, Jaideep & Seema Mehrotra, Sunil Padwal, Arzhan Khambatta, Sudershan Shetty, Chaitanya Shah, Sabeera Merchant, Sharon Prabhakar, Gerson & Uma Da Cunha, Sangeeta Harrinder Singh, Parvez Damania, Vithal & Vishaal Kamat, Rishma Pai, Tarana Khubchandani and Vikas Bhalla amongst others.

Lately, the International luxury brand, Marc Cain celebrated the opening of its new mono-label-store at Napean Sea Road in Mumbai.

The 150th one of the brand, the South Mumbai store is done with stylish interiors of the comprising of a dark oak tree parquet floor and metallic walls coloured in champagne with cognac coloured leather made furniture.

About the store launch Norbert Lock, Managing Director Wholesale & Retail Marc Cain said, “This store is a perfect showcase for Marc Cain’s latest Spring Summer collection, which is exciting, very feminine and with the emphasis on elegance and comfort. I’m sure the new collection will be a delight for the fashion conscious woman with a diverse lifestyle.”

The launch witnessed the style brigade of the city including Evelyn Sharma, Yukta Mookhy, Vamya Mishra, Sushma Reddy, Simi Chandoke, Ashish & Ruchi Garg, Neetu Agarwal, Esha Deol & Bharat Takthani, Poonam Dhillon, Dilshad Khambatta, Pradeep Hirani, Narendra Kumar, Pankaj& Farida Udhas, Punita & Vikas Bhalla, Debbie & Arun Hitkari, Kiran Datwani, Dina Singh, Vikram Bawa, Kailash Surendranath, Meera Zaveri, Kintu Bajaj, Sangeeta Singh, Kadambari Lakhani, Aneesa Dhondy, Kailash Surendranath, Remu & Naaz Zaveri, Anil Chopra, Suchitra Kapoor, Ahana Kumra, Esther & Raju Daswani, Asha Patel, Nikunj Goyal, Parvez Damania and Rekha Kapoor amongst others.

All inspired by his last visit to Burning Man in Nevada, designer Manish Arora presented his latest Fall Winter 2013 collection in Paris. Bold, dramatic and powerful this collection pushes the boundaries of contemporary design and is specifically designed to wear in an international cosmopolitan context. The well-tailored body con silhouettes in the form of dresses, skirts, jackets and pants bore vibrant geometrical motifs and borders created translating the psychedelic mirage forms from Burning Man with lustrous holographic stones, matt gold, lacquer coating and beading.The color palette was comprised of blue from the sky with a wide use of black, navy blue and green as the base along with the stimulants of metallic gold. The highlight of the collection was luxurious jewellery by Amrapali featuring traditional ring designs, turban jewels & Haslis.

On the last day of the recently concluded Lakme Fashion Week, Aircel, one of India’s leading telecom players, hosted a fashion evening as an extension of its tiger conservation initiative Aircel ‘Save Our Tigers’.

The ramp at the fashion week was transformed into a jungle where the Tigers roared loud and fearless. The show styled by Aki Narula, witnessed Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia walking down the ramp with other models who wore the garments inspired by the Tiger and designed by ace designers like Kallol Datta, Nachiket Barve, Arjun Khanna, Swapnil Shinde, Rocky S, Satya Paul and many others.

Previously, the initiative had invited entries from designers across India to design garments inspired by the ‘Tiger’. 189 designers sent in 300 garments out of which 40 were shortlisted to be showcased during a special show held during the Lakme Fashion Week.

Finally, the jury chose the 3 best garments designed by Arjun Khanna, Sougat Paul & Vaishali S. And Neha Dhupia, the special guest for the evening, presented the cash prize of Rs. 2,50,000 each to the three winners.

On being associated with the initiative, Neha Dhupia shared, “I am obliged to be a part of this event today and am happy that I could contribute to this cause too. All of the designs today were simply creative and so in line with the ‘Save Our Tigers’ spirit.”

The city of Pune goes all sassy as the city-based multi designer store Rudraksh welcomes swimwear designer Shivan & Narresh aboard.

The duo will be showcasing their Spring Summer 2013 collection titled ‘Zip’ at the store over two days, April 5th and 6th. The collection beautifully takes forward the artistic language of abstract expressionist Barnett Newman and converses with his ideology of colour fields and the use of hued zips to define spatial structures.

On offer are sculpt swimsuits in a pop inspired color palette mixing cherry reds, aquamarines and chocolate browns. Newman’s bold zips are translated into hand-painted linens, forming the canvas for the collection to shape while the silhouettes express a structured freedom, amalgamating summery linens and cottons with defined forms.

The spiritual riches of India come alive through designer duo Barkha and Sonzal’s collection titled ‘The Yogi – Feel the rhythm of life through body, mind and soul into divinity’. The Mumbai-based designer sisters who are reckoned for creating clothes solely for men present this vibrant, creative and edgy collection with a belief that it is their ethical commitment to keep India’s ancient heritage of fine craftsmanship alive through their creations. The collection featuring an array of exquisite men’s apparels including sherwanis, dhoti pants, long jacket and kurta, takes inspiration from Lord Shiva, the God of dance and yoga. About their design sensibility the sister duo says, “Being divinely creative and spreading our message of the rich culture of India, dance, crafts, spirituality, etc through this medium with a contemporary twist has always been our goal.”

Of late, the Italian luxury fashion house Tod’s announced its sponsorship of Timeless Icon, a new photographic book charting the extraordinary life of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Exclusively for the occasion and in order to celebrate the D Bag, for SS13 Tod’s is launching the D.D. Bag, the evolution of the brand’s iconic style. On the other hand, the book which happens to embody Tod’s values of elegance and timeless good taste celebrates Lady Diana, her humanity and unique personal style.

The book was launched during Milan Fashion Week and will be distributed worldwide starting from March 2013. Part of the sales will be devolved to Clic Sargent, leading charity organization supporting children and young people with cancer and their families.