March 2014 - Page 25 of 28

Paris Fashion Week:

Estée Lauder sponsored the makeup look at the Anthony Vaccarello Autumn/Winter 2014 Fashion Show at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

For Anthony’s collection, which was graphic and modern, edged with accents of color, makeup look in the style of graphic fashion illustrations with ultrafine lines of black and red to accent the eye was created, making it sophisticated yet arty cool.

The makeup giants creative Makeup Director, Tom Pecheux, led a team of makeup artists to create the beauty looks on some of the world’s top models, including Estée Lauder global spokes model, Liu Wen.

Inspired by the most famous and the most beautiful journeys between the Silk Route and the Spice Route Piaget revealed ‘A Mythical Journey’ collection of art and excellence at On The Waterfront, The Lodhi Hotel.

The collection consists of thirty-two watch models on which micromosaic, embroidery, bullino engraving, and enamel rub elbows along with sixteen pieces of jewellery created from exceptional stones including emerald and sapphire spheres, facetted sapphires and emeralds, and facetted pink sapphires set in pink gold.

VIP guests and watch enthusiasts sum up the evening, seen in attendance were Jean Marc Shammas, Marc Menant,His Excellency Mr. Linus Von Castelmur, Swiss Ambassador to India, Devaunshi Mehta, Anoop Mehta, Chetan Mehta, Feroze Gujral, Mohit Gujral, Suhel Seth, Bindu Vadhera, Kamal Bakshi, Meenu Bakshi, Haseena Jethmalani, Pallam Raju, Mohit Burman, Rain Karanjewala, Manik Karanjewala, Vispy Patel and Vivek Sahni.

This experienced and enthusiastic designer defines fashion through her own eyes. She entered the world of glamour and fashion in 2007. Having completed her graduation in fashion designing from Raffles Design International, Mumbai in 2011, she was also awarded with the prestigious ‘Fashion Forward’ award for design.

Her early years of experience include internships with reputed magazines like Seventeen Indian and Bandana Tewari of Vogue India. While Veda’s professional experience includes working as the design assistant for Shivan and Naresh in Delhi and Payal Khandwalain in Mumbai.

The designer now looks forward to making her grand debut at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2014, marking a milestone in her career.

You can get Veda at:

www.vedaraheja.com

Karl Lagerfeld transformed the Grand Palais into the CHANEL Shopping Center bursting with energy, for CHANEL Fall-Winter 2014/15 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Models strode down the aisles of the shopping Center, sneakers on feet and shopping baskets in leather- interlaced chains or quilted trolleys in hand. With his typical humour, Karl Lagerfeld twisted the codes of daily life, mixing up the colours of fruit, vegetable and spices – beetroot pink, carrot orange, salad green, egg shell, mustard and saffron yellow – with CHANEL’s black, pink and navy blue in multi- coloured geometric prints.

The silhouette is corseted with large, loose shoulders and a range of mid or longer lengths. Alongside thick tweeds and knits come lamés and plastic-coated materials as well as lace, pleated silk, organza and chiffon. Box or trapeze coats, 4 or 5- piece suits, trompe – l’oeil dresses, evening dresses and coat dresses, slender-cut or flared skirts and straight trousers, the collection offers something for everyone.

Day 8:

The Paris Fashion week reaches its second last day with some more glamour and magnetism for fashion freaks. The day met with designers like Fatima Lopes, Chanel, Agnés B, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, ValentinYudashkin, Valentino, Junko Shimada, Iris Van Herpen, Shiatzy Chen, Paul&Joe and Alexander McQueen exhibiting their collections on the runway.

The curtains were raised by Chanel’s morning show moving on, we saw Jean-Charles de Castelbajac stepped in showcasing their respective silhouettes and prints. The designers employed some unique range of colours like glossy peach, leafy green, burgundy and black current-violet. On a close look at the garment, one could easily get flattered by unique folds applied to the coats. The dresses were focussed on full lengths ranging from ill-fitted straight dresses paired with coats to long printed skirts paired with sweaters. All in all, the collection was simple and pretty adding extra eye-catching-brightness to the show.

The other highlights of the evening included Valentino with exclusive range of gowns, polka dots and embroideries. Designers MariaGrazia and PierpaoloPiccioli made an effort to create a collection of wearable garments with a mix and match of colours and graphic prints. Gowns with floral prints on net fabric which added a feminine edge to the look, dominated the collection. The run-way was set up to create a simple dreamy atmosphere to add rhythm to the beauty of the clothes.

Alas! it marked the end of all the razzle-dazzle of day 8 at the Paris Fashion Week.

Designer Rajat Tangri popularly known for his high-end western couture and prêt, unveils an eclectic collection titled, ‘Garden of Eden’ at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2014.

Inspired by the old school of Hollywood, the collection celebrates the perfumed gardens of European landscaping. The signature cocktail silhouettes are detailed with asymmetric placement of floral springs in luscious palette of gold ochre, dove grey, vintage mint with pop of neon peach with sporty ascents like zipper details, mesh cover-ups.

Intricate couture embellishments in forms of chinoiserie flowers from delicate chrysanthemums, poises etc are married with sports luxe patterns and refined textiles like Italian & duchess satin, silk taffeta, organza, tulle and structured metallic fabrics.

Jessics wore a sequin embroidered strapless dress from the Spring/Summer 2014 Haute Couture Collection.

Cate Blanchett won the Academy Award as ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ for her performance in Blue Jasmine.

Koëcsh by Kresha Bajaj is a stylish yet safe online realm to discover and acquire all things fun, cool, weird and fashion forward. Koëcsh VIK is a luxurious extension of the website and comes with an OTT dose of edgy fashion for the first time at this LFW SR 2014.

The collection kick starts with the Koëcsh signature style that has a very dark, edgy, punk rock yet extremely glamorous feel. Extravagant stone embellishments interspersed among the signature chain, spike and leather detailing define the Koëcsh VIK style. Boning and corsetry form the backbone of the incredible garment construction featuring amazingly fitted yet extremely body-flattering silhouettes.

The collection slowly transitions into more regal and elegant pieces as black diffuses into rich jewel tones while the metal and mesh give way to intricate filigree cutwork and bold beaded fringe. Breath taking lehengas, gowns, saris, pants, beaded capes and embellished collars give a cool make over to these contemporary styles.