An ageless purity of line, color and form inspired by the eternal beauty of the journey of life is the SS Surya collection “Song of the Little Road” for LFW SR 2014.
Renowned for his classic approach, resort-flavour and Indian motif, Surya draws his gowns, dresses, saris, jackets and drapes that is indian to the core. A palette of grey, blue, gold skin, cranberry brown, pale yellow, dull orange and white is treated to a royal mix of Indian Motif.
Urvashi Kaur launched her SS14 collection called ‘Semah’ for the first time at Ensemble, Mumbai.
Aimed to celebrate the revival of the country’s hand woven organic textiles and weaves from kutch and Andhra, Semah seeks three unified states of human nature- the mind (as knowledge and thought), the heart (through the expression of feelings, poetry and music), and the body (by activating life, by turning).
Seen admiring this personal showcasing by designer herself were Leander Paes, Nisha Jamwal, Swara Bhaskar, Tinu Anand, Tisca Chopra, Tilottama and Rasika Dugal amongst others.
Priyadarshini Rao launched her Spring Summer Collection 2014, Floating Images, is inspired by the impressionist painters such as Matisse, Cezanne and Monet. A wonderful play of water colours, being intrinsic to the collection, has soft easy contours, fluid lines and vivid water colour prints.
Dresses, wide skirt style pants, blousons and floaty tunics with never ending slits are made in georgettes, chiffons, modal and Japanese Bamberg. Hand-made laces make an appearance on trousers and dresses.
While the colour pallet dwells in beautiful summer shades of sorbet like coral, lime, aqua blues, vegetation greens, ecru and indigoes make up the line.
The launch saw the fashion brigade attending in full support with names like Arpana Badlani, Tisca Chopra, Anupana Chopra, Jatin Kampani, Vikram Raizada, Anil Chopra, Nidhi Sunil, Reshma Merchant, Umesh Jivnani, Vipasha Agarwal, Priyanka Bose, Tilotama, Arshia Ahuja, Roshini Chopra and many more.
Versova in Mumbai saw the launch of a unique hub of fitness and wellness titled ‘Inch by Inch’. Shital Nahar, the founder of one of the largest networks of gym and wellness centres in Mumbai, hosted the event accompanied by her husband Sunil Agarwal, Kunika Singh, and Maria Goretti.
Inch by Inch is an exclusive all in one conventional gym along with special spaces for classes of Art Spinning, Zumba, Aerobics and Yoga. Leisurely aspects include a swimming pool, Kids Activity Centre and a wellness salon. One of the major attractions includes the Thai Privilege Spa from Bangkok.
All embracing, the centre is ideal for those desiring a healthy living in a luxurious, exuberant and a comforting way.
To sum up, Bollywood celebrities like Arshad Warsi, Gulshan Grover, Ejaz Khan, Sandhya Mridul, Pooja Bedi, Shruti Seth and Ronit Roy among others were present to add glamour and grace to the evening.
Paris Fashion Week:
Manish Arora A/W14 collection featured an array of brightly-coloured dresses, trousers and jackets. Headscarves, face paint, flower earmuffs, head dress with beaded detailing added lot of drama on the ramp.
Models paired the with traditional Indian-style head pieces, Heavy skirts in candy-stripes, Indian-inspired headscarf, sari-style skirt and tunic, pink sweatshirt and loose trousers with a tropical flower print, were a standout from the collection. Colours seen were a mish-mash of pink, green, blue, yellows and orange with big graphic prints of tropical flowers thick stripes.
Meri Beti Meri Shakti, an advocacy initiative of Plan India along with a book on inspirational stories of daughters as shared by people from different walks of life,was launched by Amitabh Bachchan at thePalladium Hotel, Mumbai.
Present at the occassion were Govind Nihalani, Noted filmmaker and Plan India Board Chairperson, Bhagyashri Dengle, Executive Director, Plan India with Atul & Gayatri Ruia and some eminenet personalities, featured in Meri Beti Meri Shakti , Kalpana Shah with daughter Sanjana, Kirthiga Reddy of Facebook India, Prasoon Joshi, Sangita Jindal, Shobhaa De with daughters Avantikka & Anandita , Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Uday Shankar, Vandana Malik with mother Vandana, Brinda Miller, Meghna Ghai with mum Rehana.
After the much glamorous and the world’s largest fashion weeks of New York, London and Milan got over, Paris kick-started its fashion week on Tuesday 25th of Feb 2014. The six day fashion extravaganza showcased the ready to wear collection with the luxury brand Louis Vuitton making a debut and Nicolas Ghesquiere replacing Marc Jacobs who ended his journey with Paris Fashion Week last year.
Day 1:
The ready to wear collection at its first day saw designers like Lucien Pellat Finet, Corrie Nielsen, Christine Phung, Tex Saverio, Pascal Millel, Devastee, Cedric Charlier, and Anthony Vaccarello among others.
As the curtains were raised Lucien’s pieces of creativity, the star highlight of the evening included Corrie Nielsen’s collection. The British designer showcased a couple of glossy dresses with bulge on the hips and narrow on the waist line. The commonality among them was the wrap round head accessory, giving a unique dimension to the look. Colour range remained slightly blunt including Champaign, black, grey and white. The collection seemed fashioned for evening wears plus formals.
Up next, the French Christine Phung’s collection stepped on the runway as she showcased her ski-themed collection suitable for the freezing cold weather. Woollen sweaters, pants, skirts, leggings etc with a geometrical patch work, gave the feminine edge to the entire collection. Bright oranges, reds, blacks and blue were the ones among the varying colour range.
Following Phun, the Indonesian Tex Saverio came with his collection which spoke volumes. His show gave an embezzling view as the models dressed in goldens, blacks and shimeery yellows walked on the wooden floored ramp, with a crystal clear background.
Ending the evening was Pascal Millet with a comparatively sober and former collection among other designers. The collection included some full length dresses which were simple, yet glamorous.
All embracing, Day 1 ended on a good note among the audience.
Day 2:
The second day of the fashion week was equipped with the collections of designers like Christopher Lemaire as the curtain raiser, following who were Damir Doma, Guy Laroche, Yang Li, Dries Van Noten, Alexis Mabille, Rochas, Gareth Pugh, Undercover and Vionnet.
Speaking of the eye catchers, Damir Doma showcased a visually dark collection in contrasting colours. The dresses included full length woollen gowns, woollen sweaters paired with full length and three quarter length pants, long skirts and dresses. The colour scheme remained limited within the precepts of black, dark brown and navy blue.
Guy Laroche came in next with his extremely pairs of formal with an additional feminine edge added to each of them. Elegant long coats, transparent polka dot tops and dresses with a skin fabric, and tops paired with knee length skirts dominated the collection. A variable colour scheme included sky blue, beige, glossy black and grey.
Summing up, the Belgian designer Dries Van Noten stepped in with his rainbow coloured collection of the evening. Apart from the unique implementation of colours, Dries’ employe some ample amount of tailoring in his long skirts and dresses. With a creative stripes print on the uppers, the collection also included a furry coat, and a neon orange flower print, black dress.
Day 3:
After the two fashion-filled days of the Paris fashion Week, the third day came up with designers like Carven, SharunWauchob, Nina Ricci, Rick Owens and Balmain to name a few.
Carven this year’s collection included a number of short length straight fitted dresses. Where on one hand one of the dresses included the extremely stylish animal print long skirt paired with a long coat, he also had a an elegant furry beige coloured coat with a white tee withing, coupled with a thigh high boots, adding the required grace to the look.
Next, the Irish Sharun Wauchob showcased a collection which was plain, black and showy altogether. However, the long grey fur coat took away all the attraction of the onlookers. Among the other pieces, a see through, flower embroidered black top paired with an equally black trouser served to be the most appreciated dress among the audience.
Finally, the creative Balmain with a collection which outshined among all the other collection showcased at the fashion week. The glamour in his dresses could be view through his unique embellishments of the leopard, zebra and giraffe prints over his creations. A creatively knit, web-knecked red hot dress was the pre dominant attraction. Others included a similar fashioned bright yellow dress, and a black leather jacket paired with a skinny black dress and boots. All in all, the mirror runway bought out the best in Balmain for the evening.
Sonaakshi Raaj, will unveil a glamorous collection, Broadway Affair, on 15th March at Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Summer/Resort 2014.
Drawing inspiration from the surreal Broadway dance, the fusion of ballet, jazz and modern, the collection consists of fabrics like satin, georgettes, along with appealing racy structured silhouettes and flirty cuts. Intricate texturing and styles in fascinating solid and bright pop palette like white, black, champagne, peaches.
Focus has been on the multiform layering and draping, depicting fluid dance forms with opulent chunky, encrusted stone work with embroidery detailing to add a royal appeal to this collection.
The Delhi chapter of the old Sanawarian society organized a classic game of Polo, the Sanawar International Polo 2014, at the Jaipur Polo grounds. The two rival teams, the Birdwood and Barne Hall, with players like Jai Shergill, Gurpal Singh, Uday Kalan & Col Navjeet Sandhu in their ranks, were face to face for an exciting match which eventually ended in a tie with four goals each.
The chief guest of the event ambassador of Argentina, HE & the guests of honor were, Mr Marcial & Ms Fabiana, saw some well known faces to the likes of headmaster Mr Praveen Vashist , Daksh Oberoi, Sonia Jetley, Kashish Sharma, Dr. Gaganpreet Kapur, Divya jamwal, Puneet Chibber, Sahiba Singh, Actor Saurabh Mailk, Maninder Sethi, Prabhjeet.
