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The famous Neapolitan pizzeria from Battersea, London, Pizza Metro Pizza celebrated its second launch in Mumbai, Kemps Corner. The founders and directors Mr Diego Palladino, Mr Sam Malde, Mr Jay Mehta and Ms Arja Shridhar hosted a preview for friends and family.

The menu conceptualized by Chef and partner Diego Palladino included a mix of vegetarian and non vegetarian dishes such as Palle di Riso, Raviollo Pomodoro and their signature ‘uno metro’ Margherita and Quattro Formaggi Pizzas.

Juhi Chawla was amongst the first ones to come and lend support. Also seen enjoying the evening were Milind Deora, Shaina N C, Harsh & Mala Goenka, Rahul & Malini Akerkar, Zeba & Rajesh Kohli, Nirav Modi, Gouri Pohumull, Sangita Kathiwada, Suresh Bhojwani, Sunaina Wahi, Rashmi Nigam, Ayaz Khan, Sharmilla Khanna, Italian Consul General Mr Ugo Ciarlatani and his wife amongst many others.

Armani Exchange unveiled its “Everything in Bloom” capsule collection to the Dallas fashion elite with a trunk show at The Joule in downtown Dallas.

The new line included fluid silhouettes in colors like leaf greens, clean whites with tropical prints of summer. There were printed poplin Fit & Flare Dress and printed Poplin Romper. Textured A-Line dresses were the perfect wear for the summers.

The “Everything in Bloom” is currently available at local Dallas Armani Exchange stores as well as online at the Armani Exchange website.

Niger the land much better known for battling Boko Haram and al-Qaeda is emerging as a world’s fashion capital.

Founded by African fashion legend Alphadi, Festival worldwide de la Mode en Afrique is a fashion event held in Niger in every two years. The festival runs for four days and showcases young global designers, the next generation of African talent, set names and last day is dedicated to music.

The event has already attracted famous international designers like Yves Saint Laurent and Jean Paul Gaultier and gets 60,000 visitors.

Though the country still needs improvement in education and industry, but this festival will surely give the chances to aspiring designers to come in spotlight and promote regional goods and art.

Ritu Kumar initiates the onset of summer, offering breezy options ranging from daywear to evening for the contemporary women of today.

The collection consists of button downs, maxis, shifts, long skirts, jumpsuits and chic tops, available in lively colors such as tomato reds, indigo blues, pastels and bright prints; the collection is crafted using seasonal fabrics such as jersey, crepe, chiffon, lace and georgette. The Label SS 15 collection has a lot of vintage prints.

Themuch awaited American brand GAP marked its foray with the launch of their flagship store in New Delhi at Select Citywalk mall, with an exclusive preview and the ribbon cutting by Kangana Ranaut.

Hosted by Kulin Lalbhai, Executive Director, Arvind Ltd, J.Suresh, MD & CEO, ALBL, Oliver Kaye, Business Head for GAP India, co-host Soni Mahdi Aggarwal and Arjun Sharma of Select Citywalk mall, the all American evening saw the who’s who from the city namely Nainika Karan, Fatima Karan, Gaurav Karan, Rina Dhaka, Nida Mahmood, Sunil Sethi, Sanjay Bijli, Selena Bijli, Vidushi and Shantanu Mehra, Mayur Sharma, Siddharth Tytler and Ameeta Seth among others.

Luxurious American lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger will be adding a new collection of furniture to its home offerings this fall.

Produced under a license agreement with LF Products, the new line will comprise of two different collections. The modern city collection will include sophisticated and furnished bedframes and sofas in lavish tufted velvets, crisp linens, and soft leathers in signature hues of red, white and blue.

The coastal collection will have classic white washed wooden bedroom furniture and natural linen upholstered seating in light blues and grays.

The new furniture line will be available in the United States and Latin America and key department stores, specialty stores and e-commerce partners by fall 2015.

Italy luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo is celebrating its latest made-to-order driving shoe service for men with unique new Ferragamo Escape campaign, which is the second installment of its online series “A Man’s Story.”

The campaign stars race car driver Mathias Lauda, SoundCloud co-founder Alexander Ljung and photographer Johannes Huebl. The men were photographed in Tuscany wearing the personalized driving shoe.

The campaign will debut on 1 July on driver.ferragamo.com

Renowned fashion house, Oscar de la Renta launched its resort wear collection 2016 by Peter Copping.

For the latest collection, Peter used late designer Oscar de la Renta’s signature motifs. He brilliantly used hibiscus palette of yellow, red, and deep pink, dashed with Caribbean blues.

The collection had jackets, scuba knits worn with A-line, pencil skirts in contrasting prints and weaves and coatdresses with a modern edge. The evening wear collection had evening bodices with swimsuit detailing, a short luncheon-to-beach caftan and gowns flourished with cascades of Spanish flamenco ruffles.

There were laser-cut black neoprene “lace” attached to a Chinese yellow faille dress with jet beads, appliqués of thick cotton lace in contrasting colors and blossom embroideries. Coats were made from geometric sections of matte suede and patent leather that suggested David Hicks’s sixties textile designs.

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Monthly Archives: June 2015

Pizza Metro Pizza second launch

Everything in Bloom by Armani

Niger Emerging fashion capital

Ritu Kumar summer 2015

GAP India celebrations

Tommy Hilfiger’s New Furniture Line

Ferragamo Escape campaign

Oscar de la Renta Resort Wear’16