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These smart mirrors, can distinguish customer’s clothing pieces via RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags and displays them on a large touch screen. You can then request different sizes and colors of items in your possession, further one can try/check out different looks and the new fittings support Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and Portuguese languages too.

430Taking to the nostalgic journey of a never seen or heard Kashmir, the capital witnessed the unveiling of Kashmir: The Loss of Innocence’, a book by Kiran Narain at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. The book was unveiled by Guest of Honour Dr. Karan Singh, the launch also marked the presence of many eminent and renowned personalities like designer Ritu Kumar, Romesh Chopra, Vandana Suri among others.

The event began with an enlightening speech by Kaveree Bamzai which was followed by a panel discussion by Jyotsna Singh, Dr. Karan Singh, Surendra Kulkarni and the visionary Kairan Narain herself which was moderated by Kaveree Bamzai, editor at large India Today group. During course of discussion, author Kiran Nair traced bitter-sweet journey of her childhood.

Ermenegildo Zegna and Maserati have created a special capsule collection of fine leatherwear and accessories designed to honor the release of the Ermenegildo Zegna trim package available on all Maserati Ghibli and Quattroporte models.

Zegna’s master craftsmen have created a pure silk fabric with an extremely high visual impact for the cockpit and seats in what has been described as the ultimate expression of style and exclusivity. The automotive-grade fabric combines an incredibly soft feel with an elegantly technical look to deliver dynamism and a contemporary feel that is worthy of one of Maserati’s most iconic models.

The collection includes bi-material outerwear in leather and technical silk, special-edition sneakers, and scarves in 100% anthracite silk, fine leather goods and excusive foldable sunglasses.

JAEGER-LECOULTRE CELEBRATES: TWOJaeger-LeCoultre organized a private viewing of the photographic exhibition by Caitlin Cronenberg entitled “Two Worlds”, at its New York Flagship, with actress Sarah Gadon as a special guest.

“Two Worlds” captures the elegance, free-spirit and spontaneous personality of Sarah Gadon wearing a Jaeger-LeCoultre rendezvous watch.

‘The exhibition is the story of an inspiring actress and a meaningful watch collection, the Rendez-Vous, that grasps each moment with authentic fervour.The Canadian screen award-winning actress oscillates, between two diametrically opposed universes of her old and new life in New York.

She gravitates between Brooklyn and Manhattan, alternatively enjoying her home or exploring the city.

“Whenever I work with Caitlin we spend time ahead of the shoot creating and discussing the character at the heart of the shoot.In the spirit of New York we took to the streets to capture the real-time energy of the city”, says Sarah Gadon.

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Toronto-born Caitlin Cronenberg has shot the images for a number of international movie posters and captured many behind the scenes film pictures.The uniqueness and duality of “Two Worlds” perfectly epitomizes her inspiration and creative signature.

Discover this original photographic exhibition at its New York flagship on Madison Avenue, from November 17th – 30th.701 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd street) from Monday through Saturday, from 10am to 6 pm.

1Giorgio Armani, in his first broadway theatrical collaboration, has provided clothes for China Doll, a David Mamet play opening in early December, which marks the return of Al Pacino. The show also stars Christopher Denham as Ross’ assistant.
Armani has teamed with costume designer Jess Goldstein, to dress Pacino and Denham.

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Al Pacino first stepped on a Broadway stage in 1969 in “Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?” a role for which he won his first Tony Award.

1This year Karl Lagerfeld has chosen Italy to present the CHANEL Métiers d’art collection, which will be unveiled in Rome on December 1st 2015. The Paris-Rome 2015/16 collection will be shown at Cinecittà, the legendary film studio complex located in Rome. Cinecittà had its golden age in the 1960s thanks to the biggest names in Italian cinema and the Hollywood blockbusters made there, and today it’s still home to the sets of cinematic productions.

There, as the prelude to the show, Karl Lagerfeld will unveil his latest short film, Once and forever, made in Paris and featuring Kristen Stewart and Geraldine Chaplin. The two women play the roles of actresses preparing to star in a film as Gabrielle Chanel at different ages.

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This is the first time Kristen Stewart has slipped into the skin of Gabrielle Chanel. “She can look like Chanel, and I wanted to show Chanel through all the decades of her life and the comeback in the 1950’s,” declares Karl Lagerfeld. As for Geraldine Chaplin, this is the fourth time she’s embodied Gabrielle Chanel in the designer’s films.

The short film once and forever tells the story of a lively film production and takes place behind the scenes, from the costume tests and script meetings to the screen tests. “If I had made image after image of Chanel’s past, it would be boring.”

The cast of Once and forever also includes Jérémie Elkaïm, François Marthouret, Amanda Harlech, Jamie Bochert, Jake Davies, Baptiste Giabiconi and Laura Brown.

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As the face of the Paris-Dallas 2013/14 Métiers d’art collection, the 11.12 bag of the handbag campaign in March 2015 and then the Spring-Summer 2015 Eyewear collection, Kristen Stewart reaffirms her status as CHANEL muse and will now become the face of the advertising campaign for the Paris-Rome 2015/16 Métiers d’art collection to be photographed by Karl Lagerfeld and unveiled in the month of May 2016.

 

With just a month to go for fashion season to start, travelling around London, Milan, Paris, New York with no break is quite a task specially when you hardly have any time to head back home to change your wardrobe.

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We get down discussing the rage and essentials for a fashionista to carry for fashion weeks. Fanny packs is been quiet a rage previously during fashion weeks. Just after Valentino showcased fanny packs on runway. These came in the traditional shape (that flat-topped ellipse that’s pinched at both ends), but they also proved pretty interesting boiled down to the spare form of leather envelopes on belts.

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Supposedly, anyone whoz travelling so extensively wouldn’t want to be carrying anything too heavy, but equally your case needs to have enough space for the essentials, which suits all your needs from social engagements, business meetings to making a style statement at the fashion weeks.

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Coming up to clothes avoid packing the ones that crease easily, so no silk pieces or shirting. Idea is to plan out in advance and pack pieces which you can mix and match preferably which are in neutral tones.Try using tissue paper to keep delicate items protected, don’t over pack as it will spoil everything and you need some space to shop alsoJ.

Things which you should not miss are leather jacket, skinny jeans, trainers, glares and lip balm.

A must is your phone and music to detox.

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430Ramola Bachchan hosted a pre-party of HouseFull, a luxury home decor exhibition conceptualized and organised by her at Q’la Restaurant, Mehrauli.

The evening saw the presence of prominent interior designers and socialites from the cocktail circuit of the city Designer Pawan Sachdeva, Jean Marc, D’eirdre, Jyoti Pal, Robin Tanwar,Liza verma, Divya Verma, Ayush Bhassin, Meenakshi Dutt, Umesh Dutt,Monika Barara, Lina Bidani, Nasir Abdullah, Blanca Peralta, Rimmy Singh, Charu Vadhera and many more…

The pre-party also witnessed beautiful installations by Ivanka Lumiere, Purple Curtain and Viva Home Decor.