Monthly Archives: December 2015

Vacheron Métiers d’Art Fabuleux Ornements

The Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Fabuleux Ornements collection is an invitation to celebrate the ornamental beauties of the world drawn from the decorative arts of several cultures. Two year after its first launch, the collection unveils four new models born of the art of open working and a combination of artistic crafts bearing the Hallmark of Geneva.

Ten different master artisans have provided reinterpretations of Ottoman architecture,Chinese embroidery, Indian manuscripts and French lacework. These creations are equipped with an ethereal hand-engraved movement: calibre ultra-thin 1003 in 18K gold.

The finesse of the front-facing décor is precise to the nearest tenth of a millimetre, while on the back Vacheron Constantin has opted for an exclusively chamfered and hand-drawn finish that preserves a restrained appearance.

Razia Kunj Art and facts

Razia Kunj, a Mumbai based design fashioner’s debut collection “Art and Fact’ of hand crafted and hand painted jewellery will be unveiled at an exclusive exhibition at The Easel, Juhu, Mumbai.

Bridging the gap between art & jewellery is Razia’s debut collection of bespoke jewellery, which is the culmination of a series of experiments with shrinking the canvas where art meets fashion.With the intention to take art from the walls of galleries and temples, from the pages of Indian folklore, from dance forms and tribal art, from forgotten nook and crannies of rural India and hand it to a woman as a form of adornment.

Razia maintains that wearable art will continue to be her theme but she will be experimenting with more graphic forms. From recycling to conservation to pop art, she has a slew of ideas each of which will form an individual collection.

Sephora’s new concept store

Sephora has launched a new store with a difference, its new San Francisco branch houses 12 seats facing a chain of mirrors, in line with its latest initiative “teach, inspire and play”- TIP. Consumers can sit down to watch beauty tutorial videos at each station, and play with the Sephora products to get the ideal look.1Beauty buffs will also be able to peruse Sephora’s virtual try-on tools, such as their contouring app that maps out the exact areas of your face that should be highlighted or shaded. A four-seat skincare studio, equipped with a sink setup, is included in the layout to help educate consumers on the right products and techniques to address their concerns, while one can also purchase your perfect shades through the Sephora + Pantone Color IQ tool.

Versace SS2016 Campaign

Versace reveals Gigi Hadid, Raquel Zimmerman and Natasha Poly for its spring summer 2016 women’s campaign, directed by Donatella Versace herself with well known American photographer Steven Klein, took to the Salt Flats National Park in California for the shoot. While fitness instructor and mixed martial artist Lukasz Grabowski appears in the background of the campaign.

The idealized Versace Spring/Summer 2016 woman is of ‘an individual, who is proud of her own character,’ said Donatella Versace in a statement.

Saint Laurent Largest store in Tokyo

Saint Laurent has opened its largest store in the world in Tokyo.The boutique spans 10,000 square feet and is located on the famed shopping street of Omotesando, with interior decor consistent with the minimalist look of black marble, glass, brass and black leather, and carries Saint Laurent’s full line of ready-to-wear, leather goods and accessories for men and women.

To commemorate the opening, the store will be selling limited-edition Saint Laurent surfboards designed with Los Angeles-based artist Lucia Ribisi.

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Mariuccia Mandelli Dies

1Mariuccia Mandelli, founder of the Krizia fashion brand, has died, reports Reuters.

Krizia became one of Italy’s oldest ready-to-wear fashion brands, producing a wide range of clothing and accessories. Last year, Mandelli sold Krizia to Chinese retail group Shenzhen Marisfrolg.

Born in Bergamo in 1925, as a young woman, Mandelli had an irrepressible passion for fashion while she began producing clean and fresh lines of simple skirts and dresses.   The fashion designer chose the stage name Krizia, taking the last unfinished dialogue of Plato (Κριτίας, focused on female vanity).

As a designer, she has displayed her clothes through a series of “clothes-fruit” exhibited at the international apparel market, one of the first events where fashion collections were presented to the public. Seven years later, in Florence at the Pitti Palace, Krizia showcased a collection entirely in shades of white and black. She was the first woman to receive the prize “Critica della moda”, the bold combinations, the use of unusual materials, such as rubber or cork and the bold shapes were the reason for the nickname “Crazy Krizia”, ​​assigned to her by the American press.

In 1980, Mandelli her first fragrance, K de Krizia, and in 1982, she bought the Palace Melzi D’Eril, at 19 Via Manin, Milan, where in 1985, she moved the company headquarters, the atelier and showroom to. Three years later, Krizia launched a menswear range.   Since the early years of the millennium, Krizia has worked with young talents to design the collections. Among the most well-known were Alber Elbaz, Jean-Paul Knott, Hamish Morrow, Giambattista Valli and Gianluca Capannolo.

LV exhibits Volez, Voguez, Voyagez

430Louis Vuitton exhibition “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez”( fly, sail, travel) at the Grand Palais in Paris, from December 4 to February 21, 2016, gives an opportunity to discover the universe of the iconic leather goods House, which started its epic journey in 1854.

Olivier Saillard, Director of the Paris Fashion Museum and curator of the exhibition, delved deep into Louis Vuitton’s heritage collection and archives to select the unique objects and documents displayed. Spread out across nine rooms, from a trunk made in 1906 to men’s bags for elegant dandies, the exhibition presents the myriad aspects of travel that have always inspired the House.

The opening of the exhibition saw fashion and art’s elite flocking to the Parisian museum to witness, Karl Lagerfeld, Alber Elbaz, Olafur Eliasson and Eva Herzigová to name a few were in attendance.

Hainanese Chicken Rice

As Double Tree by Hilton (Pune), introduces new recipe to its 3 spices buffet, we get down bringing this mouth watering dish recipe for our readers.

To give you a quick recap, it’s a classic dish of the SE asia, typically found in the streets of Singapore, Malaysia, in which the rice is cooked in rich chicken fat with garlic and ginger, while the chicken is marinated overnight in honey, soy, ginger juice and local herbs and dried.

The drying helps crisp the skin upon roasting. Peculiarly the chicken when served on the streets is served room temperature while the rice and soup is piping hot.

Marination for chicken:

1. Honey -500 ml

2. Soya sauce light – 300 ml

3. Liquid glucose – 300 ml

4. Maggie seasoning-100 ml

5. Ginger garlic paste -100 gm

6. Five spice powder -5 gm

Method: Add all the ingredients in a deep pan and simmer it, until it gets right consistency. Marinate the chicken with it and roast  in pre heat oven at 150°C for 25 minutes.

Rice:

1. Jasmine rice -2 kg

2. Chicken stock-2.4 lit

3. Ginger garlic paste-150 gm

4. Chicken fat-200 ml

4. Salt -to taste

Method: Soak the rice for 30 minutes.Take the rice cooker, sauté ginger garlic paste in chicken fat. Add soaked drain rice and stock into it. Cook the rice until it gets done. Use fork to fluff the rice.

Soup:

1. Chicken stock-1 lit.

2. Radish -200 gm

3. salt – to taste

 bon appétit

Body Shop launches skin, spa and scent

1The Body Shop, along with brand ambassador Jacqueline Fernandez, unveiled new, skin, spa, and scent beauty rituals with the naturally infused products ranges; oils of life, spa of the world & new voyage collection.

Its intensely revitalising skincare range Oils of Life, is an expert blend of three exceptional seed oils, known for their supreme abilities to repair and revitalise skin. The body care range, Spa of the World alters your bathroom; it discovers the finest natural ingredients, refined textures and delicate fragrances, from purifying and firming clays, sensorial and luxury oils, refining natural scrubs and decadent creams. While, The Voyage Fragrances is on trend, feminine and desirable. Created by some of the world’s top perfumers, each fragrance is based around an authentic, traditional ingredient from some of the world’s most beautiful places.

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Celebrating North East

1North Eastern Region of India has exotic and unexplored states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Sikkim.3

With a history of traditional textiles and handicrafts, North East Institute of Fashion Technology (NEIFT) showcased its heritage highlighting Handloom, Silk, Khadi and Jute through a Fashion show, organised by Ministry of Textiles ,Ministry of MSME, Ministry of Home Affairs.

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