February 2016 - Page 7 of 15

Young rising stars, fashion faces and BAFTA nominated talent were out in force at the GQ x Hackett party in the lead up to the EE British Academy Film Awards. Celebrating five consecutive years as “The Official Menswear Stylist” to the EE BAFTA’s, luxury menswear brand Hackett in partnership with British GQ hosted a cocktail party at The Savoy’s Beaufort Bar.

Guests included actors Luke Evans, Alex Lawther, Freddie Fox, Toby Kebbell, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Christian Cooke. 2016 BAFTA nominated producer Asif Kapadia (Amy) attended alongside BAFTA and Oscar nominated director Matt Heineman (Cartel Land) and producers Jeremy Thomas and Alan Yentob,
along with friends of Hackett which included David Gandy, Oliver Cheshire, Darren Kennedy, Roxie Nafousi and Poppy Jamie attended. In addition, young British actors Will Tudor, Tom Burke, Johnny Bailey, Arnold Oceng, Michael Fox and James McArdle who featured in GQ’s ‘Can you Hackett?’ film shot by Bryan Adams were present.

Guests dressed in Hackett for the occasion; Luke Evans, Oliver Cheshire, David Gandy, Freddie Fox, Toby Kebbell, Alex Lawther, Christian Cooke, George Blagden, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Will Tudor, Arnold Oceng, Michael Fox, Craig Roberts, Timothy Renouf, Jonah Hauer-King and Asif Kapadia.

The penultimate day at New York fashion week observed improved weather conditions and whole lot of style. With Blake Lively creating lot of news in Michael Kors, the designer created wearable-yet-luxe clothes.

Marchesa’s dream collection consisted of embellishment, floral applique, lace overlay in romantic gowns while Delpozo showcased structured silhouettes and geometric shapes.

Bibhu Mohapatra’s fall collection was inspired by Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi and Naeem khan New York Art Deco architecture inspired collection was very theatrical. Jason Wu seems to be getting comfortable as artistic director for Hugo Boss, as there were looser, longer silhouettes and sleek black leather shoes, soft oranges and hot pinks, with asymmetrical, baggy panels.

Day 7 of NYFW showcased new trends to embrace. Lately, it’s been too much of fashion happening, so not to swamp you by the flurry of fashion news, but to keep you overwhelmed we bring you the day’s highlights…

Coach 1941 decked out its show space like a gymnasium. While Tory Burch fall 2016 collection was all about fun prints, jewel tones and clean lines. Rodarte fall 2016 showcased a dream collection, with real floral accessories.

This time around Vera Wang’s collection was not bridal wear whereas she showed monochrome, structured silhouettes with high slits. Ralph Rucci now called RR331 had just 23 pieces in black palette, with stark white walls playing perfect host to sharp silhouettes. There were sable shrugs and full-length wool crepe coats trimmed in the luxurious fur and designers suspended cutouts. A long-sleeve black gown fashioned from hammered satin with artful tucks along the skirt got prolonged applause.

Manish Arora has been conferred the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, the highest civilian award, by the French government.

His Excellency, The Ambassador of France, Francois Richier, conferred the Chevalier de la légion d’Honneur on veteran fashion designer Manish Arora, recognition by the Country for Manish’s renowned and critically acclaimed work and contribution to the world of fashion.

The Chevalier de la légion d’Honneur is France’s premier award to recognize eminent accomplishments of service to France. The award, being the highest distinction in France, is bestowed on both citizens of France as well as foreigners. In the past, eminent personalities such as Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachchan and JRD Tata and Ritu Beri have been honored with the prestigious award.

To celebrate the talented designer’s success, the French Ambassador hosted an evening of glamorous splendor over cocktails and delectable bites at the Residence of France. Commencing the investiture ceremony, close friend and the Fashion Features Director of Vogue, Bandana Tewari narrated a captivatingly beautiful written personal note on Manish’s journey from growing up in Malad, the suburban neighborhood of Bombay to becoming the most inspiring and distinguished designer in the world. Guests were seen enjoying a short video highlighting the different moments over the years of Manish’s career was played to honor the designer, followed by the medallion bestowed on Manish by the Ambassador of France. Some of the most celebrated and revered faces from the world of fashion, business, arts and the media including, Ambika Pillai, Subodh Gupta, Rajeev Sethi, Kalyani Chawla, Rahul Mishra, Priya Paul, Rajesh Pratap Singh amongst others were seen adoring and supporting the renowned designer’s work and accomplishments over the years.

The Fendi Jungle sunglasses are inspired by the Roman Maison’s graphic patterns and daring color combinations, in a unique mix of creativity and innovative design.
The new sunglasses are unveiled in a camouflage wilderness, echoing the geometric details of the frames, enhanced by a universe of natural elements: vivid colourful snakes, buzzing dragonflies and blooming flowers.
Discover the beat of the Fendi Jungle collection: a tribal rhythm takes the sunglasses into a dynamic play between the frames’ colourful inserts and the surreal lively environment, in a harmonic blend of nature and design along with a colourful video set in an animated creeping jungle.

Lately, Delhi was witness to an immaculate start to the Spring Polo Season 2016 with The General Sparrow & the Sanawar Polo Cup hosted by Entrepreneur Sunayana Chibba & Jai Shergill at the Jaipur Polo Grounds, Race Club, New Delhi. The Honorable Chief Guest was Dr. Farooq Abdullah who gave away the trophy to Sehgal Studs who emerged as winners of The General Sparrow Cup.

The beautiful afternoon was followed by a high-tea and a power packed performance by pop Opera singer Rakesh Borar. In attendance were the crème de la crème of the society including Shivani Wazir Pasrich, Poonam Bhagat, Bubbles Sabharwal, Sonia Jetleey, Ala Madhu, Shefali Talwar, Vandy Mehra, R.S. Jaura, Jaisal Singh, Kash Kapoor, Sangeeta Mehta, Preeti Ghai, Amanpreet Wahi, Rashmi Sarda, Dharna Hassija, Amit GT, Samar Jodha, Nikita Jain, Sanjana Chopra, Rony Kaula, Seema Puri, Nikhil Kumar, Julie Deb, Malika Jain, Sonal Jindal, Taniya Ahuja, Sonali Bhasin, Shalini Singh, Sonu Mukherjee, T.S. Shergill, Kunwarani Kamini Singh, Symran Dugal, Angad Kalaan, Charu Parashar, Ena Singh, Harjinder Kaur, Niki Nayyar, Nitin Manchanda, Preeti Singh, Ramneek Pantal, Ratan Kaul, Shalini Chauhan & Zsolt Pakozdy – Senior Councillor, Embassy of Hungary amongst many others.

Lately my fellow fashionistas are been asking me , that how come I am reading the NYFW as day 6 while the web says Day 5, to answer them all, the fashion week started from Feb 10,2016. Anyhow moving ahead with the day’s events we had Philip Lim, Caroline Herrera, The Row, Zac Posen, Thom Browne, Jeremy Scott, Vivienne Tam to name a few.

While Philip Lim showcased combination textures and patterns, Thom Browne’s collection was inventive turning sacks into overcoats and old trousers into capes, or fashioning a coat from two old outerwear pieces, one long, one short, or covering holes here and there with denim patches.
Caroline Herrera fall 2016 was a subtle juxtaposition and small floral embroidery. The line up featured traditional, fluidity and structure, simplicity and embellishment. Her seafoam green skirt was like a smoke cloud with a slight bounce.
Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row , showcased silhouettes that were long and loose yet lean. The juxtaposition of slightly oversized knit tucked into a more structured pant was outstanding.