Monthly Archives: February 2016

Archana Vijaya evening soirée

430 16The joyous evening soiree was hosted by Archana Vijaya at Olive Bar & Kitchen, with lots of amazing shopping, lots of laughter and merry making marking the launch of her brand.

The fashion enthusiasts came to view the collection exhibit and celebrate the launch included AD Singh, Kalyani Saha, Niamat Bakshi, Nandini Bhalla, Payal Sen, Charu Sachdev, Bharat Sahni, Sid Tytler, Suneet Varma, Gauri Karan, Nainika Karan, Tanisha Mohan, Aparna & Deepak Bedi, Thenny Mejia, Pia Pauro, Vikrum Baidyanath, Ayaan & Neema Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Nandita​ Basu, Ramola Bachchan, Gautam Seth & Prateek Jain of Klove, Shantanu & Rima Mehra, Nikhil & Vidushi Mehra, Sanjay Sharma, JJ Valaya, Manav Gangwani, Gautam Kalra, amongst others.

Biggest names at the 2016 EE Bafta Awards

430The EE British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House, London, are the Academy’s highest film honours, rewarding the best work of any nationality seen on British cinema screens during the preceding year.To celebrate Hackett’s partnership as the Official Menswear Stylist for the fifth consecutive year, Hackett’s dressed some of the biggest names at the 2016 award ceremony.

Stephen Fry who hosted the 2016 EE BAFTA Awards wore a bespoke peak lapel green velvet jacket, double breasted scoop front waistcoat, formal Marcella shirt, trousers and bow tie.

Other stars who represented the brand while giving away the awards included Cuba Gooding Jnr., Eddie Izzard well known for his roles in “Valkyrie” and “The Riches”, Blake Harrison, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Riz Ahmed, Asif Kapadia, to name a few.

Hackett continues to support upcoming British actors for the BAFTA Awards and dressed “Star Trek into the Darkness” and “Kidulthood” star, Noel Clarke and “Fall” and “Humans” star Colin Morgan, who wore a black peak label dinner suit.

Hilfiger fall 2016 Women’s Collection

Tommy Hilfiger presented his fall 2016 collection TRANSATLANTIC JOURNEY on Monday, February 15 at the Park Avenue Armory, New York.

This season Hilfiger explores his signature love of nautical, seen through a nostalgic filter where formal naval influences collide with the romance of a bygone era. Its masculine meets feminine, charming and fun, with unexpected combinations that offer a playful sense of irreverence and cinematic flair.

The Fall 2016 line-up, hitting all the codes of classicism in a whimsical way had military coats steeped in tradition yet cut oversized in winter wool and trimmed with gold medals and bullion. Fisherman sweaters are softened with bits of tulle and wide-leg sailor pants turn up cropped in velvet, the perfect showcase for sky-high loafers with big sequin bows. The mix continues with Breton stripe tops done in leather, pretty pajamas and breezy silk dresses printed with drawings inspired by sailor’s tattoos.

The show was opened and closed by supermodel Gigi Hadid, the new ambassador for Tommy Hilfiger women’s, and featured top models including Hailey Baldwin, Sara Sampaio, Taylor Hill, Martha Hunt, Binx Walton, Imaan Hammam, Julia Nobis, Fei Fei Sun and Stella Maxwell.

Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology

1All through May till August 2016, Apple presents the Costume Institute’s spring 2016 exhibition in the Museum’s Robert Lehman Wing and Anna Wintour Costume Center, which will explore how fashion designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear.
With more than 100 ensembles, dating from an 1880s Worth gown to a 2015 Chanel suit, Manus x Machina will look into the founding of the haute couture in the 19th century, and the emergence of a distinction between the hand and machine at the onset of industrialization and mass production. It will re-examine the dichotomy in which the hand and the machine are presented as discordant tools in the creative process, and question the significance of the distinction between haute couture and ready-to-wear.

The Robert Lehman Wing galleries on the Museum’s first floor and ground level will present a series of case studies contrasting haute couture and ready-to-wear ensembles to unravel the hand/machine conundrum. Traditional métiers of the haute couture, including embroidery, featherwork, artificial flowers, pleating, lacework, and leatherwork will be presented alongside innovative processes, such as 3D printing, circular knitting, computer modeling, bonding and laminating, laser cutting, and ultrasonic welding.

New York fashion Week Women’s fall 2016: Day 5

Moving on to Day 5 people, means we’re halfway through Fashion Week. Starting from Prabal Gurung fall 2016 women’s ready to wear, he showed off his craft on a valentine day in melding voluminous furry coats and stoles with floaty chiffon skirts, slitted dresses with tall leather boots. Gurung maintained mismatched materials and breezy bell shapes in powder blue, milky white, plum, sand, and a fiery red.1

Victoria Beckham showcased her collection with husband and children sitting in the front row. Models were seen in checks, houndstooth and stripes, there were also spaghetti strap dresses paired with luscious ribbed knits, checked double-breasted coats with ribbed sleeves and knitted leggings. While Diane Von invited her guests to celebrate Valentine’s Day and “love power” at her studio with models popping in and out of view from closed doors, halls of mirrors, and a mockup of an office.2
It was a disneyland-style entry into Zoe’s show, as she presented a perfect encapsulation of her dramatic collection which was vintage and contemporary. She designed a shimmering gowns and trouser and lounge suits, which had materials including silk, velvet, lace, and pearls

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Bvlgari: Night of the Icons

Bulgari Night Of The IconsThe Italian Jeweler celebrated the movie with an exclusive party on the occasion of the 66th Berlinale event with top-class celebrities from the movie scene, the German high nobility and well-known personalities. In addition to Princess Lilly zu Sayn Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Nikolai Kinski, Hannelore Elsner, Jessica Schwarz and Jürgen Vogel amongst many others at the Hotel Noir in Berlin-Mitte.

Brand Ambassador Princess Lilly zu Sayn Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Bulgari Managing Director Sandra Mohsni invited to a journey through the brand’s movie history while exhibiting iconic pieces of jewelry, treasures of the last decades and the current Bulgari collection.

Parul J Maurya’s new collection

430Designer Parul J Maurya launches her latest Spring Summer 2016 collection with Actress Sonam Kapoor at her flagship store in Delhi.

The collection displays designers obsession with hand painted whites which consisted of florals, sea life, birds,playing the major role in her romance with artsy prints, in the form of embellished English bodices, floor length draped gowns, flowy dramatic lehengas, hand painted cocktail dresses. Zippered jackets, dresses and skirts in organza in bold cuts and neutral colours forms the essential part of brides journey.

The guests present at the event were Nikita Khattar, Nitin Vijay, Farheen Prabhakar, Abhishek Kaushik, Roshni, Rouchika, Preeti Ghai to name a few…

New York fashion Week Women’s fall 2016: Day 3

We start reviewing day 3 of New York Fashion Week womens fall 2016, considering the best of fashion you would want to know. As expected, Jason Wu’s front row was littered with stars, including Jennifer Hudson, Jaime King and Diane Kruger.Wu played with textures this season, including in his footwear. The designer is known for his glamorous evening looks and this time it was more regal in the form of red velvet shoe

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Fenty Puma by Rihanna fall 2016 had over-sized fur coat as a dress, knee-high boxing boots, crop tops with under-cleavage, or lace-up maxi dresses and streetwear pieces, a Rihanna style fearlessness with Bella and Gigi Hadid walking the ramp. While Zimmermann’s hairstylists used chopsticks to pull hair into the perfect, precise samurai bun.

Sleek middle-part ponytails took center stage while designer, Karina Gomez, redefined women’s contemporary wear in karigams show. Leather and shearling transformed simple business suits into high fashion looks. Shoji’s fall collection had the second-skin bodysuit adorned with sapphire jewels. All of Shoji’s looks reflected stunning tribal prints.

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Concept Korea is a global project launched in 2010 to expose Korean fashion culture during fashion week. This season, Yohanix and Jarret presented their fall/winter collections had hipster eyewear to brightly colored booties,fur-padded bomber jackets and adorable printed sweaters.

Gucci‘s new ambassador for watches and Jewellery

attends Gucci Timepieces and Jewelry announces Florence Welch asGucci announced that its new ambassador for watches and jewellery is the British musician Florence Welch, unveiling its latest timepiece, the G-Timeless automatic.

Lately, the House hosted a press conference to elaborate on this new partnership at a private event in Los Angeles. Alessandro Michele, Creative Director of Gucci, says, ‘Florence has become a good friend, but I wanted to work with her primarily because she is an exciting artist. Her dark, romantic songs are timeless and full of passion and emotion – in many ways they evoke the spirit of Gucci.’2

Florence Welch says, ‘I am a magpie, and when Alessandro and I first met we bonded over our love of jewellery.  I truly believe that what he is creating at Gucci today is magic, and I am so excited to be part of it.’

Reflecting her eclectic personal taste, Florence Welch has also chosen a bangle and a mix of rings from Gucci Jewelry’s Icon, Marché des Merveilles and Flora collections. Her hands are adorned with rings in 18kt yellow and pink gold, each decorated with precious stones, diamonds, or motifs like the honeybee.

Teatum Jones wins 2015/2016 womenswear IWP

Catherine Teatum and Rob Jones, from London-based label Teatum Jones, win the 2015/16 International Woolmark Prize for womenswear, presented at a special event as part of New York Fashion Week on Friday, February 12.

The award was judged by a highly esteemed panel, including André Leon Talley, respected fashion author, editor and consultant, former Editor-at-Large, American Vogue; Imran Amed, Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Business of Fashion; Tim Blanks, Editor-at Large, Business of Fashion; Stefano Tonchi, Editor-in-Chief, W Magazine ; Julie Gilhart, fashion consultant and International Woolmark Prize mentor; Thakoon Panichgul, Chief Creative Officer, THAKOON; Colette Garnsey, Director, Australian Wool Innovation (parent company of The Woolmark Company); and Stuart McCullough, Managing Director, The Woolmark Company; alongside representatives from the International Woolmark Prize’s retail partners.

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“I loved the original concept, the articulation of the concept and the romanticism of the clothes,” said André Leon Talley after the announcement. “They did their research in terms of sourcing and I believe some customers will really respond to the narrative. It was wonderful.”Thakoon Panichgul explained: “The winner took to the task of using wool in innovative ways. They showed artisanal qualities through wool lace, colour blocking and double-faced wool creating a three-dimensional quality.”

Inspired by a Wool Utopia conceived by English nun Agnes Morrogh-Bernard in 1892, whereby she founded the Foxford Woollen Mills to weave luxurious woollen blankets and restore hope to an impoverished town, Teatum Jones travelled to the mill to create exclusive blankets and modernised them with geometric foil prints and hand embroideries on skirts and jackets.

Using a mix of 17.5 micron and 19.5 micron Australian Merino wool for the clothes, and 23 micron wool for the accessories, the UK design duo partnered with a specialist guipure lace mill in France, convincing them to use wool for the first time, to create innovative, vibrant geometric Merino laces – inspired by the geometric borders of the blankets. Catherine Teatum and Rob Jones then flew to Italy where they developed stretch wool that feels similar to a scuba suit, upon which they bonded the Merino lace, creating a luxurious lace fabric that performed as a structured tailoring cloth.

Teatum Jones will receive AU$100,000 to help support the development of their business. They will also receive ongoing industry mentor support, and their capsule collection, created for the International Woolmark Prize, will go on sale in some of the world’s most prestigious department stores and boutiques. These include MyTheresa.com (online), David Jones (Australia), Harvey Nichols (United Kingdom), Boutique 1 (UAE), Isetan Mitsukoshi (Japan), Saks Fifth Avenue (USA) and new partner retailers Verso (Belgium) and Boon the Shop (South Korea).