December 2016 - Page 4 of 10

Recently, Delhi City hosted a two day long mega cultural festival ‘Celebrating North East’, where Designers, performing artists, Artisans, Craftsmen, Weavers from the versatile North East region showcased their talents.

The festival was supported by Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of MSME, Ministry of AYUSH and ARTFED (Assam Apex Weavers and Artisans Cooperative Federation Ltd).

To promote North East India’s Textiles, Handicrafts and Tourism, Assam’s leading institute- North East Institute of Fashion Technology (NEIFT) along with CARE LUIT organized Fashion show, exhibition focusing on Handloom, Handicrafts, Jute and MSME sector of the North East Region.

Versace has launched its website with new design elements, a more engaging interface, a more intuitive e-commerce platform and specially curated lifestyle sections.

The new site is available in five languages – Italian, English, French, German and Chinese – and has been optimised to suit all digital platforms including desktops and mobile devices.

Chanel has opened its winter store in the French Alps, with a new pop-up store – and individually designed cable cars offering even more luxury in the Courchevel this winter.

Designed in line with Chanel aesthetic, the pop-up in Courchevel is the second ski space to open a boutique after Aspen and houses the cruise 15 collection and high jewellery pieces, including the Sous le Signe du Lion jewellery and J12 watch collections. It is divided into four rooms, colour-coded in different shades from pale oak to bronze and walnut brown.

Each room has a selection of ready-to-wear pieces, while the fourth room also offers a large selection of footwear.

Designer Maheka Mirpuri unveiled a new collection for her select clientele, from sequins, feathered style to the metallic trend… Maheka had it all for the ongoing party season.

Those seen at the preview included Bhagyashree, Poonam Dhillon, Bina Aziz, Abha Singh,Rishma Pai, Roopa Fabiani, Arti Surendranath, Sheetal Nahar, Sangeeta Singh, Sayeeda Kurlawala, Kintu Bajaj, Kahini Arte Merchant, Lata Patel, Munisha Khatwani amongst others.

Akshay Taneja and Varun Bahl brought out all the fashionistas and trendsetters to come together and celebrate the launch of their sizzling new store and website RentaCloset.com.

Located at the Epicuria mall, in Nehru Place, Delhi the store instantly became the talk of the town with celebrities like Malaika Arora Khan gracing the evening in Varun Bahl along with Rohit Bal, Suneet Varma and Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna Gautam Kalra, Archana Vijaya, Kalyani Chawla,Dhruv Kapoor, Siddharth Tytler, Namrata Joshipuria, Anand Bhushan and Sonalika Sahay to name a few.
Rent a Closet is the first multi-designer rental store housing labels like Shantanu & Nikhil, Ridhima Bhasin, Manish Arora, Shyam Narayan Prasad, Preeti S Kapoor, Rimple & Harpreet Narula,Ritu Kumar, Sana Barreja, Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna, Dabiri Couture, Anaika, COLOSSAL by Simran Arya.

Recently Louis Vuitton opens another stellar Maison in New York with acclaimed New York-based interior designer Peter Marino at its fifth avenue address. the flagship store has been given a more open layout with various different sections, each dedicated to parts of its extensive collections.

Adding an even more exclusive allure to the store are a number of handpicked artworks by contemporary artists.

The year 2016 had handful of fashion moments leaving everybody dizzy with the latest being demonetization.

On the Indian diaspora,we had Manasvi campaigning for Donald Trump, breaking the stereotypes we saw pregnant Carol Gracios, Kareena Kapoor walking the ramp, transgender activist Laxmi Narayan walking as show stopper at LFW while acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi makes her catwalk debut on the opening day of New York Fashion Week. The year also had first accessory show and plus size show at AIFW.

However Internationally we saw YSL staging its own couture fall 2016 show at Paris. The fashion world mourned the loss of beloved photographer, Bill Cunningham. The rise of see now and buy now runway shows by designers was a welcome change at fashion weeks. Lady gaga walking for Marc Jacobs fall 2016 show at NYFW to Karl Lagerfeld’s staging a Chanel’s Cruise 2017 runway show along Havana’s Paseo del Prado, Cuba.

We look back the year which had sartorial highs and lows.

Designer Sunil Mehra brings limited Edition Pocket Squares for bonafide fashion lovers with unique and magnificent sense of style.

The range exudes brilliantly coloured graphics displayed on finest quality of silk. Every Piece holds an extremely beautiful story which has been thoughtfully embedded on it, reflecting the aspects like art, culture, music and society. Some portray the daily aspects of life and some illustrate the beauty of nature. The whole range manifests the representation of artwork fused into digitally printed pocket squares. It is an alluring amalgamation of art with fashion.

WHITE further strengthens with its upcoming edition – on stage from 14th to 16th January – thanks to the success of the MAN & WOMAN formula, thus reaching 270 brands (18% more than the January 2016 edition).

The tradeshow is currently the only event capable of showcasing the womenswear previews during the menswear collections, thereby reaching 197 womenswear collections, out of which 63 are hosted in the ONLY WOMAN area.

This edition’s special guest is the Danish brand Wood Wood, that will also tread the Milanese catwalks thanks to the collaboration with CNMI and the partnership with Copenhagen’s fashion tradeshow Revolver, in the framework of the project REVOLVER INSIDE WHITE.

The Finnish brand Aalto, designed by Tuomas Merikoski, is Only Woman’s Special Guest. The new section Friends of WHITE is all set to open its doors with Baltimora Studio and Polly King & Co, under the banner of the synergy with the showrooms. The protagonist of the special project is Momonì, brand created by Michela Klinz, while the crown jewel of the menswear selection is Indian designer Suket Dhir, winner of the 2016 Woolmark’s Prize Award, a menswear rising star, who will be in Milan for the first time.

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Monthly Archives: December 2016

North East Fashion Festival

Versace launches the new Versace.com

Chanel Pops up in Courchevel

Maheka Mirpuri unveils high Octane Glamour

Rent A Closet Store Launch

Peter Marino Redesigns LV Boutique, New York

Most Memorable Fashion Moments of 2016

Artful Pocket Squares by Sunil Mehra

White Man & Woman