January 2017 - Page 3 of 11

Huawei’s smartphone e-brand launched its much anticipated smartphone 6X, engineered for the young uncompromising customers, the latest #swagphone ie #honor6x has innovative features like cutting edge dual lens rear camera, sturdy performance and extended battery life.

Being launched previously at CES 2017, the phone won accolades by foreign media, coming back to India the smartphone is localised for the Indian users in 14 local languages and comes with SOS button . Featuring a generous 5.5″ full HD display, the Honor 6X boasts a full metal slim body with 2.5D glass on the front and curved panel on the back.

The Honor 6X comes in three colours – gold, silver and grey with 32GB and 64Gb variant and will be sold exclusively at Amazon.

Keep watching this space for a user Interface with HONOR 6 X…

Blogged by Deepa Srivastava Kumar

In a first of its kind collaboration, India’s leading luxury beauty brand, Kama Ayurveda, in association with Caffé Palladio, Jaipur, unveiled fiori d’arancio – a limited edition exclusive candle at Jaipur.

This limited edition candle is inspired by the aromas of Sicily and has been crafted exclusively for Caffé Palladio, Jaipur. Fiori d’arancio is a handmade soy wax candle with the essential oils of Lime, Neroli and Cypress. As it wafts, its aroma transports one to the sunlit gardens of Sicily, Italian orange blossoms, dense bougainvillea, broody cedars and briny sprays of the sea.

On the occasion of the launch, hosts Vivek Sahni, Founder & CEO, Kama Ayurveda and Barbara Miolini, Founder, Caffé & Bar Palladio warmly welcomed guests such as Jane Jagger, Bharati Kher, Subodh Gupta, David Hare, Suhel Seth, Subashish Mandal, Nicole Farhi, Sunita Sekhawat, Yash Agarwal, Saachi Thahyamal, Kichu Dandiya, Saurabh Ailawadi, Shweta Ailawadi, Aavriti Jain, Astha Jagwani, Devika Arora, Mallika Dua amongst others.

Greenshowroom and the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin ended, after three highly three successful and action-packed days. With 179 international labels*, the pair of trade fairs has once again earned its place both as the main platform for ecologically and fairly produced fashion and a unique hotspot within Europe for sustainable fashion during Berlin Fashion Week.

ETHICAL FASHION SHOW BERLIN

At the “Salonshow”, selected Greenshowroom designers showcased some of the most exciting trends in contemporary fashion for A/W 2017/18. For the first time ever, Messe Frankfurt arranged for the catwalk show to take place in Berlin’s Energie forum, a dynamic setting for the highlights of the new collections. The show included pieces from a highly varied selection of current labels, including outfits by Austriandesign.at, Biaggi, Blue Valley, Inti Ferreira, Johanna Riplinger, Lanius, LaniusXKunert, Royal Blush, Studio Elsien Gringhuis, Studio Jux and Xess+Baba.

SALONSHOW

During the “Ethical Fashion on Stage” catwalk show, international casual designers showcased a broad selection from their A/W collections. The show included new items from the following labels that were exhibiting at the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin: B Frog, C. Pauli, Chapati, Colombo3, Elementum, Greenbomb, Jaspe, Komodo, Myssyfarmi, Naturaline, Organication, Shirts for life and Tranquillo. To finish the show, lavera Naturkosmetik presented the collection of the winner of the January 2016 lavera Green Fashion Award: Paul Iby & Johanna Winklhofer.

GREENSHOWROOM

India’s camel population is being drained by an illegal network of traffickers who are transporting these animals from India to Bangladesh for slaughter. The camel population has depleted largely over the last ten years and NGOs and the government is working hard on conservation efforts.

NGOs like Dhyan Foundation and People for Animals chaired by Mrs. Maneka Gandhi and women animal rights activists are constantly on vigil and tipping the Police off on information about these smugglers. Over the past year, this team has saved more than 1,000 camels from being trafficking from Malda & Islampur in West Bengal, Kishanganj in Bihar, Kotputli in Rajasthan and Gurgaon in Haryana.These camels are sold from anywhere between Rs 70,000 to Rs 1,00,000, during the cattle fairs in Rajasthan, largely to people coming from Baghpat, UP.

Equally gruesome is the way these camels are transported. Sharp knives and blades attached to the ends of bamboo sticks are used to forcefully load the camels onto the trucks by poking them in their rectum. Their legs are tied and the animals are shoved on top of each other. The journey from Rajasthan to any of these place takes close to 40 hours in the truck without food and water”, says the spokesperson at Dhyan Foundation.

International luxury couturier, Amit GT debut show collection is a tribute to modern day royalty. Inspired by princesses and queens of 21st century like Princess Kate Middleton, Queen Rania, Sheikha Mozah and Queen Ameera. The collection comprises embellished dresses and gowns in chiffons, tulle and delicate laces.

The chiffon gowns have light and airy quality in pastel shades of dog wood pink, peaches and aquas, the heavily textured ball gowns in these colours is an ode to the contemporary opulence. Shades of Cognac changes the colour palette for a little darker tone and give way for more formal gowns in blue grey and blacks.

The collection is meticulously hand crafted with satin flowers and butterflies that gives an allure of enchanted forest full of blooms and butterflies with artisanal finesse.

Mrs. Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation, was honoured by the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York. This special honour recognises Mrs. Ambani’s expansive philanthropic work in the areas of Education, Sports, Healthcare, Rural Transformation, Urban Renewal, Disaster Response, Women Empowerment and Promotion of the Arts. She is the first South Asian to receive this distinguished accolade.

The Met was most impressed by the diversity and scale of the work carried out by Reliance Foundation, led by Mrs. Ambani. The direction she gives the Foundation has helped it to focus its work on sustainable urban and rural transformation as well as healthcare, education, grassroots development through sport, and women empowerment. The Foundation’s support of Indian Art and the aim to take it global stems from Mrs. Ambani’s personal passion.

Reliance Foundation has benefited over ten million Indians, touching the lives of individuals across more than 10,500 urban areas and villages.

Gabriela Hearst and COTTWEILER was announced the womenswear winner of the 2016/17 International Woolmark Prize presented at a special event at the iconic Palais de Tokyo, Paris. This year, the menswear and womenswear awards have been held together for the first time at one prestigious event.

Born in Uruguay and raised on a sheep farm, the New York-based designer Gabriela Hearst was praised for her technical innovation and quality craftsmanship. Hearst’s International Woolmark Prize collection presents sleek silhouettes with updates on trench coats, pleats and an evening dress teamed with the more utilitarian baseball jacket with adjoining scarf, one-piece long johns, reversible puffer vest and cycling trousers. Using ultrafine 14.5-micron Merino wool for luxurious knitwear, though to 21.5 micron wool to create a wool-velvet fabrication, Hearst’s clean cuts and precision offers a collection set to stand the test of time.

COTTWEILER’s winning collection comprises sheer Merino wool base-layers, windproof mid-layers and quilted waterproof outerwear, with wool-blend fabrics ranging from 18.5 microns through to 19.5 microns, and recycled wool scraps used for insulation. The resultant collection brings COTTWEILER’s brand of fetish-infused cult and tribe codes into the world of wool, with utilitarian detailing – padded hoods, detachable cargo pockets, running caps, and elasticised hems and cuffs, for example – at its core.

Day 2 of this years, Paris Haute Couture was dominated by Chanel, as Karl Lagerfeld showcased individualistic collection that featured ovoid-shaped skirts and padded-out hips as new silhouette.

Chanel

The catwalk and seating suggested all-white with mirrored screens as models showcased pencil skirt of a tweed suit with an airy curve to give the illusion of a bigger bottom.

As for the eveningwear Bella Hadid wore a halterneck black chiffon coat dress flared gently from a raised waist. Kendall Jenner came in silver column gown, which was slender aside with a wide band of white feathers at knee height. While Lily-Rose Depp closed the show, arm in arm with Lagerfeld, in a ballet-slipper pink organza froth.

Alexandre Vauthier