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Oceedee, an accessible luxury shoe brand, has launched its most anticipated collection designed in collaboration with Rahul Mishra. The collection was showcased as part of Rahul Mishra’s Spring Summer’ 17 collection at Paris Fashion Week in September 2016.

The naive childlike perspective of Henri Rousseau’s art form the inspiration for the embroideries on the shoes while the chequered designs give a contrast to the clothes. In Henri’s art, we see a flower petal metamorphoses into a swan; the leaves into a zebra; flock of birds emerge from the leaves reflecting magical mirroresque impressions.

Designer created a variation of leather shoes, which included chequered designs, 3D embroideries, and rainforest themed embroidery. Traditional artisans bring to life 3D embroidery techniques on natural textiles like cotton voile and organdie inspired by Rousseau’s artworks, which are then transferred on to the leather shoes.

Manish Malhotra addressed the India Conference 2017 at Harvard Business School, sharing anecdotes from across his career as well as his vision for Indian fashion in 2030 with students of the prestigious Harvard Business School, corporate leaders and leading academicians.

Manish’s conversation took the audience over 27 years of his prolific career as a couturier, costume-stylist, entrepreneur and revivalist. He also spoke about the shifting paradigms of business in the age of social-media and the significance of India Pride in the current market landscape. A fervent profounder of India’s crafts legacy, Manish also discussed his hopes, aspirations and vision for India and Indian fashion in 2030.

Vida’, the Sanskrit word for discovery signifies a trail of unspoken emotion. To look within and to understand that beauty is in fact what you feel on the inside. This experience has influences and traces of the baroque and gothic time periods. The Rocky Star Label showcased his Autumn winter 2017 collection, Vida at London Fashion Week, right from the heart of India to the ramp of London.

At London Fashion week, Autumn Winter 2017, The Rocky Star Label manifested old world charm with new age magic in dramatic silhouettes and decorative prints. The colour palette signified the contrasting sides of a soul; joy and fear in contrasting shades of ivory and black with undertones of dusty greys and smooth beiges. Textured lace and embroideries with free-flowing silhouettes and flattering cuts highlighted the grandeur of the gothic period.

Designer Gaurav Gupta initiates the Guerrilla movement – ‘The Anti-Pollution Riot Campaign’, an effort to raise awareness about the sad truth of living in one of the most polluted country in the world, and help to raise awareness about this shocking situation and find solutions as a community in these toxic times.

With the insights on the state of our times. PM 2.5 is the invisible concentration of Particulate Matter in the air – WHO Safe level is 25ug. In comparison: Beijing declared red alert at PM 2.5 – 250 ug, Tehran at 150ug And Paris at 80ug, Delhi at any given time is between 250ug -1000ug, and Mumbai also averages at 250ug but reaches 500ug at times which is hazardous, toxic and inhabitable.

At certain times the level in Delhi and various other cities in India reach as high as 1400ug, which is equivalent to chemical warfare. This is a nationwide emergency – Death by Breath for all life forms and us citizens.

Gaurav strongly holds the belief that even though we are in the worst situation – children and people in general are resistant to masks, as we are still to fully appreciate the gravity.

Milan, 2017 – Gucci reveals its new window-design concept that showcases Alessandro Michele’s 2017 Spring Summer Collection for women and men.

Inspired by the Women’s Spring Summer 2017 show space, sequins adorn the walls, while velvet capitonnè pedestals and dummies display the collection. The windows which will be rolled out globally,are colour-coded: pink for women’s ready-to- wear and accessories and green for men’s and unisex ready-to- wear and accessories.

DKNY has become the latest on a list of global brands failure in grabbing the expected size of market in India. “DKNY is packing and exiting India,” said the executive of a mall, where the brand closed its store recently.

However, DLF Brands denied DKNY’s complete exit from Indian market. “DKNY has closed a few stores but will continue to operate four outlets all in DLF-owned malls in the National Capital Region.

However, the DKNY outlet in DLF’s Mall of India in Noida – among the ones which Timmy Sarna, head of DLF Brands, said will continue to operate – is closing, as per sources. Same is the case with most of DLF Place Mall in New Delhi.

Fonderie 47, a process of casting metal, turns AK47 into wearable art. To date, Fonderie 47 have funded the destruction of 40,000 assault rifles. Today millions of assault rifles plague Africa. It envisions Africa, free from the fear of assault rifles. Responsible for countless deaths, they enable and exacerbate violence against women and children, cause misallocation of resources and prevent economic growth.

Cross, well-known for stylish and classified mechanism introduces Cross Peerless collection by Fonderie 47. The designs of peerless collection highlight black PVD plating with 23KT gold-plated appointments. The cross disk used in the peerless collection is a transformed steel from an AK47 destroyed in Africa. Each pen features the unique serial number of a gun taken out of circulation to create it. The pen includes the certificate of authenticity signed by its creators.

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Monthly Archives: February 2017

Rahul Mishra x Oceedee SS’17

Manish Malhotra, speaks at Harvard Business School

Rocky Star Label Presents Vida at London Fashion Week A/W2017

Join “The Anti-Pollution Riot Campaign” by Gaurav Gupta

Marc Jacobs Beauty: Kaia Gerber

Gucci Unveils New Spring Summer 2017 Window Designs

DKNY Exiting India

Each Pen Funds the Destruction of an AK47