Bollywood celebrities in sari

Asin in Anarkali suit

Mumbai’s luxury sweep

Yippee! Mumbai’s in for a big chunk of good news. (As published in Times of India)

It’s going to do the highest amount of business in the last quarter of this year than it did in the rest. Here’s why: Govt run Fashion and Design Promotion Council has opted for Mumbai over Delhi to host luxury event ‘Luxurion World’ in mid-Aug’09. Also, kicking off the second year of Inida Couture Week in Mumbai, Delhi-based Fashion Design Council of India is busy negotiating the final round of talks with title sponsor Sunny Dewan.

Vijay K Singh, CEO of FDPC confirmed saying, “Yes, we are all set to host a luxurious, by-invitation-only, high profile event called ‘Luxurion World’ in Mumbai from Aug 14, 15 and 16. This event has been organised in association with Maharashtra Economic Development Council.”

Meanwhile, Sunil Sethi, President of FDCI affirmed, “We are finalising our dates to announce second year of India Couture Week in Mumbai which will be held in September this year. Last year, we did good business by bringing together India’s best couturiers at a single platform. Thus, this year too, we are going ahead with the same. It’s only the dates of monsoons and Ganesh Utsav in Mumbai that will aid in the final dates.”

Incidentally, this is the the second time where FDCI will host a show in Mumbai while this will be the very first time where FDPC will be involved directly with an event in Mumbai. Incidentally, both have luxury as its prime platform. As TOI

Sabyasachi’s LFW collection II

Sabyasachi’s LFW collection

Gabriella Demetriades IPL Miss Bollywood 2009

Gabriella Demetriades photoshoot by Suvo Das.

 

Make way for white this summer

Fashionistas have long proclaimed that you can never go wrong with black.

The LBD (li’l black number) has never, and will never, go out of style. But now, it’s sure got stiff competition from the opposite member of its colour family — white. Be it because of the summer heat, or the spring in one’s step because of Spring, but white is overtaking its dark cousin and becoming the fashionable colour of the season. While whites and pastel shades have always been popular as ‘summer colours’, what’s new this time around is that people are not just donning white during the day, but at night too. No, it’s not just a brunch colour anymore, it’s the uber cool shade of Mumbai’s nightlife!

Take glam dolls Dia Mirza and Genelia D’Souza, for instance, who were seen wearing a chic white dress and white pants with a white blouse at recent late-evening events. What’s more, it’s not just the women, the men are donning the safedi ki chamak with elan too! There was the ever-stylish industrialist Yash Birla who dazzled in all-white at his recent do and even Kunal Kapoor showed off a casual white kurta teemed with a white gunjee and white pants with flair.

Designer Anamika Khanna feels white is a “chic” and “interesting” colour to sport in the night, for white attire can be accessorised to the tee. “You can go all white, and then accessorise with long necklaces, pearls, metallic jewellery, black, or even tribal stones like corals and turquoise. On the other hand, clean white also looks very classy,” says Anamika. Designer Gayatri Khanna feels white is the perfect colour for the sweltering summer of Mumbai, with its cooling, calming effect. “In the daytime, white can be accessorised with wooden beads or silver and for a more formal look at night, it can be teamed with black, gold or diamonds,” advices Gayatri. White has always been a universal colour, now it’s time to glamourise it a bit, up its oomph quotient and flaunt it when its dark outside. Go ahead, be white tonight!

Dev D’s Paro “Mahi Gill” on ramp

Bebo in FHM now

We have recently see bebo on the cover page of ELLE May 2009, now once again bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor can be see in FHM India May 2009.

Manish Malhotra’s Gitanjali fashion show II