Hats Off
From the ramp to the red carpet, the hat has been the flavour of the season as a fashion accessory. We do some hat hunting in the tricity
There can be no two views about this accessory, you either love it or hate it. Having long been used as a top-notch embellishment, the old saying goes, ‘If you want to get ahead and get noticed, then get a hat’. Indeed! Though women from an early stage were always expected to have their heads covered, for men it is hard to say when the cloth was pulled over as a headgear, but it was not until the end of the 16th century that structured hats began to be seen. 

Preity Zinta’s penchant for hats is known from her very first movie Soldier, and here she again supports a cream hat at the DLF IPL launch

Head turners
In the past, hats were indicators of social status, a religious symbol, or a simple head cover. Hats today no longer signify a particular status symbol in society, but now are more for functionality or for looking fashionable.

For a city that is high on fashion, Lacoste-17 has a range of pastel hats to choose from. Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Happy holidays!
Its summers and vacations are major area of concern. So as the fun time begins, here are few offerings to spend your quality holiday time. City-based danseuse Suchitra Mitra’s summer workshops in previous years were based on the basic steps and postures of Bharat Natyam. This year, Suchitra has planned something entirely different for the city learners. She is interested in tapping an entirely different group of learners for Abhinaya.

Quality time out for the kids

Dus ka dum
Fashion retailer Genesis Colors said it has signed an agreement with London-based accessories player Tie Rack for marketing the latter’s product in the Indian market and plans to open 10 exclusive outlets in the country in the next one year.

Stick to it
With mercury soaring higher and higher each day, what can be more refreshing and delectable than a slice of ripe mango? And lick or slurp this tasty offering with Creambell’s ‘Sacch Mucch Aam’, a new pulpy flavour on stick. The tangy flavour comes as a summer special and gives you the taste of real mango. With a new product line coming up, Creambell is also expanding its innovations with flavours. They have teamed up with Walt Disney and launched a product on Disney characters like Mickey stick that is a rave with kids.

Launch Pad
Watch Out
Sonata announced the launch of their vibrant collection, studded with glittering stones and beads, which will make a statement every time it’s on your wrist. The collection titled Sona Sitara is sure to popularise the bling look and bring back colour in a big way this season.

For love, for a cause
Adventurous is how these two social ambassadors from Malaysia describe their trip to the country
You will fall sick the second day of your stay in India, its dirty, potholes await you and save your stomach from Indian food”. These were some of the instructions that Norliana and Choy May Yee got before while they were packing their bags, from their peers who had been to India. Scary was the word that best described their feelings before landing in Delhi.

May Yee and Norliana

Private (n) perfect!
Saying goodbye to student life means a bash, not on the institute grounds but the dance floor.
Take your title, say cheese and exit back home! Official dos are no more than a platform for boring speeches, regular courtesies and lukewarm celebrations. Who wants to bid a farewell to exciting breathless student life the usual humdrum way, with teachers and juniors in tow? Who wouldn’t wanna let loose, let go and get wild? Final year students across the length and breadth of tricity institutes, seem to have gone a li’l private, a lot personal!

UIET’s batch at Rendezvous

You busy tonight?
If a new UK survey is to be believed, average girls’ night out takes four days, six hours and 33 minutes to organise. And that involves 12 text messages, four phone calls, three emails and a Facebook posting. 

Oscars to Cannes...

It’s child’s play:Slumdog Millionaire actor Ayush Manesh Khedekar arrives for the screening of the film Looking For Eric at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. Reuters photo:Jean-Paul Pelissier

Bean there, done that
While most ladies her age prefer to sit quietly, 103-year-old English lady Ivy Bean loves to Twitter, something that has made her the oldest user of the social networking site.

Tone
Come back time
This piece of news is for dropouts! Panjab University may soon give a chance to complete the courses left mid-way as way back as 20 years if the proposal at a Syndicate meeting gets a nod. Good move, bad move, practical, possible? Got to ask the campus goers.

Lying low
More than a third of Britons lie about their age, salary and sexual history, a poll of 2,000 people has revealed. The study for TV channel Really found age to be the most common lie with 36 percent confessing they’ve been dishonest. When it came to drinking habits, thirty five percent confessed to bending the truth, reports Sky News

Beauty and the beast
The animal instinct was very much on display at the Cannes red carpet as far as arm candy was concerned. From poodle pouches to croc clutches, arm accessories couldn't have gotten more beastly!