Milan-ge!
Want to know the styles that'll be hot in the coming winter? Hear it from fashion's trend forecaster in the city, Stefania Gulina from Milan
Beyond the Page 3 dos, out of the closets of fashionistas, surpassing the designers priorities, their creations and silhouettes, fashion has matured to become sensible and responsible. It has, in its own small way, brought about globalistaion, helped the fashion fraternity earn a living and has even taken up the cause of the environment. "Doesn't all this prove how serious a business fashion is, quite literally? It's one of the reasons for trade across the globe. We, from the industry, prefer using only eco-friendly fabric and ensure that all material is optimally utilized," asserts Stefania Gulina, fashion designer, lecturer, choreographer and trend expert from Italy, who was in town on Friday to interact with the students and faculty of INIFD-8. — Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Curry in favour
Chop a bloc
At the city’s Swaran Dhaba, paneer and mushroom chops come with a unique taste 
No spotless pathways, no swanky ambience to placate your aesthetic sense and definitely no well-dressed men to greet you in. Instead, here there are shouts for ordering food, a little boy to clean the rickety table and groups of people waiting to be served or get their khana packed. Yes, you guessed it right. This is a familiar scene at a well-known dhaba. And this week we feature the Swaran Dhaba, famous for their paneer and mushroom chop. — Photo: S. Chandan

French revolution
The School of Hospitality and Resort Management (SHRM) recently hosted an event to welcome its head of food production from Singapore, Tan Ming Chau. During the week-long stay, he will be teaching students about the French and continental style of cooking. Chef Tan has over 20 years of experience. 




Chef Tan Ming Chau (centre) with students

Cutting age
The Brits are no longer using knives to eat
Sales of knives are increasingly plummeting in Britain, with more and more people using their hands to eat food like pizza. Department store giant Debenhams has revealed that people have forgotten to eat with a knife and fork. Debenhams bosses point out that even when people do arm themselves with cutlery, it is more often just a fork.They have reported this change in the use of cutlery among the English at a time when pizza firm Domino's has announced that it has bucked the credit crunch with a huge 25 per cent rise in profits.

Bon Appetit
Creative cocktails
So, dear readers, let's talk alcohol, as promised, and swagger into the field of cocktails, the mixed drinks with a 'tadka'! I have a major grouse against these bewitching drinks. The trouble with them is that because they are sweet and delicious, I can guzzle them down so fast I don't realise what devastating after-effects they can have! They hit the blood stream at the speed of an Olympic sprinter and boy…that sure retards your speed as you navigate the tiny stretch between the sofa and the dining table, jittery on your two pins, like it were a tightrope walk! The Mixology Movement has revolutionised the drinks' trend and now, a straight whisky-soda or Bacardi-Coke is considered passé. 

it was head over heels. day 1 of the first edition of the four-day bangalore fashion week  had models stepping out in headgear full of plumes, punk and panache

A model walks the ramp wearing a highly embellished creation byParvesh and Jai inBangalore on Thursday. AFP photo: Dibyangshu Sarkar

Head start A model presents the creation of designer Tejas P. Gandhi. AFP photo

A model in the creation of designer Neelam Ashley. AFP photo

A model flaunts the design of Zubin Vakil.  PTI Photo