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Expect new faces at Lakme show
There is still some time for the city to get floored by the Lakme India Fashion Week, but we have already been flooded by details. And while we were finding our way through the maze of info, we learnt that there will be seven new designers at the LIFW. While the names of the all-important models are yet to be announced, there will be quite a few new faces on the ramp this year. The announcement is likely to be made in the next few days. As for the designers for whom it will be the first time, they are Vidhi Singhania, Namrata Joshipura, Gauri and Nainika Karan, Vandana and Divya, under the label Dabiri and Varun Bahl, all from Delhi, while Narendra Kumar and Falguni and Shane Peacock are from Mumbai. Sisters Gauri and Nainika Karan, who are making a debut at the LIFW, were inspired by old movie star glamour, actresses from the 50s and 60s, including Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, who they claim are “prime examples of high style”. The sisters who studied economics created their own label Magnetic Rag after passing out from NIFT. The name was spontaneously derived from a piano piece composed in 1914 by Scott Joplin, the famous composer of ragtime. Magnetic Rag is a prêt label of day-into-evening wear crafted for young women. The brand, offer the sisters, embodies their conviction that ‘fashion is for the eye’ and that ‘fashion, beauty and femininity are inextricably linked’. Gauri and Nainika prefer to cater to a very distinct persona, “one who likes to dress with a sense of occasion and enjoys that feeling of looking special”. At LIFW, they’ll be launching the label “Gauri & Nainika” which will be showcasing their fall-winter 2004-05 collection. Describing it as a celebration of femininity, the collection strikes the essence of their core sensibilities. The sisters add, “Ultimately we want to look back and see that we have succeeded in creating an image that we passionately believe in, thus enhancing the beauty and sense of self of women who identify with that image”. Vidhi Singhania, who is also showing for the first time, claims that Indian hand-woven textiles form the backbone of her work. A designer who enjoys speed and Indian classical music made her foray into textiles and fashion in 1994 after moving to Rajasthan. She’s worked closely with weavers in Kota and helped revive the Kota saree into a contemporary fashion statement. Vidhi sees herself as “first a revivalist of Indian handlooms and then a designer”. She also “adds value to her weaves by combining the Indian craft techniques like leheriya, block and bagh printing, batik and zardosi”.
— SKR
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Just ear-rings Jewellery and interior designer Alpana Gujral is presenting a two-day exhibition, ‘ Just ear-rings’. The exhibition showcases her passion for exquisite gems and gold. While some pieces are reminiscent of the past, others celebrate the Zen-like minimalism of white gold and diamonds set in straight lined design sense. “Ear-rings are one form of jewellery that you need to wear every day. Women love to buy every genre of design and that is what prompted me to host this exhibition”, says Alpana. For those seeking tradition, there is a whole range of long jhumkis, hoops and ear studs in polkis, kundans and Meenakari. For the contemporary look, there are designs in white gold. These limited pieces will be put on display at her studio in Lajpat Nagar on April 6 and 7.
— SKR
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Summer desires For the summer of 2004 Be: has unveiled a Spring Summer Collection that talks of “summer desires”. The collection is named so, because it aims at “transforming the deep longing (of kiss of the sun and caress of the wind on the skin) into a palpable desire”. Three lucid trends — ‘Wind caress’, ‘Sun kissed’ and ‘Floating froth’ — have been lined up. There is Aki Narula with pre cottons, Priyadarshini Rao with a line for men, Ashish and Smita Soni also explore new territories for men and Wendel Rodricks with his latest, all in Be:.. Georgette, cotton, chiffon and Maheshwari are designer Vijaylakshmi Dogra’s canvas for her summer collection. She has let her imagination run wild with turquoise, aquamarine, peach, canary yellow and lemon green. Colourful skirts in antique material, crazy bustiers and gypsy belts are part of her collection. Pitambari’s Spring-Summer collection of sarees and ghaghra cholis are in cotton, georgette and chiffon; in pinks, peaches, yellows greens, blues and medium pastel colours. Georgette, given its sheerness and toughness for carrying heavy embroidery and stone work, has been chosen for both, casual and formal wear. Cotton in different weaves and prints in casual wear and Organza in semi-formal wear is part of the summer collection. Flower motifs are prominent in colourful resham threads embedded with a coloured sequence. The casual collection comprises prints, Tie-n-dye and lehariya
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Wax museum turns showcase Madam Tussad’s wax museum was the venue where Ganjam, a luxury jewellery brand, chose to display its designs. Supermodels Madhu Sapre and Sheetal Mallar and a bevy of Miss India’s, including Nikita Anand, Ami Vashi and Shonal Rawat, walked the floors in Madam’s museum, showcasing the jewels. And the few heads that did turn were of the live audience, which included Ramola Bachchan and co, the wax inhabitants of the museum remained unmoved!
— SKR
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