Rohit Bal is grand finale designer for Wills India Fashion WeekOctober 8th, 2009 The Grand Finale designer for the Wills India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 in New Delhi has been chosen. It is none other than Rohit Bal.
Curtains on for Wills India Fashion WeekOctober 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ace designer Rohit Bal is all set to add sizzle to the upcoming Wills India Fashion Week Spring/ Summer 2010 as the Grand Finale designer for the show. Bal was seen trying out his latest designs.
'Demand for designer clothes rising in small cities'October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Start small, think big. That seems to be the mantra of fashion designer Monisha Bajaj who in her new avatar as creative consultant for a multi-brand retail store chain believes that there is a demand for designer wear in smaller cities and it's better to "start from there".
Queenie Dhody launches jewellery collection in the capitalOctober 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Miss India-turned jewellery designer Queennie Dhody has unveiled Jewels by Queenie, her high-end collection of precious art deco jewellery in the capital. Dhody, the owner of a niche Mumbai store named after her jewellery range (Jewels by Queenie), has tied up with Notandas jewellers in South Extension in the capital to retail her collection, which was unveiled Wednesday evening.
British Indian brings sterling silver ware to IndiaSeptember 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - He is striking when the silver is hot. With gold prices hitting the roof, Britain-based Indian origin jewellery designer and entrepreneur Suveen Kapoor wants to take "sterling silver" - the new fashion alloy - to the masses.
Lamborghini to market lifestyle accessories in IndiaSeptember 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tonino Lamborghini, the Italian luxury brand, has entered the Indian market with a range of multi-media accessories to cash in on the digital and cyber boom in India. With an explosion in the sale of computers, laptops, i-phones, BlackBerry and satellite phones, and i-pods in India, the company will sell its signature "computer backpacks, i-phone, BlackBerry, notebook and camera cases at the mega lifestyle retail stores in the country," a senior company official, in charge of marketing and the distribution, said.
Kiran Uttam Ghosh's digital prints dazzle at KFW-IISeptember 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - City-based fashion designer Kiran Uttam Ghosh's spring-summer collection 2010, which focusses on digital prints, received huge appreciation at the ongoing Kolkata Fashion Week (KFW)-II. The creations included mainly georgettes, silk-based fabrics, nets and embroidery work on various forms of apparels like jackets, kurta-pyjama, designer saris, jerseys and ghagras.
Good clothes are also celebration of life: Amjad Ali KhanSeptember 9th, 2009 KOLKATA - Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, who walked the ramp with sons Ayaan and Amaan on the opening day of the Kolkata Fashion Week-II Wednesday, described fashion as a "celebration of life". "I feel music is a celebration of life and even wearing good clothes is also a celebration of life," he told reporters after his maiden tryst with the ramp in Zubair Kirmani's designer white sherwani.
Christian Audigier buys Nicolas Cage's homeSeptember 1st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage's famous Bel Air property in Los Angeles has been purchased by fashion designer Christian Audigier. Cage's mansion has been in the market for sale since 2007.
Saba Ali Khan launches her signature jewelleryAugust 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A jewellery designer by profession, Saba Ali Khan, daughter of Sharmila Tagore, has tied up with a diamond brand to design her signature line that she calls "an exclusive piece of art". Located in the swish Emporio Mall in Vasant Kunj, the showroom of Opulence has serene white walls that match well with the silver dcor of a diamond jewellery brand and allows you to feel comfortable and try on those exquisite pieces of shining white stones while sipping a cup of coffee.
'Patriotic' sweets in high demand in VaranasiAugust 14th, 2009 VARANASI - "Rashtriya burfi", "tiranga jalebis", "Jawahar laddus" and many such sweets are being offered by the sweet shops in this eternal city as Independence Day approaches. Sweets in the three colours of the national flag have become the most sought after in the city, some 250 km from state capital Lucknow.
Recession-hit Bangalore youth settle for street fashionJuly 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - A visitor taken to colleges across this city will be taken in by the trendy wardrobe of students. A closer look, however, reveals that the fashionable dresses and accessories are not expensive 'branded' items.
They will walk the ramp for 'good cause'July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Creations from top-rung fashion designers like Ashish Soni, J.J. Valaya, Manish Arora, Raghavendra Rathore, Rina Dhaka, Ritu Kumar, Suneet Verma, and Tarun Tahiliani will be on sale for a fund raising fashion show for underprivileged kids July 24.
Bangalore's latest offer - wine tourismJuly 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - It is not every day that one sees wine connoisseurs flaunting glasses of their favourite drink in public space here. But, come July 10, select residents of India's IT hub are expected to revel in the taste of the best, produced in Karnataka.
Jackson wanted to start a clothing line: designerJuly 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Pop legend Michael Jackson was in the process of designing his dream collection with French fashion designer Christian Audigier at the time of his death. "I was working on merchandising with him and launching a new line of clothes, which was actually Jackson's dream, contactmusic.com quoted Audigier as saying.
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