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Mystical Mumbai Lakme Fashion Week

Mystical Mumbai Lakme Fashion Week
(NEW YORK) Imagine if, say, at the end of Oscar de la Renta’s show, the lights dim for a beat and then suddenly loud music blares, and Julia Roberts sashays down the runway. At Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai this celebu-moment is called the “Showstopper” and any catwalk worth its rubies concludes with a big Bollywood star hitting the “ramp” (what Indians call the runway) to screams and uproarious clapping. It’s the equivalent of a cricket star hitting a home run. Without a cinematic Showstopper, it’s like the fashion show didn’t even happen. Sure, the front row is stocked with stars seated across from editors like Bandana Tewari and Priya Tanna of Vogue India and IMG’s Fern Mallis. But the crowd wants to see their stars model for the supper. “Indians love their celebrities,” explains IMG’s Nikram Singh. “They love celebrities here more than they do in America.”

It’s the 10-year anniversary of Lakme Fashion Week. Designers and divas are out in full force. “Fashion Week has evolved,” says style journalist Vinod Nair, the group fashion editor of the Hindustan Times who is like the Cathy Horyn of Bombay. “The designers have evolved. It’s growing bigger and bigger every year.”

DAY ONE:
Anand Kabra
Titled “Kumari” for the two faces of a woman–goddess and tempest–Anand Kabra’s collection races from white asymmetrical shirts hung loose over stone colored pants to big time bling, like the silver and gold sunray striped jeweled cocktail dress worn by a model with a spray of red paint on her forehead. But Kabra’s clean, Zen-like daywear is the reason he was voted “Best Emerging Designer” at the 2008 Marie Claire Awards in India.

Lakme & IMG Celebrate 10 Years of Fashion, Presented by Samira Habitats
To toast 10 years of Lakme Fashion Week, 20 “Grand Finale” designers (the last designer each season stages a lavish, fantasy runway spectacle) present an enormous show with looks from the past, the present and the future. The thrill is seeing all 20 designers on one stage, everyone from eveningwear king Tarun Tahiliani to traditionalist Manish Malhotra to Varun Bahl, who shows a pair of Lurex bubble shorts as a “future” look.

DAY TWO:

Bollywood /India Fashion Week

Bollywood /India Fashion Week

Bollywood actor Amrita Rao display creations by designer Manish Malhotra during the Kolkata Fashion Week in Calcutta, India, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
lmost the whole film fraternity were seen at the Lakme India Fashion Week held at Grand Hyatt, on 30th March, 2009. This fashion week made platform for many designers and also actresses to share the ramp and to make their modeling career another chance. Stars like Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif who were earlier into modeling before entering Bollywood got a chance to walk on the ramp all over again
Event: Bollywood stars attended Lakme Fashion Week held at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Mumbai.
Guest List: Kajol, Genelia D’Souza, Tanisha Mukherjee, Celina Jaitley, Amisha Patel, Isha Koppikar, Tusshar Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Kareena Kapoor, Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Preity Zinta, Gauri Khan, Raveena Tandon, Shenaz Treasurywala, Manish Malhotra, Shah Rukh Khan, Vikram Chatwal, Hrithik Roshan, Arjun Rampal, Karan Johar, Suzanne Khan Roshan
Venue: Hotel Grand Hyatt, Mumbai.
Date: 30-Mar-2009

Japan Fashion Week

Japan Fashion Week
Particpating brands in JFW(Japan Fashion Week) Tokyo for Autmn Winter was announced yesterday. Total of 42 brands (4 new) will be showing off their latest style in Tokyo, starting March 23rd through 29th. In addtion of 4 new brands, JFW will be funding five “new & emerging” brands with costs toward running the show

Paris Fashion Week 2009

Paris Fashion Week 2009
The extraordinary Marc Jacobs brought it home again. He ended the season at Louis Vuitton with a triumphant show to end the Paris Fashion Week. He chose as inspiration (as he did in New York), the glamourous eighties. The pieces were ruffled and poufed with a slice of bling bling. A lot of shirring and ruching in print or in leather appeared on the runway. Also various forms of bubble skirts, satin leggings and wide short coats were contemporary. In total there were more than 60 outfits presented, which is very respectable when one considers that a Louis Vuitton collection by Marc Jacobs isn´t all of clothing!
Actually the show was a big flood of details and a rich accessory feast for the leather goods company. Plaited leather necklaces or belts threaded with pearls here, raced and ribboned over the knee tight leather boots there. And of course Handbags! Lets not forget handbags. Finally they are getting a little smaller, which doesn´t mean that they stop attracting attention. Marc Jacobs really outdid himself this time and created some very eye-catching new ‚girls-best-friends‘. A few of the bags are decorated with ornaments while others were flounced very nicely. I especially liked the solution with the golden bicycle chain, because this one doesn´t take itself too seriously. Don‘t forget to oil it ladies!

n one more season it may seem formulaic, but for now, Balmain is rocking the runway. With a raw mix of jacket and pant combos, bandage dresses, and slashed gowns, this collection is party and afterparty ready. Remember Balmain’s sultry Fall season? With its highly coveted (and already worn by Carine Roitfeld and daughter) party dresses and wild cut-outs? They’re back, and they’re better than ever. But Christophe Decarnin is not just exposed skin and energetic frills — he took his stab at the sharp shoulder. It’s too conical for my taste, but it makes for some stunning jackets.
Hilary Alexander reviews the Valentino spring/summer 2010 collection from Paris Fashion Week.
“Back to nature,” Lagerfeld said backstage, before the show, citing Marie Antoinette in her shepherdess phase, and a love of the countryside as key references.
But this was no costume pageant. There were Chanel cardigan suits aplenty, in shades of wheat, corn and poppy-red, with cotton jeans, calico knickerbockers, or a new side-split, short skirt. The models wore little crowns and stalks of wheat in their tousled hair, and high-heeled, wooden clogs – Lagerfeld’s answer to the platform.
On the stage was a flower-garlanded, wooden two-storey barn, and a giant haystack, with concealed “doors”, from which the models emerged.

London Fashion Week 2009

London Fashion Week 2009
London Fashion Week 2009: is a biannual trade show, where each season designers unveil their collections to a professional audience of press and buyers who visit the capital from the UK and across the globe….Gideon attended London Fashion Week, where he was invited to see the evening catwalk show of designer Jenny Packham.
Location:
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London SW7 5BD

With a multitude of media from the likes of Elle, Pride, Vogue and She Caribbean magazines gracing her front row seats, this London born designer has definitely found her calling and is heading in the right direction.

In this economy where fashion is still first and fore-most, designer Georgette Williams brings a fresh outtake to the industry by finding the middle-point and most importantly, wearable points, that lie between the outrageous fashion decisions that seemed to grace the London catwalks this season.
Georgie W. Couture’s Spring-Summer 2010 Collection ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’ was her debut solo show at London Fashion Week’s 25th anniversary, the perfect choice for this young label and a truly historical moment.
The Girl Can’t Help It’ is a collection inspired by the 40s/50s vixen. With an emphasis on the silhouettes, it is a celebration of the female form. Confidently feminine, it pays homage to a time when women rose to the challenge and fulfilled the roles of men and still maintained elegance and grace. With hard- wearing twills, delicate cottons and elegant satins Each garment, encompasses the spirit of a strong modern woman, who can do it all effortlessly and still look fabulous.

Delhi Fashion Week 2009

Delhi Fashion Week 2009
India’s luxurious and cutting edge fashion platform, the Delhi Fashion Week is programmed to be held from October 14 to 19 at Emporio, in Delhi. The fashion week ensures to project the dynamic and confident face of Indian design talent which has the potential to match and possibly surpass the best international standards. The list of designers who are to showcase consists of an eclectic mix of top notch and emerging young designers, whose creativity is unbounded.

The Delhi Fashion Week is all geared up to set new benchmarks for the Indian fashion industry creating greater opportunities for designers. The mainstay of the event is to bring the most creative talent to the forefront and make Delhi an important fashion destination.
Delhi Fashion Week promises to present a mix of renowned and emerging fashion talent in the country. Prominent buyers from all over the globe are expected to arrive as they have major interest in the Indian designers as well as the Indian fashion trends.

Make up, integral part of fashion parade or shoot, and currently at DFW duo makeup artist Jojo and Yatan Ahluwalia are painting faces gracefully with pre-preparation of their complicated job. Both the makeup artists have decided to give full justice to the designer’s collection. They are equipped with 18 assistants and they are doing their coloring job within a 3 hours before the show. MAC is the brand through which they are creating perfect shades suitable for the collection.

It is wrongly assumed that makeup artist start their brushes on the very day of event however, the fact is not so. In case of fashion weeks the makeup artist keep meeting designers to get adiquate knowledge about their collection. Any makeup artist requires more than a month to think and machinate the looks. There they discuss several things related to ramp as well like colors, lights and many more so on that basis they visualize the look of the model on the ramp. One of the duo said “some designers prefer a perticular color but they wanted us to use the different shae of the same color”.
The cosmetics used by such professional are so advanced that makeup for stage absorbs the light and gives a more dramatic look on the ramp. Looking from the designer’s angel they don’t only deal with garments their area of concern includes make up and the model as model is dominant and influential factor contributing their designs and makeup enhances the creation.

source :www.fashionmoksh.com

Rio Fashion Week 2009

Rio Fashion Week 2009
As we were suiting up like skiers here in NYC, our globe-trotting lensman friend Pete Miszuk was heading south to Fashion Rio where he was once again happy to document his escapades (and a much-MUCH sunnier clime) just for us.
An email from him midweek told of being carted out to the jungle to watch a fashion show under a rainforest canopy with butterflies fluttering everywhere (unreal! And to think we just have Exit Art!). We’re just thankful we can live vicariously through him. Check out more of Pete’s adventures in paradise, from the runways to the streets.
Above, from left: “The quintessential Brazilian fashion week style shot.” “Rio is truly a city contrasts. You have the beauty of the beach and behind that you have the favellas, but no matter what you always have the most breathtaking views. Here’s a shot of sunset with Christo in the background.”
Above: “The Redley show took place in the middle of the jungle on a mountaintop about an hour outside of the city. During the show there were huge butterflies floating everywhere in the air. It was completely surreal.”
“Fashion Rio really is one of the best fashion weeks you can experience with all your senses.”
source : www.refinery29.com

China Fashion Week 2009

China Fashion Week
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) — China Fashion Week kicked off in Beijing on Tuesday and the stage was given to young designers from across the nation and the world.
Young designers from 18 countries and regions showed their creative ideas as they competed for the 17th International Young Fashion Designer Contest – the “Hempel Award”, according to Wednesday’s China Daily.
Most dresses flapping down the runway were one-piece concoctions, featuring straight cuts, cold and simple colors.
White, black, dark-blue and brown were the only colors used to express the spirit of the show: “simple is best”.
“Simplicity is always in vogue, but this year it attracts more attention because of economics,” said Shi Zhiqiang, Time Out Beijing fashion editor.
“China’s fashion circle is not as influenced by the recession as those in the foreign countries, but we too won’t see fancy garments with much embellishment in this year’s fashion week,” Shi said.

source : news.xinhuanet.com

Jogja Fashion Week

Jogja Fashion Week
Bertempat di Pagelaran Kraton Yogyakarta, Selasa (4/8) malam, kegiatan Jogja Fashion Week tahun 2009 secara resmi dibuka Gubernur DIY Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X dengan memencet tombol yang segera disambut dengan pemunculan logo Jogja Fashion berupa gunungan wayang dengan tulisan “Jogja Fashion Week 2009, Boedaja In Motion” ditengah gunungan wayang tersebut.
Sebelumnya, peresmian Jogja Fashion Week diawali dengan tarian Asmaradhana yang menggambarkan para gadis yang sedang bersolek. Setelah itu, ketua umum Jogja Fashion Week Gusti Pembayun melaporkan kegiatan Jogja Fashion Week yang akan digelar 4-9 Agustus 2009.
Gusti Pembayun dalam laporannya mengatakan Jogja Fashion Week akan diikuti lebih dari 60 peserta dari seluruh wilayah DIY serta 50 designer fashion yang ada di tanah air seperti dari Pekalongan, Klaten, Solo,Yogyakarta, Riau, dll.
“Kegiatan lain yang akan ditampilkan selama Jogja Fashion Week 2009 antara lain pameran kerajinan, lomba desain fashion, lomba blogger foto, lomba rias wajah serta carnaval mobil Jip serta sepeda antik,” ujar Pembayun.
Pembukaan Jogja Fashion Week 2009 ini juga diisi deklarasi “100% aku cinta produk Indonesia” yang dilakukan oleh puluhan komunitas lintas ilmu dan pekerjaan yang ada di Yogyakarta dan dipimpin Kepala Bank Indonesia Cabang Yogyakarta Cahyo Utomo. Dalam deklarasinya, mereka bertekad untuk mempromosikan produk-produk dalam negeri pada setiap kesempatan yang ada. Selain itu mereka akan berusaha mendorong kemajuan produ-produk Indonesia sehingga bisa bersaing dengan produk dari luar negeri. Deklarator juga berjanji mengimplementasikan produk-produk dalam negeri dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.
Puluhan komunitas di DIY yang mengikuti deklarasi 100 % cinta produk Indonesia diikuti antara lain IDI, PHRI, Asita, asosiasi notaris, Kadin, persatuan masyarakat Tionghoa, dewan kebudayaan, BEM UGM dan OSIS SMA Stella Deuce dan masih banyak komunitas lain.
Dalam sambutannya, Gubernur DIY, Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X mengatakan karya kreatif pengrajin perlu dipromosikan lebih gencar ke luar negeri yang telah menjadi tujuan ekspor garmen dari Yogyakarta sehingga juga bisa mengangkat dinamika kebudayaan yang ada. Setiap ragam tenun mengandung akulturasi budaya yang memiliki nilai-nilai adi luhung yang pantas menjadi cermin hidup di masa kini. Sultan mempercayai produk-produk yang bisa diterima pasar global adalah produk lokal dengan sentuhan global.
”Kreasi generasi pendahulu sangat dipengaruhi budaya luar seperti China, Eropa, Arab, dll. Maka designer muda saat ini harus mampu mengangkat cita rasa masa lalu yang dipadu-padankan dengan tren global saat ini,” kata Sultan.
Acara pembukaan Jogja Fashion Week juga berisi peragaan busana bathik oleh 10 publik figure yang berasal dari beberapa walikota, kerabat kraton, istri tokoh masyarakat, istri seniman ternama serta pemimpin bank.

source : jogjanews.com