Celebs at Lakme Fashion Week Winter 2010

Left: Rani Mukherjee, Right: Mugdha Godse

Rani in a yawn inducing outfit that combines her two current loves - black color and jumpsuits. I anoint thee Queen of Snoozeville!!

Black is the color of the day for Mughda! She wore a black jumpsuit to the Araish event and in the evening, changed into a black anarkali for Neeta Lulla's show. Cant find any major flaws other than her shoes..

Who:Tabu
Left: Shabana Azmi's party, Right: Lakme Fashion Week 2010

Tabu continue her love affair with sequins and short dresses. I like her white/gold outfit - its good I cant see her shoes since I am sureto be disappointed:-) The blue looks good on Tabu but I am not sure about the fit of the dress..Its really looks like a sack..

Left: Juhi Chawla, Right: Amisha Patel

Juhi and Amisha wore anarkalis to Neeta Lulla's fashion show. One looks graceful and elegant, the other looks like an idiotic moron..No prizes for guessing which one is which:-)

Who: Soniya Mehra

Its just not my day when even Soniya fails to cheer me up!! Sigh..Soniya wore a floral, multi-tiered dress to the event. I like her side-braid, the floral part of the dress and her gorgeous oxfords. The polka-dot part just doesn't flow with the rest of the outfit..Maybe if the dots were closer...

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Lakme Fashion Week, Winter Festive 2010 - Malini Ramani

Malini Ramani showcased Lakmé’s theme for the season - the Gypsy Collection, at the Lakme Fashion Week, Grand Finale. The collection was divided into four segments - Mystery, Bliss, Cosmic and Nirvana of life and consisted of tribal and gypsy looks.
Mystery consisted of black long creations with shimmering mirror and shell embroidery. Bliss was a riot of colors that ranged from yellow, red, orange, black, brown and green. Cosmic mode had outfits that were embellished with the magnificent feather, shell and coins. The show ended with Nirvana which was done in black and red with lots of mirror work.

A very big collection with some dresses that are outstanding and lots that are wearable once you strip away the makeup and accessories. I love most of the outfits in first and third row..The second row is way too colorful for me:-)






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Lakme Fashion Week, Winter Festive 2010 - Neeta Lulla

Neeta Lulla celebrated her two decades in the fashion industry with a show that celebrated Bollywood glamour. Her collection consisted of dresses, evening gowns, sequins encrusted turkish pants and net lehenga/sari combos. The garments were dominated by sequins, glittering Swarovski crystals, rosettes and pleating. The fabrics were rich silks, satin, chiffon, net and crepe and the color palette was vibrant yellow, orange, turquoise, blue, mauve, flame red, gold and emerald green.

I found the whole collection loud and tacky and fit only for the silver screen. The showstopper was Sridevi in a gown which I hope I never see again not even in Bollywood item numbers!!

Key Looks

The Always Fabulous SriDevi

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Lakme Fashion Week, Winter Festive 2010 - Manish Malhotra

Manish Malhotra's last collection that was shown in Delhi Couture Week 2010 was not well-received and was panned by critics. He redeems himself with this collection that closed day four of Lakme Fashion Week 2010. His collection was sponsored by Aircel and he used Aircel colors - red and blue as the building blocks. The look was luxurious all the way and clothes were decked with heavy embroidery, zari, crystals, sequins and brocade. He presented kurtis, anarkalis, lehengas and relaxed harem pants. Manish continues to be in love with panels and gota borders:-)
I loved all the net saris and colors of this collection are really fabulous. Lots of potential red carpet looks..

Key Looks

Red Carpet Pics: I can see the Kapoor sisters and Aishwarya totally wearing these saris. The second sari, first row would look good on Vidya after she is surgically separated from Sabyasachi:-)

Buyer's Contact:
Contact: Sujata Malhotra
Mobile :9821410862
Email : sujata@manishmalhotra.in

photo credits: filmicafe.com

Lakme Fashion Week, Winter Festive 2010 - Swapnil Shinde

Swapnil's collection "Dancer in the dark" was a fusion of 17th and 18th century styles of Europe and Indian lavni dancers of Maharashtra. His collection had two very distinct look. The first one was mainly in black/greys and the second one was in ivory white with a splattered paint effect. The outfits consisted of flouncy skirts with cinched waist line, draped sari style dresses, and evening gowns . Swapnil worked with chiffon, satin, Lycra, net, velvet, faux leather and exclusive printed chiffons.
I liked his white dresses with splatted paint effect best..

Key Looks

Buyer's Contact :
Contact : Rummana Sheikh
Mobile :+91 9773350884

photo credits: filmicafe.com

Lakme Fashion Week, Winter Festive 2010 - Ravage by raj Shroff

Raj Shroff collection titled, "Alice is Lost", gives the Indian bride a new free-spirited look. He used handloom fabrics along with the popular silk, chiffon, net. Dark green color was the main color in most of his dresses which he teamed up with red, ivory and yellow.

I loved the color combinations Raj has used - very soothing and pleasing to the eye. Fabulous layering and his dresses have a very origami feel. But I really dont think any bride is going to wear something this simple and plain. Maybe for lunch with the girls..

Key Looks

Red Carpet picks: This look is perfect for Kiran Rao (Aamir Khan's wife) and the cast of "Robinhood".

Buyer's Contact :
Contact : Raj Shroff
Mobile :+91 9844084182
Email : ravageclassic@gmail.com

photo credits: filmicafe.com

Lakme Fashion Week, Winter Festive 2010 - Shyamal and Bhumika

Decadent is the word that came to mind when I saw Shyamal and Bhumika's collection. They presented a collection that was rich in colors, fabrics and embroidery. Titled "Bejewelled", the collection consisted for regal bridal wear. The fabrics varied from velvets, to lots of silk nets, gold lame and luxurious brocades. The color palette was of jewel tones - bright red, sangria, plum, wine, emerald green, gold ochre and champagne beige dazzled on the ramp. A very beautiful, ornate collection.

Key Pieces

Buyer's Contact :

Contact : Shyamal Shodhan

Telephone : 0091-79-26562600 / 65415230 / 26442410

Mobile : 0091-9833520520

Email : shyamalshodhan@yahoo.com

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Celebs at Lakme Fashion Week Winter 2010

Who: Chitrangada Singh

The trick to wearing a tulle skirt and avoiding the inevitable comparisons to Carrie Bradshaw is to wear anything but pink and to go long. Chitrangda looks like a doll in her beige outfit. I love how her top is in the same color family but not an exact match with the skirt. The bodice is gorgeously embellished and is a nice contrast to the full skirt..

Who: Guest

What a boho-chic look!!

Who: Rhea Kapoor

Rhea continues her love affair with black pants and pairs it with a bold-shouldered jacket. I love the color of the shoes but not its shape. And she also managed to run a comb thru her hair..

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Lakme Fashion Week, Winter Festive 2010 - Babita M

Babita's collection at Lakme Fashion Week was called “Irzina Kara” or “Ravishing Earth”. It was inspired by the Cappadocia mountainous province of Turkey. The key features of her collection was asymmetrical silhouettes and structured draping. Dresses had zippers for interest on different parts of the garments and lots of cut work to add dimension to the clothes. Most of her clothes were wearable and easy on the eye. Pooja Batra returned to ramp modeling with Babita's show.

Key Looks

Red Carpet picks : Given her height, Shilpa can carry the first dress in first row to perfection.

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Lakme Fashion Week, Winter Festive 2010 - Krishna Mehta

Krishna Mehta presented a collection consisting of formal wear for bridal or Diwali nights. The collection had dresses, saris and lehengas. Heavily embroidered jackets were teamed with saris, lehengas or dresses and hemlines were rouched and doubled to give a slight western touch. Tunics and dresses were either sexy, short or turned into multi kali anarkali kurtas. The collection was heavy on mixing as well as layering different textured fabrics. The color palette was beige, gold, yellow, red and black..

All in all, a gorgeous collection. I loved the jackets that Krishna paired with the lehengas - would look so good with pants too!!

Key Looks

Red carpet picks: The first outfit, second row would be great on Malaika Arora Khan and I would love the see the flapper dress (first outfit, first row) on Lara Dutta..

photo credits: filmicafe.com

Lakme Fashion Week, Winter Festive 2010 - Anita Dogre

Anita Dongre’s collection at the Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2010 show was called “A Tale of Two Cities” and consisted of two distinct collections from designer.

In her prêt INTERPRET line, she presented dresses aimed at the jet-setting women on the go. The dresses were subdivided into two different color schemes. One was a monochromatic look in colors like red, green, blue and black. All these dresses were bodycon with lots of draping.
In the other, she used cotton fabric with traditional hand block prints in earth tones. Again bodycon dresses, with silver embroidery at the hemline or the neck. She kept the silhouettes simple.

In the Anita Dongre - TIMELESS, Anita presented ethnic wear in cotton fabric and vegetable dyes and hand block prints.

I liked the dresses done in Indian prints but again nothing very striking. Her TIMELESS collection was much better with beautiful lehengas paired with velvet blouses. All the models had the same hairstyle (ugy!!) , same style of footwear and loads of silver jewelery from Amrapali. I loved the stacked silver bangles..

Key Looks

photo credits: filmicafe.com