High Heel Confidential

There were a few shows we couldn’t wait for them to get over and this was one of them. Nothing new or imaginative on offer, it was ’same ol’-same ol’ trussed up.

Pastels in georgettes, crepe, satin, chiffon with easy fluid drapes or textured accents with crushed fabric and embellishments were sent down the Satya Paul runway. Abstract prints, florals and heavy embroidery made up the rather extensive range of silhouettes shown on the runway, right from saris to gowns, to cocktail dresses, minis and churidaars. Whew.

And yet, nothing stood out.

Satya Paul, Lakme Fashion Week Resort 2010

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

Drapes, pleats and lots of layering came together to create a 3-D structural effect that dominated Vizyon’s collection. As far as the color palette was considered, it had a more serious cocktail-hour feel to it rather than a Resort one. The materials ranged from softer fabrics like chiffon, satin and eventually moving on to leather. Overall, the collection was way too overwhelming because of the many design aspects and we can’t see any mere mortal being able to pull off any of the dresses without looking clumsy.

FYI: Vizyon is a design house owned by Ayush and Shraddha Murarka that collaborates with international designers and this collection was designed by Ninon Palisse.

Vizyon, Lakme Fashion Week Resort 2010

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

Shyamal and Bhumika’s collection inspired by Holi had models walking to “Rang Barse”. The beginning set of outfits consisted of dresses with the illusion of color splashed on them and while we thought it was a print, on closer inspection it turned out that the effect was brought out by indeed splashing color on the material which in turn made the outfits feel stiff instead of flowy. A bummer because those were the more fun outfits of the collection.

Next came in cocktail dresses and gowns in a variety of colorful prints and while some were interesting, others just made us feel like were watching a Garden Vareli sari ad updated to include modern silhouettes.

P.S. Pardon the shaky video, we aren’t professionals yet at recording. :P

Shyamal and Bhumika, Lakme Fashion Week Resort 2010

Sonam Kapoor At L’Oreal ‘Golden Girl’ Launch

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

Former Ms. India Neha helped judge a preliminary round of the 2010 Pantaloons Femina Miss India. At first glance it looked like she was wearing the same houndstooth dress that we had picked in our FCUK column but on closer inspection, it turned out not to be the same one. While Preity dressed up her houndstooth dress with a jacket, Ms. Dhupia wears it as is with strands of pearls and while I may not care for the square-toe pumps, can’t help but admit that Ms. Dhupia looks quite fab. Quite a turnaround!

Neha Dhupia At Femina Miss India Preliminary Round

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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Both ladies looked geared for a long night of clubbing in their denims and use of Red as a one-two punch. All we could think of saying was, ‘Yikes‘! (Yes, not the most articulate. Blame it on the excesses of LFW!)

Manyata Dutt (far left, left) And Neha Dhupia (right, far right) At ‘Royalty‘ Launch

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

Though Ms. Manchu wears the Gaurav Gupta dress well (the pink of the dress works really well with her skin-tone), it’s the shorter dress from the press meet that I really like on her. The look comes together really well with the fun shoes and she wears it well. I like.

Lakshmi Manchu
Left: At ‘Alice In Wonderland‘ Premiere
Right: At Walt Disney Press Meet

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

Uh-oh, has the spunky young ‘un been Bollywood’ized?

So bland/meh. We miss the spunk.

(More inside.)

Left: At Walt Disney Press Meet
Right: At ‘Alice In Wonderland’ Premiere

I like how the red of the minaudiere pops against the nude shimmer of her dress but that’s all that I like about this look. The dress itself does absolutely nothing for Ms. Shetty, nor do the shoes. Having seen her do far, far better… this one’s quite the let-down.

Shilpa Shetty At ‘Royalty‘ Launch

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani