Lina Tipnis, Payal Singhal: LFW Summer/Resort 2010


Lina Tipnis’ collection drew it’s inspiration from Turkey and while she could’ve floored us, left us instead with a mellow “But haven’t we seen this before?” feeling.

The jeweled dresses were signature Tipnis; we’ve seen it before in her previous collections. The map print dresses with the jewelled detail didn’t really work for us visually. Boring and busy. What I did like though were the prints inspired from the blue Iznik tiles. So summer.

I do have a feeling we’ll be seeing many of these jeweled shifts off the runway.

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Lina Tipnis, Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2010

Oh baby, bling it on. This collection from Payal Singhal almost had us reaching for our shades. The crystal embroidery/the jeweled necklines under the bright runway lights were positively blinding. (We saw this collection in the store later and it still was jarring up close.)

In theory it sounds great… lots of separates, neutral colors like ecru in simple silhouettes paired with statement making jewel/crystal encrusted necklines but in reality, it was just so jarring. Loud and overwhelming, it was hard to look past the shimmer.

Considering though that these dresses photograph better than they look in person and the fact that many love their ‘bling’, I have a feeling we’ll be doing ‘spottings’ of this collection soon.

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Payal Singhal, Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2010

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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In Twos


Two back-to-back appearances of Feroze Gujral that we liked… The Cavalli one shouldered zebra striped top worked on her just as much the DvF outfit did with it’s burst of color.

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Left: At Just Cavalli Spring Preview
Right: At Kitsch Spring Summer 2010 Show

Photo Credit: HT City

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At The National Film Awards


Priyanka Chopra accepted her National Award for Best Actress in ‘Fashion’ wearing what I suspect is a Manish Malhotra sari. There were many aspects about her look that left me disappointed. Firstly, the color really didn’t stand out, the extensions were back (how I wished she had skipped them altogether!) and my biggest complain was that considering this was a National Awards ceremony and not a glitzy Filmfare awards, I would have rather seen her wear an outfit that was more demure in nature and packed more punch via color.

P.S. On an aside, there was a big ‘awww’ moment when she gave a kid (a fan) a huge hug after collecting her award.

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Left: President Pratibha Patil with Priyanka Chopra


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Left: President Pratibha Patil with Priyanka Chopra

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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At The National Film Awards


Wearing a self-designed black anarkali, Kangana accepted the National Awards for Best Supporting Actress in ‘Fashion’ last night in New Delhi. Until I find a better full-length pic, here is a first look but I have to add that between her and Priyanka (who wore a light colored sari) Kangana stole the show.

P.S. I spoke to her for a few seconds and her first reaction was “Oh, you are going to write about this tomm.” But, of course, Kangana! 🙂

P.P.S. Just to clarify, I was surprised that Kangana was aware of our blog and that we’d be covering this too which we did. She was very gracious and may I repeat again, looked lovely in black.

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Left: President Pratibha Patil with Kangana Ranaut

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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Day And Night


Before attending the FICCI Frames 2010 Awards in a Sabyasachi sari, Vidya Balan attended an anti-piracy campaign initiated at the seminar in a Sabyasachi anarkali. While she looked lovely in both outfits, I am drawn more towards the anarkali just because it was something different than what she has donned in the recent past.

Which look do you prefer?

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Left: At FICCI Frames Seminar about Anti-Piracy
Right: At FICCI Frames 2010 Awards


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Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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