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The YouthAids Benefit Gala “Faces of India” was an interesting night. While Padma Lakshmi and Miss India Puja Gupta decided to wear dresses, Ashley Judd looked gorgeous in a silk purple sari! And this time Ashley had the bindi on in the right place!
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We spotted Konkona Sen Sharma and Dia Mirza looking refreshing in white at the Middle Eastern International Film Festival held in Abu Dhabi. While Konkona wore a white lace sari with silver accessories, Dia chose a salwar kameez with gold accents.
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Jean Paul Gautier’s inspiration for Hermes Spring 2008 Ready-to-wear Collection came from India and that was apparant right from the get go! There were turbans and in some instances, models’ hair that was styled like turbans with really high top knots!
There were beautiful suede tunics embellished and embroidered…And, I absolutely loved the Nehru jackets worn over jodhpurs. I for one, have never been into Jodhpurs but they are big for spring and I have seen almost every designer do them or atleast interpret them! But how great would those super structured Nehru jackets look with ciggarette trousers? Divine. And, that swimming costume? So reminiscent of the timeless Hermes silk scarf! Fabulous!
And there were these reinterpreted Sari-dresses which left a shoulder bare and had that ethereal feel about them, though must admit, they did sometimes get campy! But not everything in a collection is ever all commercial, so I loved it! And those beautiful purple, aubergine hues made an appearance too! That is ‘the’ color! The rich deep jewel tones were just fabulous!
I loved the longer evening dresses. So feminine, so much of what makes them an instant classic.
The collection was très luxe, uber chic and unquestionably Hermes. Whats not to like?
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British Airways recently unveiled the new cabin crew uniforms designed by Rohit Bal. The uniforms will be worn by air hostesses on flights in the South Asian routes. Besides the traditional sari, the collection has sherwanis and kurtas for the women.
I like the piped lining on the sari blouses and kurtas, but, the red, white and blue graphic print on the outfits is so boring. I wish Bal had chosen a more indian motif.
I am surprised there was nothing for the men…Do they still have to wear suits? Would have been nice to have them in Sherwanis too! 😉
Maheka Mirpuri presented her latest collection “Khwaahish”. A collection inspired by Maheka’s wish to be a princess ever since she was a little girl. A lot of dresses with empire waists. Lehengas and saris with lots of embroideries. But the showstopper definitely was Sushmita who looked exquisite in a lehenga with a corset top.
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