Basic Boo-Hoo

• By Priyanka
• May 8, 2010
• The Daily Etcetera
• 8

A plain dress in a neutral color with an embellished neckline is hard to go wrong with, and yet, these two ladies show us just how to…

The asymmetrical hemline and the rather overwhelming (and dare I add tacky) embellished neckline on Shonal’s Pria Kataria Puri dress does her no favors. Let’s not even get into the hair. As for Neetu, she does fare better but only marginally. The silhouette on her isn’t the most flattering either and the hemline sure could use a couple more inches.

More inside.

Neetu Chandra (left) And Shonal Chauhan

• Tags:
• 3d dome launch,
• it's a wonderful afterlife premiere,
• lakme fashion week,
• leena mogre gym launch,
• neetu chandra,
• resort 2010,
• shonal chauhan

Lecoanet And Hemant: LFW Summer/Resort 2010

• By Priyanka
• May 5, 2010
• The Daily Etcetera
• 3

Yes, yes, yes, this is a bit late in coming but better late then never, no? 😉

Didier Lecoanet and Hemant Sagar presented a collection titled ‘Green’ during Lakme Fashion Week, which focussed on ethical fashion, and used fabrics like cotton, handloom silk and poplin in a color palette that was mostly dominated by rusts, greens, creams, beiges and black.

The collection was extensive… an almost exhausting range of bleached denims, jackets, trousers, skirts and shifts, not to mention menswear as well. But we couldn’t help but feel it was a tad repetitive and uninspired. There’s only that many shifts that can excite you. After a point it was a blur of clothes walking by. The womenswear part of the collection seemed all over the place and not too cohesive despite it’s binding “organic” theme.

I’d be remiss though if I didn’t mention the menswear part of the collection. There were some standout pieces that looked really promising.

Lecoanet And Hemant, Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2010

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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• lakme fashion week,
• Lecoanet and Hemant,
• resort 2010

Paromita Banerjee: LFW Summer/Resort 2010

• By Priyanka
• May 5, 2010
• The Daily Etcetera
• 7

It was a collection with components that we are all familiar with… the colors, the prints, the fabrics and yet interpreted in a whole fresh way. Paromita Banerjee’s collection called “The Laal Paar and Other Stories” was an ode to the Indian handlooms and drew it’s inspiration from the Bengali “Laal Paar” which is the traditional red bordered sari.

While I wasn’t particularly fond of the wrap jackets and kurtas which seemed much too busy with the colors, prints and silhouette in question all thrown into the mix, I do recognize it’s more my personal taste speaking that anything else. The clothes were summer perfect and bohemian with a healthy dose of desi.

What I absolutely loved, loved about the collection were the pieces that were minimal and played with the ‘red border’ interpretation.

Paromita Banerjee, Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2010

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• lakme fashion week,
• Paromita Banerjee,
• resort 2010

In Libas By Riyaz Gangji

• By Priyanka
• April 23, 2010
• Found/Off The Runway
• 15

Did not like this dress on the runway. Do not like this dress off the runway in it’s slightly altered version either.

Left: Libas By Riyaz Gangji, Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2010
Centre And Right: Udita Goswami At ‘Chase’ Music Launch

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

• Tags:
• chase music launch,
• lakme fashion week,
• libas by riyaz gangji,
• resort 2010,
• riyaz gangji,
• udita goswamy

Poll This!

• By Priyanka
• April 20, 2010
• The Daily Etcetera
• 14

Mugdha Godse
Left: At Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2010
Right: At Sobo Menswear Launch

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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• lakme fashion week,
• Mugdha Godse,
• resort 2010,
• sobo menswear launch