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• By Priyanka
• September 20, 2010
• Face Off
• 13

All three ladies went the shimmer route… Tabu in a Nandita Mahtani dress, Amrita Rao by way of her cardigan and Sonakshi Sinha in her embellished dress. Question now is, whose appearance do you dig most?

L To R: Tabu, Amrita Rao And Sonakshi Sinha

Left: Tabu At Shabana Azmi’s 60th Birthday Do
Centre: Amrita Rao At Shabana Azmi’s 60th Birthday Do
Right: Sonakshi Sinha At Narendra Kumar Ahmed’s Show

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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LFW Winter/Festive 2010: Masaba

• By Priyanka
• September 20, 2010
• The Daily Etcetera
• 15

Masaba’s most recent collection stayed true to the designer’s aesthetic. She continued to play with colors and patterns, mixing textures to interesting results. While it wasn’t over the top kitschy, it wasn’t one for the wallflowers among us either. Some outfits were more successful than others but ‘boring‘ is not we’d accuse the designer of. It’d be interesting to see what this young designer does next.

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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LFW Winter/Festive 2010: Satya Paul

• By Priyanka
• September 20, 2010
• The Daily Etcetera
• 9

There were dresses, gowns, saris, lehengas, separates… Quite the extensive collection from Satya Paul. But that doesn’t mean they were all good.

Less said about the western-wear, the better. I hope to never see that rosette gown on a red carpet. Ever. The saris were pretty and wearable. We can’t help but wish the collection was better edited though, there is such a thing as one too many.

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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LFW Winter/Festive: Ritu Kumar

• By Priyanka
• September 19, 2010
• The Daily Etcetera
• 4

My feelings for this collection were as mixed as the clothes shown as part of it. Ritu Kumar’s The Label (designed by Amrish Kumar) showcased dresses, separates and Indian-wear (like those lehengas) with a more contemporary twist.

The pieces that had Indian influences worked really well and, those lehengas (second row, right and extreme right images) especially stood out. The rest though were quite humdrum. This prêt line is as commercial as it gets with pieces ready to be worn right off the runway and we have no doubts they’d sell… But as far as the “design” part of it goes, there was nothing new on offer here. Did I already say humdrum?

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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LFW Winter/Festive 2010: Shrivannarresh

• By Priyanka
• September 19, 2010
• The Daily Etcetera
• 5

Shrivan Narresh’s collection almost had a sense of no-nonsense-I-mean-business sort of femininity. While the clothes seemed futuristic, the styling seemed retro (Hello turban/headgear!) and, while the exaggerated architectural elements screamed Jetsons, the swimsuits had one longing for the Riviera.

We quite like this designer duo and found their collection to be a great mix of ready-to-wear pieces and those perfect for Editorial shoots.

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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