The Sher “Lion” is the king of the jungle with its impressive strength and endurance. We’ve added some strength of our own by using a high end foil finish to enhance the look and feel of this garment. It is part of our exclusive ~Limited Edition Collection~. Using traditional embroidery technique, we’ve added a crest, and finished with our trademark DW logo on the shoulder in a clean white Durcad film.
Witness the scene at the 11th annual New York Chocolate Show, this year’s chocolate fashion show theme: superheroes, where we hear the sad story of a chocolate-covered Leeloo from “The Fifth Element” who faints and breaks. (Via Grinding; photos at io9.)
Designers Gurpreet Pia Fleming of Bian, Rahul and Gunjan of Sirali and hair and make-up expert Samantha Kochhar have forecast four vibrant looks for the beautiful winter. “Winter does not mean that you go out of style. It’s all about creativity and exuberance of the inner self,” said designer Rahul of the Rahul-Gunjan duo. “There is a misconception that people don’t like to dress up in winter because of heavy loaded woolen clothes. It’s just a myth. After all, every woman wants to look and feel good,” he added.
In terms of collections, the designers are inspired by global trends and they have given them an Indian interpretation. For the “winter garden” collection, Rahul-Gunjan have floral prints taking the lead, but the hues have become darker and bolder - making your wardrobe a happy burst of colour.
If you were to ask the beautiful and the curvaceous Priyanka Chopra a word that ‘binds’ Friendship, Company, Companionship, Dosti, Mitr etc…then, we are sure that she will simply rattle it out as ‘Dostana‘, which also happens to be the name of her forthcoming film. And Miss Chopra is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to the film’s promotion; so much so that even the latest edition of the fashion magazine ‘Verve’ has got her on the cover of and has even named the same as ‘Dostana special’. It only becomes needless to say that Priyanka is looking more than a ‘mere’ million bucks as the cover-girl.
When Priyanka Chopra walked the ramp for the last time in “Fashion” she got a standing ovation from the audience at a theatre here. But the one to get most emotionally moved was her dad, who broke down seeing his daughter’s performance.
Watching Priyanka play the small-town girl who leaves home to become a model in the metropolis in Madhur Bhandarkar’s “Fashion” was a deeply emotional experience for Ashok Chopra Wednesday.
“He just broke down. Watching my character Meghna in ‘Fashion’, he saw his little girl from Jamshedpur going all the way to Mumbai to become Miss World. In fact his sense of identification with that whole portion in Chandigarh where I’m this plump Punjabi girl leading a sheltered life with her parents, was very deep,” Priyanka said from Dubai where she attended the “Fashion” premiere Thursday night.
Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham graces the cover of Vogue India’s November issue, trading in her western outfits for a traditional Indian bridal sari.
“Posh” Beckham, the wife of British footballer David Beckham, chose several bridal outfits by Indian designers for the photo shoot, the magazine said in a statement.
“I have long been an avid admirer of the Indian fashion and lifestyle culture,” Beckham, 34, was quoted as saying.
The magazine’s fashion director said Beckham was thrilled to experiment with Indian bridal wear.
“She absolutely loved everything about it — from the ‘maang tikka’ and ‘haath zeb’ (traditional Indian jewellery) to the gorgeous lehengas (traditional Indian skirt with embroidery),” said Anahita Shroff Adajania.
The magazine hits news stands on Friday.
Many established Bollywood beauties have recently taking on a new role - posing in skimpy outfits for international magazines. The risque photo spreads are jacking up magazine sales and added some hefty amounts to the bank balances of various Indian divas.
So far, the list of foreign magazines seeking open-minded Indian models includes Vogue, Conde Nast, Harper’s Bazaar, Maxim, Hello, Rolling Stone, People, Housekeeping and Marie Claire.
Former Miss India winner Gul Panag recently posed in revealing black lingerie on the cover of the men’s magazine Maxim. She follows in the scantily clad footsteps of sub-continental starlets such as Neha Dhupia, Amrita Arora, Deepika Padukone, Shreya
Saran, Minissha Lamba, Mallika Sherawat, Amisha Patel, Shilpa Shetty and Soha Ali Khan.
Needless to say, Gul Panag, like the others, worked out endlessly, stuck to a strict diet and reduced herself to the coveted “size zero” to fit into the perfect bikini and hot pants.
A few days ago, a foreign model walking in the DFW had said that she loved the Indian models.
“They’re so well groomed and we are so laid back, back home,” she had said. The same girl, after walking the ramp alongside the Indian girls on Day I of the DFW, said on condition of anonymity, “I think Indian models feel threatened by us. They’re being nasty to us and the choreographers too.”
It’s a bit of a turnaround, but the feeling was prevalent. Many Indian models had something or the other to complain about too, but they chose to be anonymous. “Why should South African models be promoted by putting our careers at stake?” asked one, accusing the South African choreographer of the DFW, Jan Malan, of favoring the South African girls and recommending them to designers while looking down on the Indian ones, preventing them from getting work.
UTV has had a dream year in 2008 with all its releases performing exceptionally well at the box office. Right from blockbusters like ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, ‘Race’ and ‘Kismat Konnection’ to small and medium budget films like ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ (overseas release),’Aamir’, ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’, ‘A Wednesday’ and ‘Welcome To Sajjanpur’, critics and audiences have reacted with enthusiasm to every release from the UTV stable.
This Diwali the studio brings audiences Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Fashion’ starring Priyanka Chopra, one of the most awaited films of 2008. ‘Fashion’ will be followed up with ‘Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye!’ from the director of ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’, Dibakar Banerjee; ‘Dev D’, a modern day retelling of ‘Devdas’, directed by Anurag Kashyap and ‘Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge’, a laugh riot, starring Paresh Rawal, Kunal Khemu, Sonu Sood and Soha Ali Khan.
Karisma Kapoor on the cover of the latest issue of Verve.
Karisma who is Glamorous as ever. This issue is a special edition that features the ‘Best Dressed’ women who might be varied in profession and attire but are still threaded together by their distinctiveness and appeal.
