Indians fail to recognise young talent: designer Abdul Halder
April 15, 2008
New Delhi: Budding Indian fashion designer Abdul Halder, who shot to fame by designing costumes for pop icon Michael Jackson, says young talent is recognised in the country only when the West applauds his work.
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Urban India backs legal shield for live-in couples
April 15, 2008
New Delhi: Meena Bhattacharya, an executive with an MNC, says light-heartedly that her boyfriend Tanmay Mukherjee, with whom she lives in Noida on Delhi’s outskirts, has not been throwing his weight around ever since January.
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IIFA unveils new star line fashion wear
April 15, 2008
New Delhi: Movie buffs can now wear outfits similar to those worn by their favourite stars on screen through a new clothesline unveiled by the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in association with fashion retail brand BIBA here Tuesday.
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A crystal-studded bra worth $227,000!
April 11, 2008
Kuala Lumpur: A bra and thong set with a matching necklace studded with over 7,000 Swarovski crystals, worth RM 500,000 (approximately $227,000), stole the show at the Triumph Ultimate Support Exhibition gala launch here.
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Harshita surrenders pageant title, slams Gladrags
April 10, 2008
New Delhi:Harshita Saxena, the Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth title winner, Friday surrendered her crown after modelling agency Gladrags sent her a legal notice for breach of contract. An upset Harshita described Gladrags, with which she had signed a contract in 2006, as “unprofessional”.
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Two fashion weeks are unnecessary: Sabyasachi Mukherjee
April 10, 2008
Mumbai: This could be surprising, coming from one of India’s most talked about designers. Sabyasachi Mukherjee says the fashion world is a shallow one and that globally organising two editions of fashion week is unnecessary.
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This summer, look fresh and feel good in yellow
April 8, 2008
New Delhi: Be it clothes or accessories, yellow is big this season. Soft shades of the colour will be the perfect way to look and stay cool in the hot Indian summer, say designers.
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New Miss India is keen on Bollywood
April 8, 2008
New Delhi:Kerala beauty Parvathy Omanakuttan, who won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008, says she wouldn’t mind trying her luck in Bollywood provided the offers are good.
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Giorgio Armani proposal among 20 cleared by India
April 7, 2008
New Delhi: A proposal from designer house Giorgio Armani to start a chain of retail stores in India was among the 20 applications on foreign direct investment approved by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday.
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India’s fashion weeks: one offers glamour, the other business
April 7, 2008
Mumbai/New Delhi:Three years ago, leading cosmetic brand Lakme severed its relationship with India’s apex fashion body, Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), and started its own fashion week in Mumbai.
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