Ace designer Neeta Lulla has been lending her creative touch to Aishwarya Rai’s wardrobe for more than a decade. Having dressed the actress in varied costumes in movies like ‘Taal’, ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ and ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, the designer feels the sari suits the former beauty queen best.
‘No doubt Aishwarya looks beautiful in [...]
Want to chill out with a glass of wine with like-minded women and learn more about the drink that is fast catching the fancy of discerning Indians? Welcome to the Wine Women and Wit (W3) club, meant exclusively for women who want to know more about wine and enjoy it too.
Dharti Desai, founder and [...]
They may have got a glimpse of stardom, but just looking like their favourite heroes is not enough, say Bollywood’s ‘duplicates’ who are tired of being seen as nothing but comedians.
‘Today I am here because of my looks. But I have a regret that I have been typecast as a comedian. No one understands that [...]
For those who dread surgical methods to enhance their beauty, non-surgical stem cell facelifts have come as good news.
Facelift surgery involves removing excess skin and fat and making tissues firmer. Stem cell facelift, in contrast, is a facial rejuvenation without surgery.
‘Stem cell facelift is carried out under local anaesthesia and fat is harvested from the [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Celina Jaitley has already dabbled in Telugu and Kannada films and the former beauty queen now wants to work in a Bengali film, preferably one with Rituparno Ghosh.
‘I have spent a lot of time in West Bengal and this is the reason I can easily associate myself with the place, [...]
Jaipur, Dec 27 (IANS) At first glance, it is difficult to believe that the Raj Palace has been standing for around 300 years. The pale yellow walls, lush green gardens and antique furniture look too perfect to be that old. It has all been restored in painstaking detail.
Located on the Amber Fort Road near Zorawar [...]
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Exotic food and cocktails, foreign DJs, party packages – five-star hotels are big on Christmas and New Year celebrations this time, with the Mumbai terror attacks having brought the previous year to a grim end. Security, of course, will be high.
‘People are very enthusiastic about New Year celebrations. After all, [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Ace stylists like Sabysachi Mukherjee and Manish Malhotra are eyeing Bollywood with plans to direct movies on romance, art and more. Though their numbers are still small, fashion designers turning movie directors seems to be quite the fad.
Kolkata-based Mukherjee has said that he is ready with the script for his [...]
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Fashion evolves every season. The year 2009 offered a melange of casuals and formals for that killer look, be it checkered shorts and Jodhpurs or velvet jackets and high waist skirts. IANS takes a peek at the Top 10 trends:
1. Checkered shorts: If you thought hot pants made a statement [...]
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) United we stand, divided we fall – that seems to have been the motto of the Indian fashion fraternity in 2009 as they put aside their differences and opted for a single major fashion event in the capital.
Last year there had been chaos in the fashion world after another fashion [...]
Gurgaon, Dec 6 (IANS) Tanzanian designer Mustafa Hassanali says the African fashion industry needs to take a leaf out of the book of Indian stylists and make a mark internationally to clear a lot of misconceptions about the continent. In love with Bollywood, he also wants to dress up Aishwarya Rai some day.
‘We have abundant [...]
Panaji, Dec 6 (IANS) If you fancy riding the latest sports bikes but can’t afford one, fly down to Goa and rent a super bike for as little as Rs.350 a day and get set for a long ride.
‘Youngsters love to ride new and latest models. So we invest in such bikes and recover our [...]
Panaji, Dec 4 (IANS) There is little business at the Goa beaches at the start of the peak tourist season because allotment of beach shacks has been delayed.
‘I have never seen Goa like this. It is so lifeless. Look at the beaches. It’s only private shacks that are open presently and they are very few. [...]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) All that glitters ain’t gold, but it is sure the next best thing. With the marriage season under way and the price of the real thing skyrocketing, people are increasingly finding wisdom in going for costume jewellery – that too on rent.
‘It doesn’t make sense to wear diamond or gold [...]
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Miss India Canada Aanchal Dogra admires legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand for his energy level and megastar Amitabh Bachchan for managing his personal life well. The beauty queen hopes to work with both the veterans even though she herself is just 25 years old.
‘I had a meeting with Dev Anand [...]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) His script is ready and he has finalised the actors and the producer. Yet, designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee will take two years to begin work on his directorial debut because he first wants to fulfil his commitments to the fashion world.
‘It was a natural progression (to film making). I have everything [...]
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Mouthing expletives for her role in ‘Ishqiya’ embarrassed Vidya Balan as she says she never uses foul language in real life.
‘Oh! I was very apprehensive while using those slangs. I have never used them in my real life but I had to because the script demanded. When you will see [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The onset of puberty can be an agonising time for many adolescents. This is the time when a strong emphasis is placed on looks and many teenagers look for peer validation. It is not surprising then that several teens are knocking on the doors of plastic surgeons for nose jobs [...]
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Can’t make up your mind whether to have a cup of coffee or a shot of liqueur after dinner? Well, you can have both at one go – in the form of liqueur coffee, that is fast gaining in popularity.
Pour some caramel sauce in a glass, add one espresso shot [...]
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A woman who liked simple things and was ‘in love with her country and grandchildren’. That’s how herbal beauty care queen Shahnaz Husain describes Indira Gandhi, the ‘iron lady’ of Indian politics.
‘Mrs Gandhi was a very beautiful woman; a person like her will never be born again. She had an [...]
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Known for her ethnic Indian wear, the iconic Ritu Kumar has been around in the fashion industry for 40 years. Yet she has not designed for any mainstream Bollywood movie, the reason being she has neither the time nor the patience.
‘The way things are in Bollywood, I don’t think I [...]
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) If a sari by Sabyasachi Mukherjee or a lehenga by Manish Malhotra seems out of reach, try visiting the crowded lanes of Chandni Chowk in Delhi’s old quarter. The replicas there promise to jazz up every woman’s bridal wardrobe even as they give nightmares to designers.
Anarkali Bazar, squeezed between an [...]
New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANS) This time around, the bi-annual Wills Lifestyle India Fashion week (WIFW) ended on a happy note as it generated good business for many designers, who managed to impress international buyers with their sense of aesthetics and style.
‘My business deals started from day one of the fashion week. I got new [...]
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) It has completed a decade of operation and, with the market looking up, Wills Lifestyle plans to expand in a big way by opening 100 new stores in the next three years and concentrating on online buyers.
‘We wanted to attain this figure long back. But due to bad market conditions, [...]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) With 110 designers and 175 buyers participating in the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) starting here Saturday, the country’s premier fashion event seems to be getting bigger and better.
Out of 110 designers, 70 will put up their stalls and the rest will showcase their collections on the ramp during [...]
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) With top notch Bollywood celebrities sashaying down the ramp or making for a dazzling audience, the second edition of the HDIL India Couture Week (HDIL-ICW) was high on glamour and less on couture.
Despite the inaugural show by designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla – where the Bachchan family was expected [...]
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) As Bollywood star couple Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri sashayed down the ramp together for the grand finale of the HDIL India Couture Week, they stole hearts with their chemistry.
This was the first time the star couple walked together on the ramp for their friend and filmmaker Karan Johar who in [...]
Mumbai, Oct 16 (IANS) Sensuality and desire were Manav Gangwani’s theme while Suneet Varma’s clothes were a tribute to French fashion during 1890-1914. Both designers offered a visual treat as they unveiled their new collections at the HDIL India Couture Week here.
Gangwani’s collection Thursday was dominated by the colour green and included heavily embroidered lehengas, [...]
Mumbai, Oct 15 (IANS) She got rid of her long tresses for shorter, shoulder-length hair and now has added blue streaks for a truly funky look. But Priyanka Chopra clarifies that the makeover is ‘just for fun’, not for any movie role.
‘Oh, this is not for any movie. I have done it for myself. All [...]
Mumbai, Oct 14 (IANS) This was a spontaneous gesture. The moment three brothers Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan walked hand-in-hand on the ramp, stepmother Helen kissed their real mom Salma Khan on her forehead to cherish the moment of togetherness.
The magical moment came during Salman’s ‘Being Human’ show on the second day of [...]
