Blue is the new Black

GUESS Logo Crazed: Rs. 14,900

Gc-3 Blue: Rs. 44,500

 

Forever popular in the world of apparel, as a head-to-toe tone or just an accent piece, blue has the ability to make a statement, throughout seasons.

Rigor W0247G3: Rs. 11,900

Rigor W0040G7: Rs. 12,700

GUESS and Gc Watches are just the right timepieces for you to sport this trend. Fashion forward and eclectic, with these timepieces, you are sure to make heads turn!

Mini Plugged W0469L2: Rs. 12,500

Mini Phantom W0235L6: Rs. 12,500

With options available for both men and women, grab your share of blue with GUESS and Gc Watches!

Good shoes for great feet–Serene Gandhi presents Cara Pyramids

Cara Pyramids by Serene Gandhi

Women have sworn their love for good shoes over ages. Owning that right pair of shoe that brings in high fashion, luxury and comfort is a necessity for a high sorority belle. Twenty-seven-years old Serene Gandhi, an avant garde shoe designer and the creative mind behind Cara Pyramids, has been working towards helping women get the perfectly engineered shoe that can be comfortable as well as chic.

Cara Pyramids by Serene Gandhi

Cara Pyramids offers footwear that exudes sophistication and comfort. Serene’s passion for designing footwear has been inspired by the ideology of legendary, Christian Louboutin. Designed with Italian cuts, these shoes are crafted from materials of an invincible quality, which are also used by luxury fashion houses around the globe. With great durability and style, Cara Pyramids is India’s very own powerhouse of luxury for your feet.

Cara Pyramids by Serene Gandhi

Customers seek instant gratification for their need for convenience and customisation. Serene believes every woman is entitled to own footwear that is sculpted and created solely for her. Serene says, “Cara Pyramids’ Bespoke service helps women wear what they want, rather than having to choose from pre-made options. This gives them the freedom to choose the material, style, cut, size and shape. It is also a life-saver for women with slightly unconventional foot size. To ensure it’s the right fit, we make and remake it, till it’s tailored to perfection.”

Cara Pyramids by Serene Gandhi

A bespoke shoe service with unmatched sophistication and style is a rarity and hence it isn’t surprising that the Indian fashion industry has been all praises for the brand. Fashion-forward designer, Nachiket Barwe connected with Serene to design the footwear for his Wills India Fashion Week show. After receiving an awe-inspiring response, her shoes for Lords were used on the runaway for the fashion shows of Surily Goel and other designers in Blenders Pride Fashion Tour. She designed for Nachiket Barwe once again––leading to a few enthralled students of London School of Fashion requesting for her inimitable shoe designs.

Cara Pyramids by Serene Gandhi

A luxury house with a heart, Serene doesn’t believe in using real leather for her designs, “I am very sensitive towards the use of leather. I believe in today’s day and age, technology has given synthetic materials the same kind of durability as seen in leather.”

Cara Pyramids by Serene Gandhi

The bespoke luxury shoe service comes with the responsibility of creating perfectly sculpted footwear for women who desire both style and comfort and in an eco-friendly environment. Cara Pyramids have taken shoe-making in India to the epitome of luxury, carving a niche in the market and leaving the consumers with a pair of happy feet.

Get that designer outfit you have always wished for at BIBA

BIBA by Rohit Bal

‘BIBA by Rohit Bal’ is back with new offerings in ethnic wear range for the festive season. The new collection boasts of Rohit Bal’s signature designs perfectly inculcated with BIBA’s ethnic lineage. Keeping true to BIBA’s signature style, the ‘BIBA by Rohit Bal’ collection speaks of shapes and silhouette that accentuates beauty of Indian women.

BIBA by Rohit Bal

The collection ranges from smart beautiful Anarkalis to A-line Kurtis and Kalidar Kurtis teamed with very trendy jackets, making them a must-have for the season. Immaculate use of Rohit Bal’s unique motif and pattern on summer rich fabric like, cotton, chanderi, and summer silk makes these apparels just perfect to grace any occasion .

BIBA by Rohit Bal

The new collection showcases a range of colours, from pastel hues to different shades of pink, red, green and orange in fresh designs; these outfits add a whole new dimension to the entire ethnic wear range of BIBA. The collection showcases a perfect range for casual and party wear with rich fabrics that not only offer comfort but also look very stylish!

BIBA by Rohit Bal

The association of designer Rohit Bal with BIBA happened last year during the festive season of Navratra and this is the second collection launch which takes the association of the designer and BIBA a step forward. So this season, head to the BIBA store and pick your designer-wear at your favorite Indian wear brand from – ‘BIBA by Rohit Bal’!!

Nordic Kandie Magic – A royal Estonian treat

Nordic Kandie Magic

Set up in Mumbai very recently, Nordic Kandie Magic redefines the whole concept of marzipan. Nordic Kandie Magic’s range of luxury handmade marzipan delicacies are for a discerning audience that appreciates an exclusive gourmet experience. Made with the finest quality of ingredients, sourced from world over, Nordic Kandie Magic introduces the Indian market, for the very first time to ‘Gourmet Marzipan’.

Thea Tammeleht, Founder & Director, Nordic Kandie Magic

The heart and brain behind this luxury treat is the Estonian expatriate, Thea Tammeleht, who has used her family’s traditional recipe to create her labour of love, ‘Nordic Kandie Magic’, while her family, back home, has been making marzipan from a traditional family recipe for generations—NKM was setup only last year by Thea’s husband, Thomas Abraham and her in the European Union.

Nordic Kandie Magic

In India, they began setting up in the second half of 2013 and have launched their product in the first week of February 2014. After moving to India, they had difficulty in locating and procuring true gourmet marzipan. Indeed there were some popular mass market imported marzipan in a few stores, but getting the real deal seemed truly difficult. With each passing day in India they felt the growing need to share this ancient family tradition with gourmet food lovers in India and the rest of the world.

Nordic Kandie Magic

Hence, Neel Sutra Bridal Lounge – an offering of all under one roof – from services ranging from bespoke bridal trousseau, jewellery, wedding décor, luxury invites, food consulting, to wedding photography, makeup artists and made to order marzipan—this place will hence forth house ‘Nordic Kandie’ at Khan Market.

Nordic Kandie Magic

Elegantly packaged in royal blue and gold, Nordic Kandie Magic’s marzipan, makes for a perfect gift to accompany wedding invites. Available in 16 flavours like mint, chocolate, strawberry, orange, almond, anjeer and cinnamon, this gourmet treat is 100% vegetarian, cholesterol and gluten free.

Maybelline does it again.

Alia Bhat Nail Art for Maybelline New York Color Show

From matte to glitter, shiny to classy, Maybelline beauty products never fail to charm beauty aficionados. So this festive season, add these nail makeup essentials to your beauty box! Happy painting peeps.

Maybelline Color Show Glitter Mania

Maybelline Color Show Glitter Mania

Maybelline Color Show Glitter Mania

Maybelline Color Show in Orange Fix

Maybelline New York Color Show Nail Polish in Silver Linining

Maybelline New York Color Show Nail Polish Bold Gold

Trending Ethnic Clutches for the Festive Season

Here’s a list of my favourite ethnic clutches that should keep you sorted for the festive months. A statement accessory in itself, these can really make heads turn! Keep scrolling down.

Klick by RG

Klick by RG

Klick by RG

Klick by RG

Klick by RG

Klick by RG

Malaga

Ricco

Ricco

Tom Ford

 

Deck up your homes in antique carpets this festive season!

Sarita Handa

This festive season deck up your homes in hues of luxury as Sarita Handa brings to you brand new elements and designs for the season of lights. Homes during festivals, wait to be beautified and the brand took this as an inspiration to cull out  refreshing take on eclectic mix, which spells out warmth, colour, style, quality and value for money.

Sarita Handa

Patrons this season will continue to find surprises throughout the store. An exclusive exhibition of rare, antique Persian rugs is the highlight.  These rugs are centuries old, and they come from the lands of Tabriz, Bidjar, Beshir tribes of Iran, Turkmenistan and surrounding countries.  Well, as they say, antiques never go out of fashion.

Sarita Handa

“The excellent weaves and luxurious designs make this collection simply breathtaking; they’re the reason, we got inspired to introduce our first-ever antique carpet collection. It is thrilling to bring this diverse group of rare and antique carpets together and to make it available to our clients,” says, Rahul Puri, Director at Sarita Handa.

Sarita Handa

Store Address:

• Sarita Handa – 16 Khan Market 1st Floor, Middle Lane, New Delhi – 110003. Phone Numbers -011-43521824
• Sarita Handa – 356/357 2nd floor, Sultanpur, MG Road, New Delhi- 110030 (opposite to Sultanpur metro station). Phone: 011 – 32317278

The Alchemy of Handloom by ‘MOAVI’ : An ode to India’s heritage weaves

Maovi

Moavi draws its roots from old Indian textiles in an attempt to reinvigorate traditional weaves and give them their much-deserved limelight in today’s world of fashion.​ The brand is working towards re-introducing weaves that are on the verge of extinction—they are incorporating Muga silk, Pat silk, Eri-silk, Tusser silk, Linen, Mercerized-cotton and real Zari, creating pure magic beyond boundaries.

Maovi

To start with, Moavi has introduced clusters from, Assam, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and they plan to cover all states eventually to create designs, which will procure holistic aesthetics of our traditional and contemporary eccentricities.

Maovi

Having great passion for both fashion and sustainability, Kavita and Anmol ​Badsra, ​each with years of experience in design and consulting, lead Moavi. Moavi wants to be known as an organisation that uses design as a means to address the most important issues of our times by providing sustainability in life of our weavers​ and artisans.

Maovi

Textile industry, despite being the second largest employment generator segment in our country has not been able to provide sustainable livelihood to our highly skilled handloom weavers in almost all states. We believe, the industries of fashion, textile and design offers unique effective opportunities for designers, craftsmen and consumers alike to contribute to the alleviation of poverty by being ethical about one’s fashion choices without sacrificing style.

Maovi

About the Collection: Ekam—Ekam is literally Moavi’s first step towards envisioned future of Indian handloom sector. This collection draws inspiration from Indian mythology, ‘Ramayana’ depicting each khand/stage of the tale in every product through hand-weaving, hand-embroidery or intricate block printing techniques.

Maovi

The color palette brings forth bright Indian hues like, haldi yellow to sindoori red, deep indigo to metal tones of gold and silver, each shade narrating a different story. We have started with hand-woven saris and dupattas and are working towards expanding the collection further to constructed blouses, jackets and kurtas, wherein planned silhouettes are simple yet feminine and perfectly suitable for work-wear, as well as light occasion wear.

Hold your breathe shoe-lovers!

Naturalizer Heels- Coral Rs. 4299

This festive season, ‘Naturalizer’ brings forth super comfy, trend-setting footwear for you to indulge in. Committed to crafting women’s shoes to look as beautiful as they feel, this brand aims to offer women, footwear for all occasions. From dress shoes that offer classic sophistication and comfort, to everyday casual shoes that feet can breathe in, their range is varied.

lizer Sandals- Brown Rs. 3699

The ‘Naturalizer’ range incorporates the ‘N5 Technology’ in every shoe, giving superior stability and flexibility, while using breathable lining, cushioning and lightweight material. Strappy flats, cool loafers, bright pumps, practical sandals and neutral wedges make this range an essential for every woman’s wardrobe! These shoes are exclusively available at Bata outlets.

Naturalizer Sandals- Black Rs. 3699

Materials used: The outer shoe construction is made of leather and synthetic material and the out-sole of the shoes is made of rubber and PU material depending on the shoe type.

Naturalizer Block Heels- Black Rs. 5499

Manufacturing process: The construction of the shoe is mostly cemented, which is also known as a stuck on construction. It also has a stitched-down pattern to give better grip and durability to the shoes.

Naturalizer Peep toes wedges- Beige Rs. 4999

Wearability factor: The ‘Naturalizer’ range of shoes feature exclusive N5 Comfort system — five essential features that are proven to provide all day comfort — delivering flexibility, lightness, balance, cushioning and, breathability in every step. It absorbs shock, supports body weight, distributes pressure and allows heat and moisture to dissipate keeping the feet cooler and drier. The N5 technology along with a strong shoe construction helps to provide that extra wearability and durability quintessence to the shoes, while providing them comfort at the same time.

Naturalizer Peep Toe Wedges- Nude Rs. 4699

Trending colour palette for Autumn/Winter: The Autumn/Winter collection’s colour palette includes a mix of pastels and solid colours. Majorly prevalent tones will be, neutral hues, purple shades, the light blue palette, dark blues and some maroons.

RIDRESS—The Gen ‘Y’ Fashion Fabricator

Green Dress by RIDRESS

A women’s clothing label, RIDRESS cultivates elegant outfits for the girl who loves to travel, read, explore, experiment and just in general, be herself. The range of collections covers an array of styles and varies to suit the ever-elusive mood and lifestyle of this girl, who is always on the move!

M-slit Skirt By RIDRESS

Synonymous to innovative styles and affordable prices, this brand is persistently carving out its niche in the Indian fashion orb. RIDRESS’ garments are available across all top e-commerce portals in India—from Jabong.com to Myntra.com, and Flipkart.com to Ozel.com, it’s pretty much obtainable everywhere.

Aztec pattern on an A-Line mini skirt by RIDRESS

This brand is endorsed by a young entreprebeur, Ridhika Khanna who owns an export house that works with brands like Jessica Simpson, Morgan, Pepe Jeans, Gloria Vanderbilt, Macy’s and more.

White Monochrome Tulip Skirt By RIDRESS

T​his label embodies style quotient of any young girl, who likes free and comfy fashion, with undertones of edginess and class. RIDRESS celebrates the quintessential spirit of young women through their uber-chic feminine designs.

Shift Dress By RIDRESS

“We understand,  mood and moment can change, with the whim and hem of each dress. RIDRESS delivers contemporary and refreshing fashion garments, inspired by international runways and red carpet styles, as well as clothes to wear to work, travel, or just lounge in,” avers the mastermind.