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Regal Watches for Brides-to-be

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Titan Raga

Titan Raga


This wedding season gift yourself a stunning watch from Titan Raga. It will be the most outstanding bridal ensemble. Designed for the woman who embodies her bridal role with poise and élan, each timepiece crafted by Raga portrays perfect balance of sensuality and elegance.
Titan Raga

Titan Raga


The selection of timepieces by Titan Raga is exquisitely designed, drawing inspiration from pearls of the ocean, incredible cities, flora and fauna. Studded with Swarovski crystals and pearls, the watches are enhanced with intricate enamel work. The timepieces are an ode to the graceful, confident and sensuous Raga woman.
Titan Raga

Titan Raga


There is an elegantly designed timepiece for every bride-to-be by Titan Raga, making the bridal attire flawless for each wedding ritual. The watches are priced between Rs. 5495 to Rs. 15995. These watches are available at World of Titan and Helios stores as well as leading multi-brand outlets like Lifestyle, Shoppers Stop, and other authorized dealer stores.

Marsala collection by Lalit Dalmia

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Marsala collection by Lalit Dalmia

Marsala collection by Lalit Dalmia

Lalit Dalmia, the face behind the brand of the same name is a self-taught talent from Hisar who has left the world awestruck with his powerful and unique design vision. He has shown the world how his elegant designs for women can take luxury to a whole new level. He doesn’t consider himself as a designer but a creator, who just doesn’t want to make pretty clothes; instead, through his creations he wants to make every woman feel like an urban goddess.

Marsala collection by Lalit Dalmia

Marsala collection by Lalit Dalmia

His inspirations are endless and can be drawn from anything & everything. His label is synonymous with opulence, contemporary Indian and Indo-Western wear. His intention has been to create glamourous ensembles with traditional textures, embroideries, and craftsmanship juxtaposed with modern designs. He experiments around unusual fabrics and textures to create masterpieces, which takes us back to the Victorian and Mughal period.

Marsala collection by Lalit Dalmia

Marsala collection by Lalit Dalmia

To sum it all in a nutshell, Lalit attributes his collections as ‘clothes with international styling and Indian soul’. If you are looking for enchanting and sophisticated fusion of distinctive traditional and modern designs with the stroke of muted classy and reserved attitude, you know where to go now! The designer uses a colour palette, which makes one feel nostalgic about our intricate and ancient eras in history.

Furla launches #TagToGo

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Furla #TagToGo

Furla #TagToGo

Furla launches a new exclusive project, bringing together the value of personalization with the culture of craftsmanship, which has always distinguished the brand as an emblem of Italian style in the world. #TagToGo is the name of the new service, which lets the customer personalize her bag on purchase in the store, with the application of an attractive nappa tag and choosing from different colours and subjects, such as a heart and teddy bear.

#TagToGo Alice Red Bag, Furla

#TagToGo Alice Red Bag, Furla

The tag can be decorated with a date not to be forgotten, the customer’s initials or an emoticon in the shape of a heart, a star or a smiley, heat-embossed in gold or silver, using a special monogramming machine. Asia Pacific will be the first region to launch the #TagToGo service, which represents an extremely significant project for Furla—it is the first time that an Italian premium lifestyle brand completes its shopping experience with a customer-oriented service.

It’s All About Micro Bags!

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Karl Lagerfeld, Cara Delevingne showcasing a FENDI micro bag

 Cara Delevingne showcasing a FENDI micro bag

For Spring/Summer 2015 FENDI launches the micro bags, a modern and quirky interpretation of two iconic bags of the Maison, the Peekaboo and the Baguette, in a unique micro version. FENDI micro bags are perfect for the modern urban dweller – for the woman who just carries minimal essentials.

Fendi micro bag

Fendi micro bag

Fun and compact, these bags are versatile at the same time. They can be worn either as a clutch with an evening gown or cross body during the day, as all of them feature a long strap.

FENDI micro bag

FENDI micro bag

FENDI embraces irony and plays with aesthetics, proportion and colour, never sacrificing quality and savoir faire. Micro bags provide a bold fashion statement featuring high craftsmanship ability, mirroring techniques employed in the creation of regular-sized bags in the atelier.

Cara Delevingne, Karl Lagerfeld showcasing FENDI micro bag

Cara Delevingne, Karl Lagerfeld showcasing FENDI micro bag

These pieces are perfect for the edgy woman with an eye for detail, quality and creativity. The micro bags are available not just in nappa leather but also in special variations, including ‘Bag Bug’ eyes and precious materials like fur and croco. Wear them alone or pair them with their regular size icons.

Rose Gold For Valentine’s Day

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Entice rose and white gold diamond necklace

Entice rose and white gold diamond necklace

Entice, the fine jewellery brand by KGK group introduces an exquisite gifting range this Valentine’s Day, for your special one. Valentine’s Day and the flower of Rose are as inseparable as a woman and her love for jewellery. To celebrate your relationships on this day of love, Entice has brought together its stunning Rose Gold jewellery collection. Now you can go beyond the usual roses and charm her with the special offerings from this intricate and beautiful Rose Gold Collection and create a lasting memory.

Entice rose gold earrings  with marquise, pear & round diamonds

Entice rose gold earrings with marquise, pear & round diamonds

The sophisticated design coupled with stunning combination of round and pear shaped diamonds are sure to add gleam to your beloved’s eyes. The assortment of dazzling diamonds set in the classy white and rose gold is as much a treat to eyes as it is a pride to wear.

Entice Irresistible ear studs with marquise, pear & round diamonds along with rose cut diamonds in rose gold

Entice Irresistible ear studs with marquise, pear & round diamonds along with rose cut diamonds in rose gold

The collection which comprises of elegant and spectacular pieces of necklaces, rings and earrings, redefines the expression of your love and makes it a perfect treasure to cherish for a lifetime, just like your love…everlasting! Each piece in the collection symbolizes the beauty and eternity that a woman holds with effervesces of diamonds and hence, makes it a perfect gift to strengthen your commitment.

Entice Irresistible Rose & white gold ring with pear & round diamonds

Entice Irresistible Rose & white gold ring with pear & round diamonds

Best quality of diamonds infused with the talented craftsmanship followed by skillful polishing in KGK’s manufacturing units makes every bauble of jewellery an alluring and enthralling experience, for you and your sweetheart. Moreover, each jewel sold comes with a promise of exclusivity and quality certification to endorse its value. So this Valentine’s Day, adorn your love with not just a Rose but the Rose Gold jewellery piece from Entice.

RISA: Where Leather Becomes Art

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Risa

Risa

Leather handbag label RISA, is more of a passionate affair than business acumen for Delhi-based sisters Riddhima and Saloni Sayal. “We grew up around bags, lots of them. We would always tweak the bags in production from the family run export house and started to experiment with design from scratch as the years went by. The love affair with leather became too serious and that’s how our label Risa was born.”

Risa

Risa

The brand explores indigenous craftsmanship with intricate detailing in weaving and embossing on leather and fabricating exclusive luxury designs. Infusing specialized modern production techniques with traditional hand-tooling, punching and embroidery defines the brand philosophy. The leather used for the product is processed in an in-house facility. The high-end patent leather is imported however… The brand offers wide range of bags for both men and women like shoppers, totes, wallets, evening clutches and handbags manufactured with buff wash, cow and sheep leather.

Risa

Risa

While the parent company (Aries Inc.), handles large scale production for stores like Anthropology, Zara, Asos, Dorthy, Perkins, Armani, Pepe, etc. to name a few, Risa’s vision is to tap into domestic retail and offering international quality standards along with very competitive brands.

Azva’s gorgeous bridal collection

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 Azva Bridal Gold Jewellery

Azva Bridal Gold Jewellery

 Azva Bridal Gold Jewellery

Azva Bridal Gold Jewellery

 Azva Bridal Gold Jewellery

Azva Bridal Gold Jewellery

Azva Bridal Gold Jewellery

Azva Bridal Gold Jewellery

Hidesign presents the Icon Exhibition

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A rebel is born-Hidesign

A rebel is born – Hidesign

Hidesign, India’s leading luxury leather brand celebrates 35 years of heritage and craftsmanship. To commemorate this occasion, Hidesign launches the ‘Icon Exhibition’ in partnership with Select City Walk in Delhi.

Beauty is natural-Hidesign

Beauty is natural – Hidesign

Hidesign attempts to create a window to the brand’s formative years through the ‘Icon Exhibition’ showcasing images of the company’s journey so far and key styles from its archives. With some of the best fashion and luxury brands being housed at Select City Walk, the exhibition will cater to its niche audience in the region. It is first of a kind exhibition in any mall.

Hidesign

Hidesign

Hidesign which was started as a two-man workshop in 1978 has turned into a company of 3000 spread all over the world today. The history of Hidesign has been defined by the rebellion against uniformity and synthetic flatness of the mass market. Hidesign has always stood out for the sensuous naturalness of its high quality leather and the smooth soft glow of its solid brass fitting in the leather good.

Sasha original 1983-Hidesign

Sasha original 1983 – Hidesign

As a part of the celebrations, Hidesign launches its Icon Collection, which showcases some of the earliest bags. Dilip Kapur, President, Hidesign while talking about the bags says, “Hidesign’s earliest bags were a small range of our innovative bags that were a pure expression of our values and what we loved best- adventure, travel, clean design, wonderful materials that felt good, and a non-conformity that was stamped throughout the collection. As we have grown, with large collections and teams of marketing and design professionals, we still look back at our icon bags with great love as being the purest Hidesign bags. The Icon Collection re-launches the earliest bags, maintaining the same purity reflected in the original bags: vegetable-tanned leathers, solid brass, cotton and leather lining and designs that have stood the test of time for the last 35 years.”

The Boxy Big and Small-Hidesign

The Boxy Big and Small – Hidesign

The collection boasts of eleven classic bags such as doctor bags, briefcases, satchels and duffel. The adventure and romance of travel is a great inspiration for Hidesign, and the same spirit is captured in the icon bags. The Hidesign lifestyle is full of travel, both for business and leisure. The passion for travel is still visible in the rugged leathers and solid brass buckles with which the brand originally started.

The Art of Watch-Making—Bulgari

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Bvlgari Serpenti collection

Bvlgari Serpenti collection

The legend:

The first Bulgari watches were made in the 1920’s, but it was only at the end of the 1970’s that the firm presented its first important collection. In 1982 Bulgari founded the company ‘Bulgari Time’ in Neuchâtel, the heart of Swiss horology. This company now has over 500 employees, who are responsible for overseeing and inspecting the creation and production of all Bulgari watches. The technological research connected with the production of watch movements was initially carried out in collaboration with Girard Perregaux, one of the oldest and most respected Swiss watchmakers. This partnership triggered a process of continuous technological refinement and sophistication of Bulgari watches until 2000, when the Bulgari Group acquired sole ownership of Gérald Genta, Daniel Roth, and Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie. The first two firms produce high-end Swiss watches, while the third is owner of the production plants. They were all merged into Daniel Roth et Gérald Genta Haute Horlogerie S.A. In 2005 the Bulgari Group acquired 50% of Cadrans Designs, a Swiss firm that makes sophisticated dials, and 51% of Prestige D’Or, a specialized maker of bracelets in steel and precious metals.

101956- Serpenti watch,35mm, pink gold-diamonds case, Gold -full setting dial, Quartz movement, Diamonds 228 pce, Weight diamonds 1.11 [ct], Weight precious metall 125

101956- Serpenti watch,35mm, pink gold-diamonds case, Gold -full setting dial, Quartz movement, Diamonds 228 pce, Weight diamonds 1.11 [ct], Weight precious metall 125

The craftsmanship:

Bulgari craftsmanship produces complicated mechanisms with exclusive content. It is committed to complete control of the watch-making process, during both design and technological development. To do so, it chose to operate independently during the design and production phases, by centralizing development and production activities at just one atelier. Its staff includes des engineers, prototype makers, CAD specialists, and master watchmakers. Their work becomes an integral part of the watch itself, as in the case of the BVL 347 caliber of the Diagono Phases de Lune, with an exclusive display for tracking moon phases and a retrograde display (150°) of the day and date. The 347 components of its movement, which are hand finished and polished, required over 3,120 different steps during production and 350 quality control stages.

101787- Serpenti watch, 26mm, white gold-diamonds-case, White mother of pearl-diamonds dial, Quartz movement, Diamonds 134 pce, Weight diamonds 8.0 [ct], Weight precious metal 70.5

101787- Serpenti watch, 26mm, white gold-diamonds-case, White mother of pearl-diamonds dial, Quartz movement, Diamonds 134 pce, Weight diamonds 8.0 [ct], Weight precious metal 70.5

The movements:

Bulgari complications perfectly represent the fusion of Swiss watch-making art and unmistakable Italian design. Bulgari can satisfy the most demanding collectors with its characteristic and prestigious high-end watches, created by the passion of master watchmakers. For example, the handcrafted movement and dial and exclusive design of the Multi Complication Squelette case perfectly embody the essence of a Bulgari watch. The movement is the heart of a watch. It is the most complicated part to produce and develop, requiring over 7,360 hours for development and 380 for assembly and adjustment. The extremely delicate assembly phase is overseen from start to finish by the same Master Watchmaker, who guarantees its functionality and accuracy. The Bulgari Group develops and realizes ‘large and small complications’ in-house, at its subsidiaries Daniel Roth and Gérald Genta. Its objective was to continue creating unique movements with innovative ideas analyzed by watchmakers and translated into new technical designs. A prototype is then created and subjected to severe tests that can guarantee the technical feasibility and reliability of the movement.

101938- Serpenti watch, 35mm, pink gold-diamonds case, Full setting dial, Quartz movement, pink gold bracelet, 7 loops, Diamonds mounted 1.1100 carats

101938- Serpenti watch, 35mm, pink gold-diamonds case, Full setting dial, Quartz movement, pink gold bracelet, 7 loops, Diamonds mounted 1.1100 carats

The case:

The case is a key part of the unique design of a Bulgari watch and not just the element that contains and protects the movement. Balancing these different functions renders its creation very complex. For example, a structure with 67 components was developed for the Assioma chronograph. Each individual step in the production process demands total precision, starting from realization of the prototype to definition of all the production phases. After all the components have been meticulously checked by experts to ensure the highest standard of quality, they are assembled by hand with the most delicate care.

101788- Serpenti watch, 26mm, gold-diamonds-case, Mother of pearl Black-diamonds dial, Quartz movement, Diamonds 42 pce, Weight diamonds 0.700 [ct], Weight precious metal 77.2

101788- Serpenti watch, 26mm, gold-diamonds-case, Mother of pearl Black-diamonds dial, Quartz movement, Diamonds 42 pce, Weight diamonds 0.700 [ct], Weight precious metal 77.2

The dial:

For Bulgari, the dial is not just a simple device that indicates the time but also an important tool for demonstrating its watch-making experience. The incredible attention to detail that result from the combination of exacting skill and traditional Swiss craftsmanship is clearly reflected in the extreme complexity of all Bulgari dials. Cadrans Design of La Chaux-de-Fonds, the Bulgari Group subsidiary that specializes in the production of top-quality dials, has provided Bulgari with the tools and knowledge necessary for development and in-house production of high-end dials. The philosophy of Bulgari designers is to achieve sophisticated results through different combinations of colours on different levels of the dial in order to continue developing exclusive creations. Once the design is finalized, it has to be subjected to a careful technical analysis. Every treatment, colour, or supplemental surface (from 0.1 to 0.3 mm) could interfere with production of the dial. In the Assioma Multi-complication Squelette, the dial is composed of four levels (for a total depth of 0.8 mm) on which four different treatments are carried out. Different decorations can be realized in high-end horology, from the simplest to the most complicated motifs. The most common are: the Soleilé effect, the vertical treatment, Emaillé, Clou de Paris, Côtes de Genève, Azzuré, and Guilloché – the most precious of all.

101666- Astrale watch in white gold with marquise cut and pear cut diamonds (4,29ct), emeralds (4,29 ct) and round brilliant cut diamonds

101666- Astrale watch in white gold with marquise cut and pear cut diamonds (4,29ct), emeralds (4,29 ct) and round brilliant cut diamonds

The bracelet:

A watch bracelet complements the case by highlighting the principal features of its design, assuring comfortable wear. This implies a highly complex structure that often entails the use of more than 100 components. Following acquisition of Prestige D’Or, the Group subsidiary located in Saignelégier that specializes in the fabrication of bracelets, Bulgari can develop and produce its own bracelets in-house. The components are then finished by hand in order to obtain the desired level of finish and comfort. Only after this delicate operation is carried out can every single element be assembled in the exact order specified by a professional assembler. Over three hours are needed to polish the bracelet, a step that is carried out entirely by hand, while the delicate and painstaking assembly process takes from 30 minutes to one hour.

Indulge in the regal splendour of Pinkcity

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Pinkcity by Anita Dongre

Pinkcity by Anita Dongre

Continuing to celebrate the legend of the Pink Flamingo—a legend regaling the romanticism and dreams of a young beautiful princess in search of love, Anita Dongre unveils her latest collection of bespoke gold and silver jewellery, for her jewellery line ‘Pinkcity’ with a collection that is a celebration of timeless pieces of art, brought to form using highly skilled traditional Rajasthani craftsmanship. The gold jewellery selection in meenakari and jadau, crafted in 18k and 22k gold continues to celebrate the beauty of intricate designs and impeccable craftsmanship—a must have for the wedding season.

Pinkcity by Anita Dongre

Pinkcity by Anita Dongre

The collection of Pinkcity Gold is an exquisite blend of traditional mystique and contemporary glamour, comprising of understated yet elegant multi-strand polki and coloured gemstone necklaces, chokers, delicate rings and Mughal architecture inspired earrings. A delight for the jewellery connoisseur, as they not only boast of the designers’ unique design aesthetic but, each piece bears a hand-painted symbol of the famed Pink Flamingo—as a unique mark of identity for each Pinkcity creation.