RUNWAY by MAX FASHION 2013 Collection

Enjoy the video of the fashion show directed and choreographed by me and my partner Anuj Singh at Metropolis Mall, Gurgaon, India to showcase the Runway collection by MAX Fashions.





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3 Reasons to wear KHADI

With designers like Ritu Kumar, Masaba G, Rina Dhaka, Deepika Gehani, Rahul Mishra, Wendell Rodricks endorsing  KHADI fabric, today KHADI has come a long way. From being a symbol of the Indian freedom movement to the uniform of the Indian politicians and now the most trendiest fabric, KHADI has always been a fabric with attitude.
Today KHADI is available in the latest designs and colours. But this is not the only reason to wear KHADI. 
Here are the three reasons why you should wear KHADI

1. KHADI IS ECO FRIENDLY
Since KHADI is a hand spun fabric, it does not consume any power(electricity) and does not leave any harmful waste on the process of making it, making it an eco friendly fabric. Wear KHADI to save our mother Earth.

IN SYNC - basant anuj

2. KHADI IS SKIN FRIENDLY
KHADI is woven in such a way that it regulates the body temperature naturally by keeping the body cool in summer and warm in winter. As KHADI fabric is made with the cotton or silk (both the natural fabric) it soothes the skin making it a skin friendly fabric.

IN SYNC - basant anuj

3. KHADI FOR A CAUSE
First of all wearing KHADI  means wearing a cultural heritage that KHADI has been a part of. And secondly, wearing KHADI means empowering the hundreds and thousands of weavers and helping them to earn a better living for themselves.

So wear KHADI and 'Change your style statement with the fabric that changed the destiny of India'.
 
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5 Hot Colour Trends For 2013 – Brighter Than Ever

Spring months are the perfect time for introducing the return of colour. You can box up your dark grey and blacks from the cold winter months and replace them with some refresher and brighter colours. Spring time is a time for warm days, cool evenings and is the time where everything comes alive again, including you. Be prepared to leave the tangerine orange as here we can take a look and some of the hottest colours chosen by PATONE for Spring 2013.

Here are the hot picks by our guest blogger MERY RAY, who is an English freelance writer, graduated from the London School of Journalism during 2008 and currently living in Rome, Italy, writing for local and International websites and magazines.
                                                                     

Monaco Blue

Monaco Blue

Monaco blue is 2013’s Spring choice of colour stated by Institute Of Colour, Patone, the authority on everything that is colour. The classic Monaco Blue is versatile and elegant, full of depth and can be combined with colours such as emerald green and lemon zest.  This classic but modern colour is set to be hot this year.

Other close matches and close runners up to being the colour of Spring include colours such as Dusk Blue and Greyded Jade. All these colours are great for infusing a sense of well-being.

African Violet

African Violet

African violet is a neutral colour and mixes well with other neutrals such as Poppy Red and Dusk Blue. This hue of purple compliments all skin tones well and can be compared to black or navy. In other words, everyone looks good in it! You can also mix it with different shades of purple to create depth. It is set to be one of the most romantic wears of next season.

Emerald Green

Emerald Green

Emerald Green is a clear, fresh and crisp colour that is perfect for early spring and has been crowned as ‘colour of the year’ by Patone. According to them the colour is described as energizing and radiant, making it a must have this season. By mixing the emerald with colours such as the Greyded Jade and Tender shoot, this creates an invigorating, cool and refreshing look.

Lemon Zest

Lemon Zest

This optimistic and cheerful colour is great to add a bit of playfulness to the Spring season. Associated with daffodils and baby chicks, Lemon zest is all so a great look for one that feels festive over the Easter period. Yellow is a colour that represents the sun, so it will defiantly be keeping you shining throughout the spring. 

Poppy Red

Red is known as a bold, passionate colour and is great to add a bit of warmth to the Spring months. Poppy red  works great with ivory and black, but be sure to make the Red your colour statement.  It is vibrant and sexy, working well with all skin tones. If going all red isn’t your thing, don’t be afraid to experiment with accessories, less can also be better.  

Puppy Red

   

So if you're thinking about what you're going to be wearing during this Spring, don't forget to consider these amazing colours. If you cannot afford to dress Cavalli, Dior or Prada, you can still check this amazing free classifieds website to buy this Spring's fashion colours for a lot less!

I am excited to incorporate Monaco Blue and African Violet colours in my wardrobe this spring. How about you? 

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Links à la Mode Feature

I am so excited and ecstatic to be featured on Links A La Mode by Independent Fashion Bloggers' Ifb weekly round up! 

See, Fashionably Yours:Bag It with Pragya Gupta

The Circus of Fashion Goes On…

Edited By Taylor Davies A lot has been made of Suzy Menkes’ “Circus of Fashion” article, published recently in T magazine. We responded to it here on IFB, as did The Man Repeller and as you’ll see below – members of our community. To round out this week’s selection, a carnival of content if you will, from NYFW to uber-trendy shoes. Enjoy!
LINKS À LA MODE: THE IFB WEEKLY ROUND UP: FEBRUARY 21ST

• Awkward City: How Not to Attend a Fashion Show
• Chi Chi Bella: Something For The Both of You
• Dress Code: High Fashion: Bar Refaeli’s Custom Roberto Cavalli Gowns & Illustrations
• Fashionably Yours: Bag It with Pragya Gupta
• IFB: If You’re Going To Criticize Bloggers, At Least Be Original About It
• IndiePunkGodess: Beauty Dupe: 5 New Ways To Use Your Favorite Products
• Keily’s Fashion Picks: Fall 2013 Fashion Week
• Kelly Dillon: Ladylike
• Miss Hepburn Presents: Another Time, Another Place: Spring 2013 Fashion Trends
• Monadot: Clear Clutch
• Nothing To Wear: Wear Your Heart on Your Sole
• Purple Bananas & Fudgeballs: Shoe Feveeeeer
• Rebecca Marin: Business Cards
• Secret Style File: NYFW Fashionistas
• Sophistication and Sparkles: The Issue with the Leg Gap Trend
• Style Sizzle: NYFW Hair Tutorial: Regal Fishtail Braid
• The Stylist: Street Style Icons Before Fashion Week Paparazzi
• Under a veil: Styling Tips By SoVain
• Whiskey-Ginger: Stripes & Sequins
• Youth Savage: The Circus of Fashion: A Response
• Zerxza’s Fashion Wonderland: Average Meets Perfect

  SPONSOR: Shopbop New: LA’t, Ace&Jig, Rue du Mail, Charles Phillip, Cleobella, Chrissie Morris, Minkoff Satchels, Alexander Wang Bags, La Vie Bobo, Ferragamo Flats, Jason Wu If you would like to submit your link for next week’s Links à la Mode, please register first, then post your links HERE where you see “Links a la mode next week’s date (official)”. The HTML code for this week will be found in the Links a la Mode widget on the right side of the blog, and will be published later today. ~ Jennine

BAG IT! with Pragya Gupta

Pragya's creation for Patola at Lakme Fashion Week

Young, vibrant, quirky, these are few of the adjectives that came in my mind when I saw the collection of BAGS designed by PRAGYA GUPTA.

  
After working as a senior Product Designer at Hidesign and developing a range of handbags for the designer brand Patola for the Lakme Fashion Week, this Graduate in Leather Design from NIFT, Kolkata is all set to start her own label in Lucknow. 

Here are the excerpt, of the Q & A session I had with her:

1. What does a BAG means to you? 
A bag, to me, is more than just an accessory. It says so much about a woman's personality...her priorities, her taste & her quirks! It is like a little part of her home or work that she carries with herself when she is out.

2. What are the things one should keep in mind buying a leather bag? 
Besides the aesthetic value of the bag, one must define the purpose a bag would solve- where and when can you carry it, how much can you carry in it & how comfortably you can carry it. Price is always a consideration when one is buying a leather bag, but one must remember that this one higher priced leather bag is likely to outlast two or more of the less expensive options. It is a sort of an investment.
 
3. Who is your favourite designer?  
I absolutely love the quirkiness and experimental style of Moschino-Cheap & Chic and Marc Jacobs. I also love Hidesign for its timeless elegant styling.
 
4. 5 things you always carry in your bag/purse.  
A diary, a stationery pouch, a pack of tissues, lip balm and my wallet are just few of the things that I never leave without in my bag.
 
5. 10 years down the lane where do you see yourself. 
I see myself as a happy person with a great career & of course a beautiful family. The brand I am working on with my Uncle, Ajit Gupta, would be well settled and one of the biggest names in the Indian accessory segment. :) 

 

Birdemaid's Gifts

Convertible shoulder-backpack

Grab golden side

Spongebob bag

Clutch

Varnmala

Pragya Gupta

 My personal favorite is 'VARNMALA' which one is yours?
  
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MELANGE Events: Glamour is our Profession

Today I thought of giving you the insight of one of the important things that I do apart from blogging. I run an event management company with the name MELANGE Events with my partner Anuj Singh. 

Having organized more than 200 fashion show and pageants, today I can say we are the only event managers in north India that specializes and caters only to fashion shows and beauty pageants.

Right now we have two properties i.e, MR INDIA UNITED NATIONS and MISS COSMIC INDIA where the winners of these contest goes on to represent India at the international pageants.

Lets talk about these two contests.

MR INDIA UNITED NATIONS 

 The first edition of it as organized last year when we got the franchise of MR UNITED NATIONS WORLD 2012. We got this franchise in the month of March last year and the finals were suppose to held in May. With whatever little time and resources we had we were able to pull it off with great aplomb. We opened up the entries through the powerful medium of internet and it was heart warming to receive more that 800 entries from all over India in the first year. Then came Scorpio Club as the partner with us. Rahul Vyas of Pune was the winner of MR INDIA UNITED NATIONS INDIA 2012. Now we are all geared up for the second edition i.e, MR INDIA UNITED NATIONS 2013.

MISS COSMIC INDIA 

This year we are coming up with the contest MISS COSMIC INDIA 2013 for the women aged between 18 - 26 years to give them a platform to voice their choice. The concept is to celebrate the womanhood and their uniqueness and not to clone themselves. This is for the woman whose natural progression in life will not be Bollywood(Hindi movies). Even if they want to join the film industry, it would not be because of the lack of choice. The winner and the first runners up of this contest goes on to represent India at two International pageants.

Here are the glimpses of the major shows that we did from Oct 2012 to Jan 2013

 

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PRABAL GURUNG Fall 2013 Ready -to-wear

Designer PRABAL GURUNG's Regiment was on the move at New York Fashion Week, where he showcased his Fall 2013, ready -to -wear collection.

Here are the Pix of the show.

Audience at Prabal Gurung show

Audience at Prabal Gurung show

Prabal Gurung Fall 2013 Ready to wear

Prabal Gurung Fall 2013 Ready to wear

Prabal Gurung Fall 2013 Ready to wear

Prabal Gurung Fall 2013 Ready to wear

Prabal Gurung Fall 2013 Ready to wear

Prabal Gurung Fall 2013 Ready to wear

Prabal Gurung Fall 2013 Ready to wear

Prabal Gurung Regiment on the move

Prabal Gurung Regiment at New York Fashion Week

The designer: Prabal Gurung

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