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The Folklore in Lakme Fashion Week.


Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) is a joint venture organized by Lakme, the No.1 cosmetics and beauty brand in India and IMG Fashion, global leader in the management and production of fashion weeks and designer fashion events. Deepika Padukone at Lakme Fashion Week 2010 Lakme Fashion Week has been conjured up and created with a vision to redefine the future of fashion and integrate India into the international fashion world. Lakme Fashion Week is organized twice annually.

Grand Hyatt Mumbai Hotel is in the centre of Mumbai (Bombay), India where this prestigious show is being showcased twice every year. The set on 12 acres of landscaped gardens and water features. Located just ten minutes from Mumbai’s domestic airport and 20 minutes from the international airport, the hotel is in close proximity to Bandra-Kurla complex, Mumbai’s rapidly developing business district.

The ‘No.1 and specialist in the beauty industry, Lakmé innovates to offer a wide range of, high quality colour cosmetics, skincare products, and beauty salons. In addition to Unilever’s worldwide expertise, Lakmé also partners with the leading cosmetic house of international brand. Combining international cosmetics technology with an in-depth understanding of the Indian woman’s needs, Lakmé offers its consumers a holistic ‘Beauty Sutra’ experience through its products and services at the Lakmé Beauty Salons.
Sushmita-Sen-Lakme-Fashion-Week-2010IMG Fashion, a division of international sports, entertainment and media company IMG, is the global leader in the management and production of fashion weeks and designer fashion events. Its portfolio of events features Lakmé Fashion Week located in the heart of Mumbai as well as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks in New York, Miami and Berlin, Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden in London, Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival in Sydney, SWIM FASHION WEEK at Sanctuary Cove on Australia’s Gold Coast, MasterCard Luxury Week Hong Kong and The Earth Awards. IMG Fashion also represents the international commercial rights of Milan Fashion Week, Moscow Fashion Week presented by VISA, ENK International and LG Fashion Week in Toronto.

With the outlook to redefine the Indian fashion, Indian Fashion Designers have taken steps to create the Indian outfit in their own unique ways without being biased. Keeping in mind the culture designers have crafted the dress with the fusion of contemporary and tradition. The exteriors are inspired by the myriad of simple visual forms in our everyday lives. And, the final product is an interplay of earthy texture and colour, a kiss of fresh simplicity that restores balance in the otherwise chaotic dance of today’s universe. The colours are a combination of soft, shaded pastels, bright solid pastels, traditional jeweled shades. Shades of traditional golden with heavy embroidery sets an unique example of the custom of India. Sticking to the culture of this Indian outfit the pallu of the saree is specially designed in handwork, sequences, patchwork, chikan work and many more. The grace and beauty is looked up to with utmost care.

Lakme fashion Week 2010 Unusual fabrics, texturing and detailing, ‘fusion’ of styles ‘patch-worked’ with gorgeous embellishments in a vibrant eclectic colour palette to make the feeling of going back to the ancient and medieval ages. Sabyasachi Mukherjee describes his own collections as ‘an International styling with an Indian soul’. He has been the trend setter with his extra ordinary talent of mixing the colour, texture, still keeping the customs diversified India.

Lakme Fashion Week have witnessed number of designers showcasing their work where by enhancing their talent and opening a new door to create again. Manish Malhotra, Ritu Kumar, Neeta Lulla, Sabyasachi Mukherjee are the eminent designers who have created a mark and has helped fashion reach the zenith with Lakme Fashion Week.
Satya Paul’s evolution from a quintessential Indian designer saree label to a global brand for international couture is rested upon its inherent value of practical response to the entire universe it operates in and not just the fashion world.

The fluid form, flamboyant use of colors and experimental dash are the key-defining elements that render the label a creative freedom to create the works of art and not just fashion garments.

Lakme Fashion Week have even helped new talent to grow like santanu-nikhil, rocky S, kollol dutta and many more.

The understated appeal of their design aesthetic goes beyond the here and now into a realm of pure classicism. While keeping the handwriting essentially subtle with Indian monochromatic tones, the language is most definitely contemporary and silhouette centric. Blacks and whites, pastel shades of gold and beiges teamed with vintage colors like fiery reds, flirty deep pinks, rich emerald greens, and deep chocolates and coppers have in fact become a strong color palette signature of Shantanu & Nikhil.
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Bipasa basu show casing the talent of rocky S,traditional yet modern,trendy yet beautiful lemon sari..

Ritu Kumar Bridal Collection


ritu kumar collectionsRitu Kumar is a versatile gift in Indian Fashion Industry. Indian fashion is synonymous to Ritu Kumar. She is one of the leading designer diva who has created magnificent contemporary designs with her unique creativity keeping in priority the ancient tradition of India. The wardrobe consist of of swimwear, eveningwear, and traditional Indian wear, specially the bridal outfit of sarees and lehengas, casual wear. She is the perfect combination of style, tradition and dignity. Which wholly reflect in her design too. She was the designers of the gowns and dress of the three winning Miss India.

Ritu Kumar began her career with hand block printers and two tables in a small village near kolkata, and in the last 28 years, sheer perseverance, hardwork and love for the work have helped to produce some of India’s most finest attire and accessories. She belives that everything established on good visual designs can move across all borders whether they are geographical, cultural, and historical. Ritu Kumar also shares her experience of the fact that handmade or boutique designs and sequences are more elegant than the machine made pieces. Handwork is far better because these works are done with extreme care and concern keeping in mind the culture. Under the brand name ‘Ritu’, in the late 60s she was the first woman to introduce the boutique culture in India. She distinctively holds the status of a believer of the heritage in the Indian fashion industry, and she has successfully blend the thread of traditionalism and modernity.

Ritu-Kumar-Bridal-collectionWith the depth in the art of traditional craft Ritu Kumar has won the heart of many Indians specially the bride. Ritu Kumar’s forte is traditional Indian clothes – bridal attire in particular on the rich Indian heritage of textile and embroidery and remains classics of all time. Timeless elegance in the wedding day is the secret demand of every woman. Thus wearing a ritu kumar’s creation is the dream of every bride on their very special day.. Ritu Kumar has kept in mind these brides and has created elegant outfit each and every time. Ritu has fostered a unique and unparalleled style of her own which includes ancient Indian handicrafts such as zardozi, bandhani and chikan work and she combines them with a contemporary flair to create spectacular outfits. Each outfit is designed with zari embroidery, embellishments and thread work. Sarees are the best attire in the fashion world. Work over a saree has a variety. Sarees are the part of the vast and vivid collection exclusively created by Ritu Kumar; the saree designs have the distinct touch of genius designer Ritu Kumar. Cholis are the important part of the bridal outfit. Keeping in mind the tradition and elegance it is designed in modern trend. Combining and contrasting colour of the specially designed cholis add grace to the bridal outfit which is the uniqueness of Ritu Kumar.

Not only sarees Ritu Kumar has innumerable variety of bridal collection in lehenga cholis. Traditional lehengas, salwar kurtas with light, muted colours like cream with heavy golden embroidery work and on to darker shades like black, green, purple, magenta. Designed in bright and soft hues and colours and mixing it in a right proportion has helped Ritu Kumar to earn a prestigious name in the fashion fraternity.

Lakme fashion week(LFW),Kolkata Fashion Week(KFW) has witnessed the beauty and grace of the collection of ritu kumar. She has even taken the Indian fashion specially the traditional and bridal outfit internationally and has been acclaimed successfully.

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