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As the show began, a dummy was seen in a playful mood rummaging her closet and doing her elaborate dressing record with feminine finesse. Though the Elizabethan era falls in the bracket of early 17th Century dated (1558-1603), the orifice scene carries a glimpse of Alexander Pope's poem 'The Rape of the Sway' (1712). Remember how Belinda's dressing table was a world in itself, home to gems, Arabia's perfumes, snow-white combs, files of pins, "puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux."? Shantanu-Nikhil revived the of old era in pure vivacity and authenticity.

Source: Times of India

But without considering these tinseltown names and attendance from those who are to the social circles born, the focus resolutely remained on the clothes, with the five designers presenting an interesting mix of Indian and western couture ensembles. While Adarsh Gill proved her competence with glimmer and embroidery, Shantanu and Nikhil's rendezvous with cocktail couture was like a breath of most recent air (just like the theme of their show). Anju Modi, Ashima-Leena and Manish Malhotra went back into the books of account to dig out yesteryear techniques and brought alive the style of old world couture to the ramp.

Source: Times of India

"Manish Malhotra's in one piece collection was bought by designer boutique Karma. The new store 'Evoluzione' purchased the outfits of almost all the designers. Varun Bahl's parentage taken over by Ensemble, Aza and Ogaan. These are just some examples of an event that was a successful venture," said Sunil Sethi, president of The latest thing Design Council of India ( FDCI).

Source: Times of India

Why and how does haute couture in Paris open to?

First, let us see how it is experiencing a rebirth: Younger clients from emerging economies such as India, Brazil, Qatar, China, Tunisia and Kazakhstan have become more style-conscious and hungry for the best clothes money can buy.

Source: Inquirer.net

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Gwen Stefani will be releasing not one, but five new perfumes in November, and she admits that plotting them was harder than she plan it would be. The vogue enterprise and pop music icon and foremost of her own shape tactics, L.A.M.B., designed...

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Source: Dior presents a line of 'couture' perfumes - A new look at perfume ...

In October, Dior will be launching a new stock sign up of fragrances christened ‘La Gleaning Couturier Parfumeur’. The stock is comprised of 10 scents, and the bottles reverberate the layout of the Eau Noire, Bois d’Argent and, more recently, Ambre Nuit bottles. Indeed, all 3 of those fragrances, from day one presented for men, will be included in the new omnium gatherum, where they will be joined by seven others, ranging from citrus to oriental, via leather. The seven new scents are Mitzah (a tangy rose), Vétiver (vetiver-coffee), Granville (pungent and lemony), Leather Oud (a leather-oud unanimity, as the name implies), New Look 1947 (a Caucasian- floral tuberose), Cologne Royale (neroli-citrus) and Milly-la-Forêt (a musky floral). As for pricing: 150 euros for the 4-oz.-suppress, 225 euros for 8 oz., and 330 for 16 oz. Cologne Blanche (2004), which also had the same sauce a contain, doesn’t seem to have made the cut.

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