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Mumbai, Aug 9: Fashion designer Krishna Mehta has worked with Manipuri handloom for her new line which she will showcase at the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week (Lfw) Winter/ Festive 2013 here. She says the onus of keeping handloom alive lies upon designers.

"It is our duty as designers to ensure that we keep handloom alive," Mehta told Ians.

Through her collection, she wants to give handloom and craftsmen from Manipur a worthy platform.

"I would like to bring forth the work which they do for the other designers to see. Just because they don't really know what the world is like, they are in their own cocoon and in a valley.

Mumbai, July 11: In its 13th year, Lakme Fashion Week has lined up 86 designers, including veterans Pallavi Jaikishan and Ritu Beri, from across the country.

From big names such as Wendell Rodricks, Neeta Lulla, Anita Dongre, Krishna Mehta to young talents Pooja Kapoor, Atithi Gupta, Roma Narsinghani, Isabelle Mittal have been roped in to present exotic designs on the ramp at the upcoming edition of winter-festive 2012 starting Aug 3.

"Buoyed.

"I have been maligned, and my life has been a constant struggle from heaven to hell to get even basic work done," says Pooja Missra. Her reaction comes rom the allegations that her name has been brought up again in the Lakme Fashion Week, where  Pooja Missra, on Day 3 of Lakme India Fashion Week, was seen in the front row at the Krishna Mehta's Show, on the designer's persistence dressed in Krishna Mehta's clothes.Veteran designer Krishna Mehta even coaxed Pooja to attend her pressconference after the show to which Pooja gracefully complied.

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Mumbai, Aug 21: Here's some spirituality with style. Kolkata-based designer Shagufta Quamar has created a range of unique and colourful bags, depicting Indian god Krishna and the Buddha, to spread the message of inner peace in this fast-paced world.

Quamar, who showcased at the Lakme Fashion Week (Lfw) Winter/Festive 2011 here, aims to glorify the message of 'moksha' (spiritual liberation) through her line.

'My theme for this collection is inspired by the Buddha and Krishna and it is all about attaining moksha,' Quamar told Ians in an interview.

Her show, which will have 16 designs, will be held Sunday, the concluding.

Here.s some spirituality with style. Kolkata-based designer Shagufta Quamar has created a range of unique and colourful bags, depicting Indian god Krishna and the Buddha, to spread the message of inner peace in this fast-paced world. Quamar, who showcased at the Lakme Fashion Week (Lfw) Winter/Festive 2011 here, aims to glorify the message of .moksha. (spiritual liberation) through her line. .My theme for this collection is inspired by the Buddha and Krishna and it is all about attaining moksha,. Quamar told Ians in an interview. Her show, which will have 16 designs, will be held Sunday, the concluding day of the fashion extravaganza. .The main concept of my show is to search your inner peace. In today.s time, everyone is running behind materialistic things. So from my collection I want to convey the message that there is no point in only running behind material things. One should be spiritual...

The music of John Abraham-Pakhi starrer Jhootha Hi Sahi is making noise for all the right reasons. The music by A.R.Rahman has been extremely well received, appreciated and is continuing to rule charts. As pointed out in our Bollyspice.com music review for the film (read here), this is movie music at its best. So, if you don't, have your copy yet, go grab one already!

Further, as we emphasize in our music reviews, we believe that having great music is stating an obvious fact, but apt picturization and fitting the song correctly into the plot adds brownie points to the film's appeal. So true to our being aficionados of audio and visuals alike, we were thrilled to check out the making of the song 'Maiya Yashoda' with the cast and the crew having a fab time.

The song choreographed by director/choreographer Ahmed Khan (Paathshala,...

Mumbai, Sep 17 – Designer Krishna Mehta’s festive collection at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week oozed the wow factor with models sashaying down the ramp in elegant traditional wear.

The designer, who has been into pret lines for more than a decade, revisited couture with her show, bringing forth elegantly flowing lehengas, anarkali suits, sarees, sherwanis, kurtis and Indo-Western tunics.

‘I have done a couture collection after almost 15 years. It’s a very unique collection because it doesn’t restrict you to wear something.

Mumbai, June 17 – Fashion designers showcased their collections at a charity fashion show organized here on Wednesday.

Organized by StyleKandy magazine in association with a voluntary organization ‘Breakthrough’, the show was aimed to spread awareness towards domestic violence against women.

The show with a tag line ‘Bell Bajao’ had the whole fashion fraternity supporting the cause.

Prominent designers like Archana Kocchar, Rocky S, Neeta Lulla and Krishna Mehta showcased their collections.

Kocchar said that awareness is the only way to eradicate domestic violence.

“I think domestic violence is something that needs awareness and the only way to eradicate it is by.

June 3, 2010: The Pearl Academy of Fashion organized one of the biggest fashion events the ‘Portfolio ‘2010’ in Jaipur with the help of its students. The second batch of graduating students of the 4-year BA (Honours) participated in making it a success. This institute offers courses in fashion designing, jewellery designing and textiles.

The garments designed by the students of the Pearl academy were showcased by super models like Krishna Somani, Amanpreet Wahi, Donna Katherin Masih and Talia Bentson. The models displayed 30 collections designed by the fashion design students with an additional 9 designs by the Fashion.

Rajan Shahi’s Maat Pitaah Ke Charno Mein Swarg on colors has Vrindavan as the backdrop. Everyone believes in Lord Krishna and a celebration was kept on the sets on the occasion of Janmasthmi where aarti was followed by bhajans and dahi handi and throwing color on one another. The atmosphere on the set was colorful and the complete star cast was in fun mood.

Producer Rajan Shahi said, “Maat Pitaah Ke Charno mein Swarg has Vrindavan as the backdrop of the story. Lord Krishna is important part of the show. The whole unit bonded like a family and everyone will surely cherish.