Blow Hot,Blow Cold

Rohit Bal,Narendra Kumar,Wendell Rodricks,Manoviraj Khosla,Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna,Bibi Russel.. whew… they were all there.

The fashion week redefined ‘eye candy’ for Kolkata. Be it the ever-graceful Zeenat Aman or the smouldering Chitrangada Singh to the cute-as-a-button Rannvijay Singh and Dino Morea,they all scorched the ramp. And then of course there was a certain Mr John Abraham with Bipasha Basu for company.

Cue’s interesting knitted shift dresses in colours like fuschia pink,green and red stood out as did their scooped heels in matching colours.

Though their collection was outdazzled by the likes of Rohit Bal and Gauri and Nayanika,designers Dev and Nil scored with their final walk down the ramp with coordinated tees that screamed ‘wake up and vote’.

Be it the signature tune of the Feluda series (Dev R Nil) or sexed up baul songs (Bibi Russell),the background music for most of the shows was steeped in Bengali nostalgia.

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Where were the buyers? Of the promised “42 registered buyers”,we could hardly spot one in the 4 days.

And we couldn’t blame them too. Most of the celebrated out station imports chose to repeat collection already showcased in the just-concluded Lakme Fashion Week,Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week and Delhi Fashion Week.

Narendra Kumar’s collection didn’t score much on the originality quotient while Manoviraj Khosla’s short dresses and jackets invoked a sense of déjà vu.

You know you have damp squib of a front row when even over-the-hill Tollywood celebs choose to stay away. Apart from an occasional little-known cricketer and wannabe television starlet,the front row was occupied,nay overwhelmed by aunties in last era’s chiffons and uncles in transparent black shirts (which, to our horror, were peppered with damp patches).

The coffee outlet served a watery nightmare of a cold coffee.

If you thought these greek god-like models had it all easy,think again. At the last day of the event if they ever needed to use the washroom,they would have been welcomed by a pristine looking toilet without even a drop of water to salvage them.

(Compiled by Premankur Biswas and Piyasree Dasgupta)