Big Bold Booming

Long before designer Manav Gangwani’s collection walked the ramp on day two of the Delhi Couture Week 2011,it was on Twitter. Jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali tweeted her arrival with her family — mom Zarine Khan,brothers Zayed and Fardeen Khan with wife Natasha. The starry brigade didn’t dry up there. Actors Soha Ali Khan,Rahul Khanna,Raveena Tandon with Anil Thadani,Dino Morea and Sophie Chaudhary trooped in too. Raveena,Soha and Sophie wore saris from Gangwani’s new couture collection. Soha didn’t leave Rahul Khanna’s side for a minute,even post the show. Also squeezed in,quite literally,in the front row were socialites Riddhima Kapoor Sahni,Sunanda Pushkar,Laila Khan Rajpal and Shahnaz Hussain. Robert Vadra and Suhel Seth,managing partner,Counselage,were the surprise guests. After the show,the designer’s celeb friends gave him a standing ovation.

Suneet Varma

Passion play between a beautiful couple on stage before a fashion show? Designer Suneet Varma lived up to the hype surrounding his Kamasutra collection. Using lovemaking as a thematic background,he said,“Fashion is the politest way of talking about sex.” If that be true,then the sheer skirts,ethereal veils,flaming colours,rustling silk,sensually draped chiffons,metallic bras,cleavage-enhancing cholis were in sync with the mood. Varma also incorporated Swarovski elements in silhouettes ranging from shararas,saris,lehngas,paajeb churidars to structured coats with embellished kamarbandhs.

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