Stardust

Diamonds are a joallier’s best friend and they ruled the ramp here. First lady of Indian jewellery,Mehta,stuck to her favourite combination of diamonds and emeralds in intricate earrings and necklaces. The purported piece de resistance,a white gold handbag studded with diamonds,however failed to catch our fancy—a bit too bling-y even for Beyonce. Kapoor’s chunky but tasteful art deco pieces were almost overshadowed by Anna Singh’s poorly crafted gowns. The designer was joined for her bow out by husband,actor Sanjay Kapoor.

The shutterbugs went crazy even as friends Raveena Tandon,Twinkle Khanna,Tania Deol and Anu Dewan cheered and clapped. Khan’s show was the most well put together—the feminine Cascades collection,replete with precious and semi-precious stones in fluid designs,was wonderfully supported by uber sexy Gauri and Nainika cocktail dresses and bondage heels. The front row erupted in catcalls and hoots when a nervous looking Susanne Roshan walked down the ramp wearing a multi-strand knotted diamond necklace and exchanged glances with her superstar husband,Hrithik Roshan. Malaika Khan,Zarine Khan and Dia Mirza all wore jewellery by Farah Khan.

Our favourite collection by far was Queenie Dhody’s simply for its unabashed use of colour. Featuring both contemporary and traditional Indian style,precious and semi precious stones,each piece made a confident statement— looks like the designer was projecting her personal style on her designs. Rhea Pillai,Kalyani Chawla and Sharmilla Khanna all wore Queenie’s jewellery to support the designer. The showstopper was an elegant Sridevi who walked out gowned in (Queenie’s favourite) Herve Legerand wearing a white and yellow diamond necklace. Her husband Boney Kapoor cheered her on.

Wow. Double wow.