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It was a tepid opening for the HDIL India Couture Week
When the red carpet turns into a wet carpet, part of the venue8217;s tent collapses, and it takes about an hour to get your car to hop across to the adjacent hotel for the after-party8212;the first day of India Couture Week wasn8217;t exactly the lap de luxe.
With a Rajasthan fort as backdrop originality anyone?, Kumar presented a line of lehngas with churi sleeved cholis, chogas, long tunics, kutchi gathered coats worn over divided loose pants, ghararas, khara dupattas with intricate embellishments, interspersed with a line of antique textiles like kalamkari and jaamdaani. What were lovely embroideries and techniques, the treatment left us with a feeling of deacute;jagrave; vu.
The showstopper for the evening was Priyanka Chopra, delicious in a burgundy lehenga and an emerald choli, earned the hoots of Karan Johar and Varun Bahl on the front row, while Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar saved their nods for Neha Dhupia and Raima and Riya Sen. The Comeback Clique of Anna Bredmeyer, Sonalika Oberoi and Shyamoli Verma she really needed a drink to calm her nerves were still delightful to watch.
Among other guests, Madhu Sapre looked like a tropical tease in all black, Suchitra Pillai dressed like an astronaut and Rozza Catalano beamed in red.Kumar got a standing ovation, but as one Delhi designer told us later: 8220;Out of respect for her age.8221; The after-party was where the young and hip headed. Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan came with Raveena and Anil Thadani, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Laila Khan Rajpal, Sohail Khan, Malaika Arora and Ritesh Deshmukh proved there8217;s no shine like the afterglow of Bollywood.
