Out amp; About

Fashion fest

Fair Funk, a high-quality fashion show 8212; will be held at Bandra8217;s StAndrews Auditorium on Thursday, September 16, 1998. The show will feature the Jacobs Well collection created by two British designers, Armanda King and Sarah Raskino. A project of Oasis India, Jacobs Well offers women from slums professional training in tailoring and thereafter sustainable employment. The fashion show will also feature works of designers from NIFT-Mumbai and an ELLE fashion pages sequence in addition to the Jacobs Well sequence. The show has been produced by Gia Fanai, Priscilla Mehta and Solomon Thomas. It has been choreographed by Elric D8217;Souza and directed by Luke Raskino of Oasis India. If the clothes do not sound widely exciting, drop in for a dekko because all the top models from Dino Morrea to Sheetal Malhar will be there. Tickets are in the range of Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 and available at the Fashion Bistro.

Old times sake

Thirty years ago a young singer called Usha Iyer used to perform at a place on Marine Drive called Talk of the Town. This week, the same singer, betterknown as Usha Uthup has come back to the same place which is now called Not Just Jazz By the Bay with Down Memory Lane8217;.The Usha Uthap week is on till Sunday, September 13, 1998 and will include golden oldies from the 8217;70s, Caribbean music, a tribute to Frank Sinatra and also Uthap8217;s own brand of music.
To book your table call ph: 2820957 / 285 1876.

Hair fair

Sick of having bad hair days? Let the professionals help you. L8217;OREAL Professional Paris, the salon division of L8217;Oreal, is organising a day-long hair extravaganza in the city on Monday, September 14, 1998 8212; the first ever show of its kind in India. They are bringing down David Mercer and Nick Bellinger from the world-famous hairdressing group Toniamp;Guy, as well as leading Indian hairdressers like Adhuna Bhabani, Ambika Pillai, Blossom Kochhar, Jawed Habib, Yatin Deshpande, Harish Bhatia, Pankaj and Edwin.

The show will have live model demonstrations on stage of the latest haircuts, colours, perms and styles. Over 2,000 hairdressers areexpected to attend the event and each participant will receive and attendance certificate from L8217;Oreal Professional and Toniamp;Guy. Seat prices for the event are Rs 400 and upwards.

For further details contact the L8217;Oreal Technical Centre on ph: 492 2034 / 36.

Channel choice

It was the Colonial Cousins in 1996 and Lucky Ali in 1997. Now the hunt is on again for this year8217;s unanimous choice for Channel V Music Awards8217; Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Contest. And the seven candidates in the fray are Daler Mehndi, A R Rahman, Lucky Ali, Silk Route, Sonu Nigam, Shiamak and Kamaal Khan. And seven lucky winners stand to win a trip to the 1998 Channel V Music Awards in Delhi on November 21, 198, a trip to the 1998 Billboard Awards, a retro-futuristic-window-busting-super-built-up- customised Coca-Cola Junglee Jukebox crammed with CDs, badges, T-shirts and much more.The contest is on in 50 cities around the country and the authorised voting centres in Mumbai are Rhythm House, Croissants, Baskin Robbins, HiroMusic, Satyam8217;s and Crossword.

God8217;s gear

If its Maharashtra, then it must be Ganpati. The fat elephant god seems to have captured the collective imagination of this city 8212; which is why it comes as no surprise when he pops up even in jewellery. Inter Gold8217;s Svayambhu line of signature jewellery, launched last year, introduces the Siddhidaata range. Meaning the bestower of success8217;, the word is symbolic of the many moods and forms of Ganesha. And the jewellery range tries to capture all that and more. Inspired by artist Udayraj Gadnis8217;s paintings, there are 32 Siddhidaata pendants exquisitely crafted in 22K gold and embellished with diamonds and precious stones. The range is now available only at Inter Gold8217;s showroom at Hughes Road, Mumbai.

Indi-chic

Yawn! India it seems does not tire of celebrating its 50th year of independence. The next to jump onto the partiotic bandwagon is Garden Silk Mills with their ode to the women of modern India. Basically, it has released a limited numberof sarees and dupattas and titled it the Vande Mataram Collection. Their tribute to the Indian woman who is everchanging, yet never changing8217;, comes in pure silk and fine polyesters and are soaked in the colours of the tiranga. Available at all select Garden outlets, if the Indian flag makes your heat soar, then you must own a piece of patriotic chic. Garden has also collaborated with Bharat Bala Productions to offer homage to the nation through a series of 10 one-minute films, shot all across the country. Saare jahan se achha8230;!