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First fashion
On Monday Araiya turned one with a bang as they held a fashion show at Fire amp; Ice, Mumbai8217;s most happening night club. And this was just the perfect location as Araiya8217;s collection is meant for the young and for those who like to go clubbing. Even their Indian wear has a very youthful look to it as they use a lot of lycra. So, it was not surprising to hear that many veejays and models wear Araiya originals.
The compere for the evening was Amrita Arora, both she and her sister Malaika who was at the show regularly wear Araiya clothes for their MTV shows. As does Channel V8217;s Nina Manuel who was one of the models on the ramp. And keeping Nina company were many well known models like Tarun Raghavan, Helen Brodie and Ujwala Raut. But it8217;s not only the veejays who favour Araiya clothes, model Lisa Ray too wears quite a bit of Araiya8217;s designs on her show Starbiz.
The Magic Bus is a new charity set up by some South Mumbai corporate types like Cox amp; King8217;s MatthewSpacey. The idea was to take the under privileged on a bus ride and make it like a party with musicians and other performers on board to make sure that the children had a good day out. The group has already started working with Akanksha. And to help raise awareness of their work, they held an official launch bash at the Fashion Bar amp; Bistro.
Already a lot of celebrities like Shekar Suman and singer Sagaarika have promised to help out. But that night, it was the ramp models who were out in full force, with Helen Brodie and Gauri Parulekar both attending the event.
Model art
Shanti Chopra is a name that most associate with fashion, but her real passion is art. And on Tuesday her dream of owning an art gallery came true as she and sister Kasturi Wadhwani launched Art Musings in Colaba. For their first exhibition, Shanti had four of India8217;s leading artists showing: M F Husain, Anjolie Ela Menon, Parish Maity and S H Raza. And Parish was in full form at the launch as he was drawing sketches for allthe invitees. A lot of arty crowd turned up for the opening like Saryu Doshi and V P Singh. Adding some real glamour were many well known faces from the fashion world all of whom had come to wish their favourite fashion show choreographer all the best. Seen there were Anna Bredmeyer, Madhu Sapre, Tarun Raghavan and Michelle Tung.
Suit piece
The most talked about event this weekend was the Ermenegildo Zegna shop launch that also took place on Saturday. This Italian company has been in the clothing industry for nearly 100 years and have now opened a shop in Crossroads, inaugurated by beer baron Vijay Mallya. Zegna are known to make some of the finest suits in the world and also have a made-to-measure service. On Sunday, Paolo Zegna, co-ceo and grandson of the founder, hosted a launch party at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. Put together by Devika Bhojwani8217;s Brite Ideas she also did the Omega-Rohit Bal show, the Chopard Show and most recently the Intach Elephanta fundraiser well knownpersonalities from business, industry and glamour came on stage, escorted by Fleur Xavier and Ujwala Raut. Akai8217;s Kabir Mulchandani, Dr Vijay Mallya, Phoenix Mill8217;s Atul Ruia, Milind Soman, Parvez Damania, Suresh Bhojwani, Tony Jethmalani and Rohit Bal who was also celebrating the launch of his own store in Crossroads this weekendtook to the stage like natural models.
They also talked about preservation as Zegna is giving 10 per cent of all its sales for the first month toward the conservation of the Horniman Circle precinct. Spearheaded by Rahul Mehrotra, the architect used the occasion to present an outline of the plan.
And finally8230;
If you are a party animal, then you must be fed-up with the queues outside Fire amp; Ice. Well there is good news for the city8217;s movers and shakers. The Taj is re-opening its discotheque before the year is up. According to the grapevine, the Taj8217;s new disco will open on December 31, at the mezzanine level of the Taj Hotel. What will it be called? Not 1900s forsure. Maybe 2000s??
