Indian Traditional clothes...The Sari

Anyone ever traveling  to India; cannot help but notice it’s clothes. Unlike most other countries India has still managed to keep its fashion heritage. The clothes are colourful, vibrant and prepossessing. The beautiful textiles and prints is any textile designer’s paradise for inspiration. The cleaver and inventive  drapes catches  your eye like no other contemporary clothes. Every village, city and town has its own variation. Worn commonly in India widely across all cities is the sari. Worn in varied styles, it is a long piece of flat cotton, silk or other fabric woven in different textures with different patterns. The sari has a lasting charm since it is not cut or tailored for a particular size.  This graceful feminine attire can also be worn in several ways and its manner of wearing as well as its color and texture are indicative of the status, age, occupation, region and religion of a woman. The tightly fitted, short blouse worn under a sari is called a choli. The choli evolved as a form of Indian clothing around the tenth century AD and the first cholis were only front covering; the back was always bare.

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The man behiend Lady Gaga's 'look"

  So for all those innocents who thought Lady Gaga expresses her internal personality externally by the way she dresses (which is brilliant!) here's the shock!! The stylist behind her look is Nicola Formichetti. He is born of an Italian dad and a Japanese mother. He is a photographer 33 years old and has just received the Isabella Blow award for Fashion Creator, at the British fashion awards this week. It is Nicola who convinced her to wear a phone on her head and all those brilliant costumes that lady Gaga is  famous for and her fans love- is visualised by him. Nicola has also worked as a consultant for fashion brands, including Prada, D&G, Missoni, Adidas, Nike, Uniqlo and MAC. Fashion stylists have been around since the 1920's but it's only now that they are getting recognition and coming into their own. Rachel Zoe with her t.v show has somehow made the people more aware of what the stylists do.
 
Nicola Formichetti (L) and Daphne Guiness pose at the winners board at the British Fashion Awards at The Savoy on December 7, 2010 in London, England

Victoria's secret.

 Which Girl has not heard of Victoria's secret? Here are some pictures from their 2010 collection. http://www.victoriassecret.com/bras

Yes! My little home town has a fashion week!

  It was so funny when I went home to India last year and got to know that "Pune" my home town has a fashion week. This year It has really showed talent with a local gal- Seema Singh. Her designs and colours look promising.

Is the world totally insane??!

  Hi! This not directly related to Luxury or fashion but when I read this I was so furious! Wonder what this world is coming to? Just when you start doing something socially about use of anorexic models on the runway...this comes! How far removed are people now from reality if they start putting their babies on a diet?! Have'ent they heard of baby fat? I live those chubby hands and feet. I love their soft booties and rounded thights..How can they be fat?! unless they have some genitic defect? One mom put laxative in the botttle...uugh! being a mom, this on something I cannot relate to. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/fat-babies-parents-put-fat-babies-diet/story?id=12216642&page=1
  There u will find the complete story. Let me know your thoughts...