Wednesday, September 23, 2009 MUMBAI: Giant chandeliers slowly rising to the ceiling, walls swathed in luxurious fabric resembling an opulent Mughal Darbar, and beautiful and elegant models walking the ramp, heralded the beginning of the last and final show of the Lakme Fashion Week.The five-day fashion extravaganza came to a befitting end in Mumbai with India's top designer Tarun Tahiliani dazzling everyone with a fabulous mix of fashion and beauty.Tahiliani's collection was based on the Glamour By Lakme 2009 collection, and comprised of Red Carpet Glam, Uptown Glam, Resort or Goa Glam and Gypsy Glam.Tahiliani had divided his show, "The Painterly Vision" into drapes that featured saris, gowns, togas, tunics, Grecian, jersey NavVaaris, fringed kurtas and the Pegged Drape."The collection was very simple... drapes...The evening wear wasn't particularly bright because it was placed against Indian tableaux and also, we had the luxury for the first time of showing, on show, 55 models," said Tahiliani.The Lakme Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 hosted about fifty designers who showcased their collection in the five-day event.Among the renowned fashion designers who shared their ideas were Manish Malhotra, Narendra Kumar, Rocky S, Vikram Phadnis, Krishna Mehta, Neeta Lulla and Wendell Rodricks.Connoisseurs of life-style from around the globe appreciated the spectacular collections and did bid as prospective buyers.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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