There could not have been a better opening of the Fall/Winter 2009 Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) than the spectacular “Barbie All Doll’d Up” show that rocked the ramp.
It was a perfect combination of style and glamour as 50 years of Barbie was celebrated along with Lakme Fashion Week, the pioneers of the fashion weeks in India having completed a decade.
Dress the Barbie contest attracted 75 entries from top designers in the country from which the 20 short listed creations were showcased on the ramp at the dazzling show.
It was the winning dress by Nishka Lulla that Bollywood’s glamorous star Katrina Kaif modeled as the show stopper of the day. Katrina Kaif will be the Indian celebrity on whose likeness a Barbie doll will be created by Mattel Toys India Pvt. Ltd.
The Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai with the extra long ramp was dressed in hundreds of metres of the characteristic Barbie pink silk with the famed Barbie logo all around. The venue almost resembled Barbie’s pretty house and it was a place where a girl of any age would have loved to be.
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From shrinking their collections to slashing prices, Indian fashion designers are trying to cope with the global financial crisis, which has dimmed the appetite for haute couture internationally and at home.
The economic meltdown was a recurring theme at this month’s Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, one of two premier fashion events that ran concurrently in New Delhi. A third major event, the Lakme Fashion Week, kicks off in Mumbai.
“The whole world is going on sale right now,” said designer Nitin Bal Chauhan, who has lowered his prices and cut up to 40 percent of his profit margin.
“As a designer, I think I should be more considerate and cut down on my profit margin and still make sure people can enjoy fashion,” Chauhan said.
Other designers have cut back on production volumes, hit by growing evidence of restrained spending for clothes and accessories among well-heeled clients.
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Textured curls are still the hair trend du jour. But don’t be mistaken—that 1980s perm is still best kept in the past. “Perms have not improved much since then,” says celebrity hair colorist Rita Hazan. “We still have the same issues; too much damage and no longevity.” Besides, according to Hazan and fellow stylist Ursula Stephen, those tight, chemically-induced coils are no longer popular.
“A looser wave is more in style,” says Stephen, Rihanna’s go-to coiffeur. “I haven’t done a perm in so long. A lot of people aren’t really getting them any more.” Instead, Stephen and Hazan recommend using a curling- or flat-iron to achieve natural-looking waves like those seen at the Ralph Lauren spring 2009 show.
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While she’s made quite a name for herself in the fashion industry, it seems Lauren Conrad’s designer clothing line is in limbo.
According to a report, the Lauren Conrad Collection has been put on hiatus, with the shipment of the last spring and summer delivery being cancelled.
A rep from LC’s camp revealed, “In light of the economic climate, Lauren has decided to completely rethink her line.
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