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The Accessorized Bride: Sonya Jehan for Hazoorilal and Sons Jewellers as...
UMRAO JAAN REMAINS a classic in the imagination of Indian cinema and popular culture. The combination of legendary beauty, an epic romance, and grand history lend the story a sense of myth. It's no...
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Tricks of the Trade: Backstage at Chanel Spring 2013
THE RETURN TO RETRO has brought with it an unabashed love for heavy metal hardware, sequins and glitter. Chanel pays tribute to this look in their makeup for the season, with chunky glitter on the...
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The Bride's Lookbook: Richa Chadda for CineBlitz India
THOUGH THE SARIS IN this collection of images from Cineblitz, featuring Richa Chadda, are beautiful and inspiring pieces, we are taken with the hairstyles and most especially, the makeup. Indigo...
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The Inspired Bride: Bollywood Beauty by I Wear My Sari With Jeans
NOT QUITE RECOVERED FROM a weekend of wedding festivities, but feeling very inspired by all the lovely clothes and looking forward to sharing trends with you. In the meanwhile, I found this gorgeous...
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Designer Bride: Tena Durrani Bridals for Labels E-Store
TENA DURRANIDesigner Tena Durrani makes elaborate and architectural embroidery easy to wear through the employment of casual silhouettes. A v-neck, sleeveless neckline, for example, belies the...
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Designer Bride: Runway Inspiration - Nida Azwer Presents The Hyderabadi...
NIDA AZWERNida Azwer's Hyderabadi Collection is resplendent with creamy shades of pink, coral, grey, gold, yellow, and brown. The outfits are sewn from maisuri silks, brocades, linens, and pure...
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The Accessorized Bride: Estaa Jewellers Mumbai
PARTY TIME, GIRLS' NIGHTS, bachelorettes, bridal showers, call it what you like, free from the boys, dressing for themselves, for each other. With plenty of baubles and gems. Pretty gold bangles and...
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Vendor Love:Vintage-Inspired Indian Bridal Wear by Little Black Bow Boutique
UNAPOLOGETICALLY PRETTY, WHIMSICAL AND SENTIMENTAL, Little Black Bow Boutique is perfect for those girly girls out there, who want pretty and pink, and will not apologize for it. Vintage inspired...
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Designer Bride: Modern Gold Motifs by Priyal Prakash
PRIYAL PRAKASHUsing traditional techniques of applying gold trim to fabric in the form of gota, and applying them in a throughly modern fashion to a muted palette of basic silhouettes in sarees and...
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Picture Perfect Bride: Painterly Couture by Rajdeep Ranawat
COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED BY coursework and end of term papers, and feeling a bit winter-weary, with the cool weather relenting every now and then to let in a bit of thaw, I am currently looking for an...
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Tricks of The Trade: MAC Cosmetics for Manish Malhotra
TO COMPLEMENT THE painstakingly embroidered pieces in his collection, Manish Malhotra often chooses to go with a rather bare finish for his models. We stay focused on the gold zari and ivory...
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Tricks of the Trade: MAC Cosmetics for Rohit Bal
IN A DEPARTURE FROM THE usual matchy matchy style of Indian bridal, where the groom's sherwani matches the bride and he never vies to outdo her, designer Rohit bal opted to deconstruct the bride's...
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Tricks of the Trade: Ombre Oxblood Lips
Soften a classic red lip by finishing with an updated ombre. Oxblood pairs beautifully with cream and black and thick, doll-like eyelashes. Add some bronzer and sweep your hair back into a bouffant...
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Designs on Love: White Space
BECAUSE IN LOVE, saying very little can speak volumes. A simple curving mehndi design which cleverly uses the empty spaces to enhance the beauty of the artist's handiwork is a gorgeous take on Arabic...
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Tricks of the Trade: Punk Rock Beauty
IF VINTAGE OMBRE IS not your thing, a harder, more contemporary look is easy to achieve with grey-black eyeshadow, smoked up to the browline for added drama and thickly lined lower lashes. Balance...
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Color Theory: Orange Dreamsicle
IF THE COLOR OF LOVE were to be something other than red, we suspect it might be orange. From creamy shades of apricot to vivacious vermillion, orange is a passionate colour. It's golden tones when...
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The Inspired Bride: Living in Technicolor
THE FAINT OF HEART shouldn't stop here, these colors are for the bold only. Color, as we've previously observed is making an unapologetic return the Indian fashion scene with designer Manish Arora's...
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This Dress, That Detail: Painted Cakes, Roses and Gorgeous Gowns
PAINTED CAKES HAVE BEEN a bit of an obsession lately, because art is always welcome and edible art is really, truly just sublime. Floral maxi dresses and roses are the stuff that summer is made...
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Real Bride: Pakistani Bridal Shoot from Toronto Photographer Qurrat Ansari
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Designs on Love: Twinsies
MATCHING HENNA MOTIFS for your bridal party are a pretty and simple way to tie it all together and add some fun to the day's preparations. For bridesmaids that are henna-shy, this simple paisley motif...
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Sunday Afternoon Pretty: Looking Back
MODELS PREPARE FOR the runway at the Pakistan Fashion Design Council's annual Pakistan Sunsilk Fashion Week show. Nomi Ansari and Fahad Hussayn have already graced the ramp with their collections....
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Tricks of the Trade: Kohl-Rimmed Beauties
A THROWBACK TO TRADITION, KOHL is a central tool in an Indian woman's beauty kit. So many love songs have been written about surma, a.k.a kajal, that it borders on cliche. And yet, here it is again,...
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Designs on Love: Crystallized
A perfect match for the kundan work on her jewellery, this bride's picture perfect shot of her henna is that much more enticing for the addition of tiny crystal gems to set off the henna.
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