Chandni Chowk to China LA Premier

Ok so, here is the deal. Chandni Chowk to China (CC2C) is having 7 premiers all over the globe in a span of about 2 weeks. How are the stars and crew going to accomplish this incredible task - not by taking commercial flights, oh no. They are flying in a private jet courtesy of Akshay's close buddy in Canada. So we have Akshay Kumar, his wife Twinkle, his co-star Deepika Padukone, the producer and director of CC2C flying in the jet.

The first premier was in LA. Let's check out the fashion....

Why a white suit Akshay? If you had to wear white why could you not have teamed it with a black shirt, it would have given the suit some edge. This, dude, is not flying. I like Twinkle's saree, love how her hair is styled, her make up and her contrast ,diamond and emerald, earrings BUT what's with the big Anya Hindmarch clutch. It is a beautiful bag no doubt but it just does not go with a saree, it is too big. She would have been perfect with a smaller glitzy clutch.

Deepika, who designed that horrendous green velvet net thing, you are wearing? Girl you have the body, the face, height - did you really need to wear something from a 70's B grade movie?

Do you agree? Please post your comments let me know what you think.

Source:filmicafe

Wearing Indian at the Golden Globes

While it is really nice to see non-Indians dressed in Indian attire, I really do wish they would make better choices. These are really sad :(

Source: filmicafe

Last Night at the Golden Globes

Isn't it just fabulous. Slumdog Millionaire won 4 awards at the Golden Globes. Best Screenplay, Best Picture (Drama), Best Director and Best Original Background score - A.R.Rehman, yea..........

The surprise was Shah Rukh Khan as presenter - it was truly a great step forward for India.

Let's start with some red carpet pictures.

The cast and crew of Slumdog Millionaire

The King of Bollywood (how he was introduced) with his wife Gauri and friend Karan Johar

Now for the on stage pictures:

Shah Rukh introducing Slumdog Millionaire as nominee in the Best Picture category with Frieda Pinto.

Here is a pic of Rehman accepting his award

Sources: Filmicafe;pinkvilla

I am back

I have been on a looooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnggggggggg haitus. I would like to pick up where I left off and bring you fashion tips, tricks and comments from both Bollywood and Hollywood

Kurti or Tunic

Aunties, sisters, discard those kurti's. Please do not wear them anymore, they are not in fashion anymore. Have not been for the last 3 years.

If you have to wear something similar - try a tunic instead. The difference between a kurti and tunic you ask? A tunic is a non desi version of a kurti ( essentially a kurti minus the zari, embroidery or ethnic work)

For the older amongst us, I would like to suggest a tunic the kind found in Tory Burch's collection. Very elegant and classy. Neetu Kapoor has been seen sporting several tunics from the collection on different occasions.

For the younger amongst us, try something like what Cameron Diaz had on last week. So casual yet so hip

Sources: olivecookie, shopstyle

Belt it Out

First it was Logo-ed tshirts, then it was bags with Logos and now the Bollywood fraternity (and that includes the socialites and wannabes) are pulling in their burgeoning bellies with logo-ed belts.

Take a look at this picture taken 2 nights ago at Katrina Kaif's birthday bash ( no idea what birthday she was celebrating, even if she did make it public, it still wouldn't be the true)

KJo is wearing a Dolce and Gabbana belt, which costs around $400. Then there is Gauri, King Khan's wife, wearing a YSL belt, this belt is in the family of around $600.

Then there is current socialite (an has been actress) Madhu, wearing the much coveted Hermes belt. This sucker costs $540.

And there are the wannabes. Take a look at Bhavana Pandey (one time actor Chunky Pandey's wife, remember him, vaguley maybe?). She is wearing a Gucci Belt that costs around $275.

Then you have the Fendi belt, the Prada belts, the Chanel belt. List is never ending and the cost is never diminishing. Feast your eyes

Pecking Order

I have always been fascinated about how trends flow through the entertainment industry and down to us - the janta. Stuff like - where they start, how they escalate (or drop) and then how they filter through to us.

I followed this particular brand trend from the inception. This really explains the flow.

I first heard of and saw an Ed Hardy tee shirt on Madonna in 2006. After that I saw several Hollywood stars like Justin Timberlake sporting Ed Hardy t's.

In 2007, they got very popular with our Bollywood stars. They hit big time in India after stars like Kareena Kapoor and Salman Khan were seeing sporting them.

In Fall 2007 the Ed Hardy stores opened in India and now in 2008 we see the "aam janta" wearing them. It is another thing that our desi tube stars fall in with the rest of us - take a look at one of them sporting an Ed Hardy tee last week

Dunno if you have heard of him, this dude is named Ashish Chowdhry (yes this is how he spells it - he is still hoping numerology will help him)

So now the pecking order stands revealed. Elementary, my dear Watson.