Lakhme Fashion Week - Manish Malhotra

I am a huge fan of Manish Malhotra's designs - love the colors he uses and his color pairing is unparalleled. I expected something more from Manish than his current showing, and I am sure these ladies did too.


From L to R : Sophie Chaudhry, Asin, Sridevi, Manish, Anushka and Deepika

Take a look at these pictures and I will explain why I am so disappointed with the collection.

These clothes are nice - but they are not Manish Malhotra nice - do you know what I mean? Where is the drama, where is the wow factor? You could buy this stuff at any Indian store. And what is with the cutouts in the peach chudidar - nasty man. And to top it all off he used Genelia and Tussar ( or whatever his current name is) as show stoppers, why? Why do this to yourself?

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Butterfly Effect

The Poonawalla's had their Millennium event and so obviously my fav socialite and a very preggers Natasha Poonawalla was there.

While I love the Alexander McQueen dress that Natasha is wearing, I think the ensemble is an overkill with the matching Alexander McQueen butterfly hat and the Lieber butterfly clutch. A defi overkill.

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For $25

This halter handkerchief dress seems to be a very popular style in Bollywood. I first saw it on Amrita Arora, then on her sis Malaika, then on a host of TV starlets. This dress is available in almost every souvenir store at touristy places in Florida for about $20-$25.

BTW - please do not pick this brown and yellow combo.

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What????

I am not understanding this outfit that Nisha Jamwal has on. Is it a strapless dress with a matching stole on one shoulder or a one shouldered jacket? And the shoes ugh...........

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You like?

Kareena is the spokesperson for Anne French. Here she is in a blue maxi dress.

Personally, I like the blue color on her, the bunch of silver leather flowers at the neckline and the uneven hemline of the dress. Let me know if you like this look on her.

Source: Viral Bhayani; Filmicafe

Toga outfit

At a press conference for the movie Blue, Lara Dutta just stood out. Nobody notice either Kylie or Akshay ( well I have to admit his silver loafers did get my attention) Her dress is absolutely fantastic and to die for. Right from the work on the shoulder to the belt down to her shoes, Lara is picture perfect. And she has the height and body to carry off this outfit. 2 thumbs up.

Source: Viral Bhayani; filmicafe

At the reception

So finally all the festivities relating to Amrita's wedding have ended. What started with sangeet hosted by in laws to the church wedding, to the mehndi, to her own sangeet, then nikah and finally reception.

The biggest star turnouts were at the church wedding and Amu's own sangeet. Comparatively there were fewer star appearances at the reception. Here are her pics.

Nice outfit, but like I said before I have not been blown away by anything Amu has worn on any of her occasions.

I guess after seeing Malaika's outfit at the sangeet, I expected more from her reception outfit. I have to say, I am a tad bit disappointed with this saree. It is very ho-hum. The color is very blah and the waist band and armlet, really don't add to the whole pic. What I absolutely love though are her pink opal and diamond chandelier earrings. So unusual and soooo drool worthy.

Source: filmicafe; Viral Bhayani