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Jun 22 2013

Sonam Kapoor’s looks at Raanjhanaa & Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Promos

22 June 2013

Hot off her OMG Vogue India June cover, Sonam continues to give fab fash at recent Raanjhnaa & Bhaag Milkha Bhaag promos. Whether its ethnic, western or fusion she just knows how to work it and is my favourite Bollywood style icon. I’m not just crushing on her outfits there’s some ohhh so chic hair and make up styles too- I will be adding them to my bridal hair inspiration board! Which is your favourite look?

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Sonam Kapoor at Raanjhanaa Promos wearing Shehla Khan

Sonam in Shehla Khan- great blouse

Sonam in Shehla Khan- would love to see a clearer pic of this outfit- its so pretty

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the chic up-do

Sonam in Ritu Kumar

Sonam in Anamika Khanna and earrings by Amrapali

Sonam in Anupama Dayal

Sonam in Sailex- love the pretty back detail

Ok so the only thing needed is for someone to style Dhanush! (maybe Ranveer Singh’s new stylist should get in touch!)

Images from Sonam Kapoor Facebook and Instagram

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Tagged animaka khanna, anupama dayal, asian bridal fashion, asian bridal hair, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, dhanush, indian fashion, Kundan & Zoya, raanjhanaa, ritu kumar, sailex, shehla khan, sonam kapoor

Jun 21 2013

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D.I.Y Wedding or Engagement Cake Stand

21st June 2013

As I mentioned in an earlier post I added a few craft-y touches to our engagement party and here’s one of them- my D.I.Y Cake Stand. I’m rather proud of my stand and loved the fact no one could tell that it was made from a lampshade, 3 plastic plates and 2 wine glasses.

I didn’t take pics as I made the stand (DOH!) so I don’t have the best step-to-step pic guide but hopefully my commentary will be clear enough.

I bought three different sized plastic plates, a set of wine glasses (used two) and a two tiered lamp shade all for £40 from TKMaxx (TKMaxx home-wares section is fab)

Yep, here’s the lampshade- it was originally a two tiered lampshade- I cut off the smaller tier so only this big base was left. (make sure you buy the right size plate to fit onto your lampshade base.) I then cut out the beads from the smaller discarded lampshade tier and kept them to one side.

Using a glue that bonds glass to plastic, I glued the wine glasses upside down in the centre of the plates. Once all layers were glued together, I glued a strip of draught excluder (you’ll find this in a hardware shop and use the 1cm wide excluder) around the bottom edge of the top and middle plate. I left the glue to dry overnight and then sprayed the stand with two coats of primer and then two coats of metallic finish silver paint.

Using some florists wire I had (cut to approx 8cm long) I bent the wire into a U shape, threaded the beads I’d kept aside and stuck them through the draught excluder in even intervals. You don’t have to do this last step but I do think it finishes off the look.

Hope you liked! the tutorial

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Tagged budget wedding, cake, cake topper, craft, cupcakes, d.i.y, Engagement, stands, tutorial, wedding

Jun 06 2013

Riwayat announces line up for Pakistan Fashion Week 4, 8th & 9th June @ Grand Connaught Rooms

6th June 2013

Ohhh I’m excited! The final line up for Pakistan Fashion Week is out & hats off to organisers Adnan Ansari & Chris East for getting these great designers over to London. I can’t wait. I know there are only a few remaining tickets left for the event which you can get at the Riwayat site

8th June 2 p.m- Gul Ahmed Textiles, Waseem Noor, Moazzam Abbasi, Surrekham by Shehla Shaharyar, Kundan House, Nauman Arfreen

Yum pic from Zainab Chottani Bridal Couture Week 2013 show, what a talented lady! pic from Onitaa Facebook

8th June 7 p.m- Sara Rohale Asghar, Bombay Store, Nauranggby Uzma Shah and Moezza Rabbani, Erum Khan , Sharik Textiles, Zeeshan Bariwala

Rizwan Ahmed’s stunner of a collection ‘A midsummer nights dream’ at Riwayat’s show at the Alchemy festival- wonder what he’ll show this weekend! Pic from Shahid Malik

9th June 2 p.m- Bani D, The Pink Tree Company, Moon Textiles, Ego, Shahkir, Designer, Lakhany Silk Mills

9th June 7 p.m- Nikki B presents Parvesh Jai, Rizwan Ahmed, Tasmiyah, Zainab Chottani, Rana Noman, Zaheer Abas.

Rana Noman posted this beauty on facebook, how regal!

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pakistanfw

Facebook: http://www.facebook/riwayat.events

Event Site: http://www.pakistanfashionweek.co.uk

Riwayat site: http://www.riwayat.org.uk

Venue: Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-‐65 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5DA UK

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Jun 06 2013

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My D.I.Y Engagement Thank you cards

6th June 2013

For my engagement party I ended up getting a little creative. I made a cake stand, some tissue paper floral centerpieces and the thank you cards. I thought I’d post some tutorials on how I got on and here’s the first- the D.I.Y Thank You cards. They were super easy to make, inexpensive and I enjoyed creating them.

I bought a plain pack of 50 A5 cards and envelopes from hobbycraft for £5.99 (I think that’s the right price) and a single gift wrap pack from WHSmith for £2.99 (again, I think that’s the right price) I then drew my love bird shapes onto tracing paper and traced over the images onto the plain side of the wrapping paper

I even traced the thank you writing so I’d get a similar look on each card.

Then I glued down the love birds, traced the thank yous and then glued some sequins onto the card. (I just used whatever I had in my sewing box)

My card making factory!

There was some ribbon in the gift wrap pack so I glued a piece on to finish it off.

and that’s it all done

Tagged asian weddings, cards, craft, d.i.y, Engagement, homemade, thank you cards, Weddings

Jun 03 2013

Shaana Levy & Uraaz Bahl’s wedding

3rd June 2013

I think I’m still feeling soppy after my engagement party as I don’t usually post wedding pics! but when I saw these pics from Shaana Levy’s wedding to Uraaz Bahl I had to share them. Shaana looks so natural and elegant in her Sabyasachi lengha and statement jewels. It’s a really toned down look for an Indian bride and that’s the reason I love it.

Aashni & Co in London have this lengha in stock as well as a rose and mint version both are beautiful and the intricate thread & pearl work is spectacular.

Update 27th August

The dream team at The Wedding Filmer just uploaded Shaana Levy & Uraaz Bahl’s dreamy wedding highlights titled ‘Happily Ever After’ Enjoy!

Images: Sabyasachi Facebook

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Tagged Happily Ever After, indian bridal, indian fashion, indian wedding, sabyasachi, Shaana Levy, The Wedding Filmer, Uraaz Bahl

Jun 01 2013

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Riwayat presents Pakistan Fashion Week 8-9th June at Grand Connaught Rooms London

1st June 2013

I’ve featured the work of many talented Pakistani designers on the blog before and am super duper excited that for the first time I can actually attend PFW London on 8th & 9th June. This is the fourth season that the wonderful team at Riwayat will be bringing the best of Pakistani fashion over here with a series of catwalk shows across the weekend as well as designer stands- so not only can you see the best of Pakistani fashion you can buy it too! I’m sure I will be bumping into many a bride to be! I will be taking over the official twitter account (thanks so much to Adnan & Chris for inviting me to take part) and will be tweeting all the news and pics from the shows and I’ve been given exclusive access to the backstage area so will be taking you behind the scenes too!

Zainab Chottani at PFW3

Nomi Ansari at PFW3. How yum is that outfit.

Gul Ahmed, G Pret S/s 13 image and the range Gul will be showing at PFW4 is G Pret 2014! Yep that’s right next year’s collection now! and available to buy!!!

The designer line up includes Zeeshan Bariwala, Zainab Chottani, Al Karam Textiles, Sadia Mizra, Ayesha Aejaz, Najwa Imran, ORIGINS, Sophia Metha, Parvesh and Jai, Gul Ahmed. If you haven’t got your tickets yet buy them here now! I can’t wait for next weekend! can you?

Image Credit: Shahid Malik and Gul Ahmed Facebook

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pakistanfw

Facebook: http://www.facebook/riwayat.events

Event Site: http://www.pakistanfashionweek.co.uk

Riwayat site: http://www.riwayat.org.uk

Venue: Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-‐65 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5DA UK

Tagged Al Karam Textiles, Ayesha Aejaz, Gul Ahmed., Najwa Imran, ORIGINS, pakistan bridal, Pakistan fashion, pakistan fashion week, Parvesh and Jai, PFW4, riwayat, Sadia Mizra, Sophia Metha, Zainab Chottani, Zeeshan Bariwala

May 23 2013

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The reason I’ve been AWOL…I got engaged!

23rd May 2013

Yep readers, the Mr and I have finally got round to having our engagement party!- We were originally meant to have it back in Sept but ended up shifting the date. And while the proposal was months ago until the families get together and bust some bhangra shangra moves while high on the whiskey phiskey it doesn’t count!

I enjoy getting a bit ‘crafty’ and added a few homemade touches to the party- from my D.I.Y cake stand, tissue flower centerpieces and thank you cards. I will be sharing my tutorials with you in the coming weeks but here’s some taster pics.

I’ll be adding a few pics from the night once I get them from the photographer.

Tagged cake stands, craft projects, d.i.y, engagement party, indian weddings, thank you cards, tissue paper flowers, tutorials

Apr 18 2013

A Most Curious Wedding Fair

18th April 2014

When this beauty of an invitation dropped into my inbox I couldn’t help an ohhhh and a ahhhhh.

A Most Curious Wedding Fair brings together over 50 dreamy independent suppliers that can help bring that unique, creative touch to your special day. The three day event at the Truman Brewery is on from Fri 19th-21st & will feature..

“Hand crafted, bespoke, vintage, new designers, the dress, the groom, accessories, jewellery, floristry, Photographers, videographers, music, stationary, cakes, food and more…” A Most Curious Wedding

So if you’re looking for wedding inspiration make sure you visit over the weekend. Tickets are £4 on the door or £3 via their website A Most Curious Wedding

Images: A Most Curious Wedding Fair

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Tagged A most curious wedding fair, centrepieces, favours, flowers, truman brewery, vintage, wedding

Mar 29 2013

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Friday Fives: Lace sari blouses

29th March 2013

Long sleeve sari blouses have been back around for a while now and I’m smitten with the lace styles. Lace is much more flattering and forgiving on chunky arms and bingo wings then a fully covered style which may emphasis areas you may want to hide. Here’s my five favourite styles.

I adore this sari Neha Kapur wore at her wedding and the pretty pleated chiffon and lace sleeve blouse. Can someone tell me who the designer was?

Kajol’s wearing a pretty metallic lace version by Manish Malhotra

A simple jacquard style by Manish Malhotra’s 100 years of Indian Cinema at Lakme Fashion Week

Masaba’s sheer blouse- ok it’s not lace but it’s still sheer!

And my favourite is this stunner of a blouse by Ritu Kumar worn by Ms Chopra at the Marrakesh Film festival last year.

Images: Vogue India, Lakme Fashion Week, People magazine.

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Tagged kajol, lace, manish malhotra, neha kapur, priyanka chopra, sari blouse

Mar 27 2013

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Payal Singhal Lakme Fashion Week S/s 13

27th March 2013

Ok I haven’t even finished with posting my favourite collections from WIFW and here I am adding a Lakme Fashion Week post…oh well! what can I say I just had to share these gorgeous look book pics. Payal’s S/s 13 collection like many of the collections that have been shown in the last two weeks have been devoid of heavy embellishment and its pretty jacquards in cottons, silks and gttes that are adding richness and opulence to the collection. The silhouettes have also been simplified and there’s a relaxed flow to the garments that translate into a understated luxe vibe.

This S/s 13 Taj collection has been inspired by Ancient Islamic architecture and the traditional patterns of floral, jaali and filgree work is seen in the fabrics and minimal embellishment.