Pond's Femina Miss India 2013 finalists wear and sub-contest crowns

The 23 finalists who are being trained and groomed meticulously by stalwarts of the fashion and glamour industry contested for some of the most popular and iconic sub-titles such as 'Pond's Femina Miss Glowing Skin', 'Yamaha Miss Adventurous', PCJ Timesless Beauty, 'Enhance Femina Miss Body Beautiful', 'Tresemme Femina Miss Stylish Hair', 'Westin Femina Miss Congeniality' and 'Femina Miss Talented' amongst others.

The contestants were judged for these sub-contests over the last month of their preparation and grooming where they showcased their best flairs and participated ardently to compete for these titles.

It is said that there is no greater feeling than winning little battles, before winning the greater war. With a bit of anxiety and lots of confidence and poise, the beauties are all geared up for the coveted title on March 24 at Yash Raj Studios.

The countdown begins for the grand finale of Pond's Femina Miss India 2013 scheduled on March 24, 2013

Sub-contest crowning Winners:

1.    Pond's Femina Miss Glowing Skin: Sagrika Chhetri

2.    Yamaha Ray Femina Miss adventurous: Lopamudra Raut

3.    PCJ Femina Miss Timeless Beauty: Navneet Kaur Dhillion

4.    Max Femina Miss Fashion Icon: Srishti Rana

5.    TRESemme Femina Miss Stylish Hair: Archita Sahu

6.    Lakme Femina Miss Eyeconic eyes: Swati Kain

7.    Enhance Femina Miss body Beautiful: Lopamudra Raut

8.    Sinhgad Institutes Femina Miss Intellectual: Radhika Sharma

9.    Mochi Femina Miss Awesome Legs: Lopamudra Raut

10.  Reliance Digital Femina Miss Tech Diva: Anushka Shah

11.  Close up Femina Miss beautiful Smile: Anukriti Gusain

12.  Vaseline Femina Miss Beautiful Lips: Akshitaa Agnihotri

13.  Pure It Femina Miss Beauty for a cause: Radhika Sharma

14.  Sanofi Pasteur Femina Miss Beauty for health: Anannya Samrah

15.  Femina Miss Active: Manasi Moghe

16.  Femina Miss Rampwalk: Anannya Samrah

17.  Femina Miss Photogenic: Anukriti Gusain

18.  Femina Miss Waterbaby:  Anannya Samrah

19.  Femina Miss Iron Maiden: Swati Kain

20.  Femina Miss Talented: Sobhita Dhulipala

21.  Westin Miss Congeniality: Sanjana D'souza

Global Fashion Trends-2013

From neon hues of pink, lime and orange to subdued hues of plum, olive and oxblood, the 2013 trends of fashion also include dramatic monochromes and funky Asian flavor to trendy-looking low heels and necklines to die for. Here are the top 8 global fashion trends of 2013.

We have checked out the forecasted fashion trends for 2013. Indian has what it takes as a global city to be right up there in the fashion stakes. These trends are reflected in apparel available in  iconic shopping precincts.

Forecasting agency Mpdclick predict that 9-5 wear will borrow its vintage sentiments from the Mediterranean, lending a feminine softness to careerwear that will also extend to daywear more broadly.

"A renaissance of art and culture point to the Mediterranean for exceptional creation and style, visual references from the destination combine with an old-school chic styling ethos for spring / summer 2013."

Clothes Worthy of Their Label

You sometimes think, at the bleary end of a runway season, that fashion would be better off if companies didn’t have labels to sell.
Take Saint Laurent. One of the first things the new designer, Hedi Slimane, did was to remove “Yves” from the label, thereby severing a symbolic connection to the founder, and everything he stood for, like good taste and feminine power. But it was also a test of the label’s enduring appeal.
Who needed the extra syllable when Saint Laurent was virtually lodged in people’s ears, and so much fun to say?

Mr. Slimane has been the talk of Paris Fashion Week, or at least the closing days, largely because he showed a grunge collection of baby-doll dresses and flannel shirts, which I viewed online because I was not invited to the show. Opinion varied widely. Many people said the clothes looked like stuff sold at Topshop or a thrift store, while others defended Mr. Slimane’s approach and identified pieces, like a pink fur chubby, that relate back to Yves’s designs of the late ’60s and early ’70s, when he got ideas — say, for a pea coat — from the street. It’s doubtful that customers will make that connection, but such comments serve to validate what Mr. Slimane has done.

And the controversy is good for Saint Laurent. But mainly it was clear to me how strong the name is. In terms of design, the clothes held considerably less value than a box of Saint Laurent labels. Without the label attached to them, Mr. Slimane’s grunge dresses wouldn’t attract interest — because they’re not special. But a box of labels is worth a million.

Hermès stands in sharp contrast to the Saint Laurent show and its lazy values. From the first few outfits, shown in a school library near the Sorbonne, you were aware that real design was at work here and that Hermès was not resting on its fancy haunches. For my money, this was one of the top two or three collections in Paris, and maybe of the entire ready-to-wear season; and for the simple fact that somebody at Hermès refused to let fashion take over the clothes. You could see elements of Martin Margiela’s eye-changing designs for the house, in one or two pants outfits and an austere gray V-neck wool dress with a white collarless shirt, but even his fashion was not allowed to intrude.

Somebody made incredibly good judgments: about the fit, the proportions, the selective use of silk prints, the natural looking prettiness of the models. Christophe Lemaire is the women’s designer at Hermes  but past collections have tended to be overloaded with volume and color — nowhere near as sharp as this one.

Also, there wasn't a lick of branding in the show, unless you count a suede and calf-hair coat in a horse-blanket medley of colors. You knew it was Hermes  because Hermès is supposed to be about good taste, and here was the modern expression of it.

Good taste doesn’t have to be old-looking or bourgeois. What a crummy prison of ideas, the fashion world can be. Nor does it have to scream luxury. In fact, it shouldn't  At Hermes  it was conveyed in the balance of impeccable cut and rustic textures, like goatskin coats, and in the array of pieces, like cashmere wraps or a blouse shirt worn with a full leather skirt, that owe as much to simplicity as the attitude of the woman who wears them.

The fall collections closed on Wednesday with a lively big-time show by Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton, and a fresh look from . These are really editorial collections, with a fashion gesture usually blown up, like the extra-long silhouette at Miu Miu (thanks to cute, slim-fitting cardigans bundled over long silk-print skirts with 1890s button boots) and a spree of polka-dot midi-coats. The silhouette made the collection.

Mr. Jacobs recreated the glamorous mood of a hotel, or rather the half-dressed attitude of women coming and going from their different rooms, apparently with seduction in mind. Though most of his audience probably had sleep in mind (Mr. Jacobs wore pajamas), this collection was indeed inviting, with some beautiful undies mixed in with handsome, strict coats and powder-puff bags.

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Saint Laurent at Paris fashion week 2013

"Slimane delivered the punch that was expected of him – albeit a fashionable six months late. Yves Saint Laurent himself was a rebel within the fashion industry. For Slimane to alight upon an era in which YSL has no particular relevance is, therefore, perhaps in keeping with the spirit of the house. There was a bold energy and a youthful iconoclasm to this collection … In California, where Slimane lives and to where he has moved the design studio, nineties grunge is a deeply felt part of everyday folklore; but in Paris, it is an abstract concept."

The pace of change picked up in the 1780s with the increased publication of French engravings that showed the latest Paris styles; though there had been distribution of dressed dolls from France as patterns since the 16th century, and Abraham Bosse had produced engravings of fashion from the 1620s. By 1800, all Western Europeans were dressing alike (or thought they were): local variation became first a sign of provincial culture, and then a badge of the conservative peasant.

Paris Fashion Week 2013