Fashion Access(ories)

In Delhi, it’s about getting Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to watch hubby dearest walk the ramp while the more ambitious of the lot are hoping to rope in Rahul Gandhi. Back home in Mumbai, it is the stars who hold sway over the runway, business badshahs be damned. So here’s looking at the general showstopper DNA. For established designers, it’s fairly simple –– they usually align themselves with the top-drawer stars. These days the smart thing is to bring them on board as co-designers and have the star’s friends hop on to the ramp too. A few, like Shahab Durazi, stick to old favourites walking the runway for them time and again, while those with friends and patrons in high places usually get them as showstoppers.

These days the term ‘muse’ is often bandied about.

Loosely translated, it means a star or starlet available and willing to oblige a designer (usually a newcomer himself). Out-of-work former divas are good bets too.

With a whole lot of models turning to the movies — Arjun Rampal, Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone and most actors with perfect physiques –– designers are spoilt for choice.

Who can be blamed, amidst all this excitement, to not notice the clothes at all? The glorious dozen may as well have walked wearing sacks and fetched the loudest cheers because Couture Week is more about the hi-wattage attendance than the clothes.

This season though, my personal pick would have to be the ladies who put aside their professional rivalry for the Being Human initiative. Who says women can’t be friends?

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