Bridal Asia hosts a glittering Fashion Show
Sep 28, 2011 Fashion & Bridal Wear
Bridal Asia hosted their fashion show on 26th September in New Delhi. The designers participating in Bridal Asia 2011 include Sabyasachi, Siddharth Tytler, Shantanu & Nikhil, Falguni & Shane Peacock, Pallavi Jaikishan and Raghuvendra Rathore. Here are the pictures of the fashion show.
The Jewellery paired with all the creations is by Punjab Jewellers- Rajeev Verma.
The Bridal Asia exhibition is from 30th September to 2nd October 2011 at Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi.
Shane Peacock (left), Siddartha Tytler (right)
Pallavi Jaikishan
Raghuvendra Rathore
Sabyasachi
Tags: 2011, Bridal Asia, Pallavi Jaikishan, Punjab Jewellers, Raghuvendra Rathore, Rajeev Verma, Sabyasachi, Shane Peacock, Siddartha Tytler
Bridal Asia Showcase- Shane & Falguni Peacock, Shaheen Abbas, Malini Agarwalla
Aug 26, 2010 Bridal Shows & Wedding Exhibitions, Fashion & Bridal Wear, People & Parties
Designers Shane & Falguni Peacock, Malini Agarwalla of ‘Malaga’ and Shaheen Abbas presented a sneak peak of their bridal creations at the bridal showcase hosted by Divya Gurwara at Olive, Mumbai. While Pratima Bhatia and Nisha Jamwval accessorised their look with bags and jewellery from Malaga’s new bridal accessories line, Shane & Falguni dressed models Sanea Shaikh and Shamita Singha in their bridal finery. Suchitra Pillai, Manasi Scott, Namrata Shroff made a statement in stunning silver jewellery from Shaheen Abbas.
The ladies spotted at the event were Ekta Raheja, Poonam Mahajan, Nayantara Thacker, Poonam & Kriti Soni, Alisha Chauhan, Shonali Shroff, Mamta Anand, Mansi Joshi, Delna & Simone Poonawala, Kavita Chougule, Shibani Suri, Kunika Singh amongst many others.
Bridal Asia will take place from 11th- 13th September at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi.
Tags: Alisha Chauhan, Bridal Asia, Delna, Divya Gurwara, Ekta Raheja, Kavita Chougule, Kriti Soni, Kunika Singh, Malaga, Malini Agarwalla, Mamta Anand, Mansi Joshi, Nayantara Thacker, Nisha Jamwval, Poonam Mahajan, Poonam Soni, Pratima Bhatia, Sanea Shaikh, Shaheen Abbas, Shamita Singha, Shane Falguni Peacock, Shibani Suri, Shonali Shroff, Silver Jewellery, Simone Poonawala
Wedding Shows, not Women-driven anymore!
Aug 6, 2010 Bridal Shows & Wedding Exhibitions, Fashion & Bridal Wear, Marriage & Wedding Trends
They are the Wedding and Bridal Fashion specialists who know-all about Big Fat Weddings. No, they aren’t Wedding Planners or Fashion Designers. We’re talking about enterprising men and women who organise Wedding and Bridal Fashion Shows. Around the year 2000, the business of Wedding Shows was a women driven initiative—stylish women like Divya Gurwara, Amishi Dhanuka and Geetika Sharma got designers and wedding vendors to display their creations in a bazaar-like style, over three days at a plush locale—so big budget brides, NRI families, or lehenga and jewellery enthusiasts could see creations and more creations, all under one roof. Soon many enterprising men, women and organisations jumped into the fray of organising Wedding shows motivating many exhibitors to showcase their expensive (sometimes average-quality) creations in other cities; and the business of luxury or community wedding shows—turned into the business of Big Fat Wedding Shows.
The Leaders
Divya Gurwara: Bridal Asia, started in 1999, stands out for its great style, and highly talented exhibitors who include big and emerging names from the world of bridal fashion. The show has faced solid competition over the years, but it has retained its image as the most exclusive show for crème de la crème brides. The stylish and elegant Divya is not only a smart businesswoman but a style diva too and she shares a special rapport with most leading Indian designers. Divya’s passion and personal involvement since the show started in 1999 ensures that year after year it is a class act.
Geetika Sharma Mehrotra: Bride and Groom, draws a huge crowd in the three cities where it is held– Delhi, Ludhiana and Bangkok. 11 years ago, Geetika with the help of her mother started the exhibition when she was barely 20 years old. A few years ago she started the magazine ‘Bride and Style’. At Bride and Groom, you’ll see lots of designers and wedding vendors targeting brides who love bling-rich lehengas, heavily embroidered sarees and chunky jewellery.
Tarun Sarda: The former advertising executive is a self-made man, and he got into the business for the sheer potential and not the style interest factor. Sarda initially worked at Wedding Affair magazine, and then moved on to launch the magazine Vivaah. The driven Sarda then sensed greater business opportunity in the wedding events space and he started Celebrating Vivaha. Today, the show is held in several cities including Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Ludhiana and Bangalore.
Lifestyle/ women magazines have also been organising Wedding shows typically in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore. There’s the Femina Bridal Show, which started with a big bang, but failed to earn an image like Bridal Asia, or grow to a scale like Celebrating Vivaha. Marwar’s Mega Wedding Show is now managed by Marwars new owner Spenta Multimedia. This year, a group of four who worked for Marwar, quit Spenta Multimedia to start The Royale Wedding Show. Many other Event Management companies are attempting to organise small or large Wedding Shows, not all have been successful though. It may be easy to the get huge foot-falls but convincing exhibitors with the best wares, to shell out big or even small sums for an exhibition space is a big challenge!
Forthcoming Wedding Shows
Celebrating Vivaha: August 6-8, Hotel Ashok, New Delhi and August 27-29, JW Marriott, Mumbai
Bride & Groom: September 2-4, Hotel Rembrandt, Bangkok
Bridal Asia: September 11-13, Hotel Ashok, New Delhi
Royale Wedding Show: October 19-21 Hotel Novotel, Juhu, Mumbai
Tags: Amishi Dhanuka, Bridal Asia, Celebrating Vivaha, Divya Gurwara, Femina Bridal Show, Geetika Sharma Mehrotra, Marwar, Mega Wedding Show, Royale Wedding Show, Tarun Sarda
The Bride Show
Dec 7, 2009 Fashion & Bridal Wear, Wedding People & Planners
In the years 2000 and 2001 Bridal Shows gained popularity in India—designers started participating at Bridal Asia, Bride & Groom, Vivaah and Marwar’s Mega Wedding Show which attracted brides whose budgets for elaborate lehengas and sarees ran into a few lakhs and more. In an attempt to earn big monies from this ready-to-spend audience, exhibitors enthusiastically churned out heavily embroidered wear, gaudy accessories and chunky jewellery. Price points of stuff at such shows sky-rocketed and the number of exhibitors soared. Around 2004, exclusive designers whose forte was rich yet understated creations opted out of participating at such exhibitions. Today Vivaah, Bride & Groom and Mega Wedding Show continue to attract a huge number of exhibitors working on the philosophy of ‘more is beautiful’ and a large nouveau riche audience flock to see their glittering wares. Some designers who create modern and expensive creations for cosmopolitan brides prefer exhibiting at Bridal Asia or at shows abroad which target both the Indian and International audience, like the Bride show in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Anita Rodricks who represents The Bride show in India says this year some of the exclusive labels participating in Dubai include Malaga, Bina Modi and Queenie Dhody.
The dates of the shows are 10th to 13th Feb (Abu Dhabi) and 7th to 10th April (Dubai). If you’d like to participate call Anita Rodricks on +91 9820279579 or visit www.thebrideshow.com
Tags: Bridal Asia, Bridal Shows, The bride Show, Vivaah
