Balmainia

• By Payal
• November 5, 2009
• Found/Off The Runway
• 20

We’ve yet to see the tinseltown ladies pick up Balmain but until they do, we’ll keep ourselves happy spotting some on the non-filmi ones. Closer to home, Ms. Poonawala wore the same Balmain jacket seen on Gisele on the Vogue cover and in London, Priyanka Gill hosted a Diwali party wearing a Balmain dress with a heavy kundan choker. Am all about mixing it up but the heavy-duty traditional necklace didn’t quite work with the edgy dress.

P.S. Still have my fingers crossed and hoping to spot one (some day) on the ‘filmy’ crowd (and not in a magazine spread). Will it ever happen? :P

Left: Natasha Poonawala at Dior’s Winter Collection Launch, Delhi
Right: Balmain Tweed Jacket with Crystal Bow

Left: Balmain, Spring 2009
Right: Priyanka Gill at Diwali Party, London

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Seeing Double?

• By Payal
• September 14, 2009
• The Daily Etcetera
• 15

These two Jaya Mishra designs shown at the recently concluded Kolkata Fashion Week seemed to have borrowed heavily from past Chanel/Balmain/Alexander Wang collections.

Do you see what we see?

Left: Chanel, Fall 2008
Right: Jaya Mishra, Spring 2010

Left: Alexander Wang, Spring 2009
Center: Jaya Mishra, Spring 2010
Right: Balmain, Spring 2009

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• balmain,
• Chanel,
• fashion plagiarism,
• jaya mishra,
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• seeing double

In Marios Schwab

• By Payal
• September 7, 2009
• Bag Spotting
• Found/Off The Runway
• The Shoe Files
• 53

Update: Ms. Kapoor was also wearing Balmain‘s studded sandals with the dress. Thanks ‘fashionista’ for the image tip-off.

On anyone else the dress would’ve looked like any other printed dress but on Sonam Kapoor the Marios Schwab 3D Crystal Print dress really shines. Love how she paired her dress with a pair of hoops and a Balenciaga bag.

Keeps it interesting, this one.

Left: Sonam Kapoor at ‘Joy Of Giving Week’ Event
Right: Balmain Studded Sandals

Left: Sonam Kapoor at ‘Joy Of Giving Week’ Event
Right: Marios Schwab 3D Crystal Print Dress

Left: Sonam Kapoor at ‘Joy Of Giving Week’ Event
Right: Balenciaga Work Bag

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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• balenciaga,
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• Sonam Kapoor

Gisele on Vogue India: (Un)Covered

• By Payal
• August 27, 2009
• (Un)Covered
• Found/Off The Runway
• 19

We saw her in the Suneet Verma sari already and here is Gisele on the cover of Vogue India’s September edition in a Balmain jacket and a Tarun Tahiliani bikini. Hot! or not?

Heck, its Gisele. Hot all the way, for us!

Left: Gisele Bundchen on Verve India Sep 2009 in Balmain and Tarun Tahiliani
Right: Balmain Tweed Jacket with Crystal Bow

Photo Credit: Rediff

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• balmain,
• balmaincrystal bow jacket,
• gisele bundchen,
• Tarun Tahiliani,
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• vogue india sep 2009

The Worst Knock Off Award…

• By Payal
• August 2, 2009
• WTHeyyy!!!
• 18

… goes to Genelia who wears a dress that seems to have drawn a lot of inspiration from Balmain’s Fall 2009 collection. It ain’t a style that anyone can pull off but if you are going to try, at least keep it edgy! It’s not like the dress was great (it was ugly actually) but the rhinestone sandals and the necklace (which is way too traditional) make Genelia’s look even worse.

This is a WTHeyyy for us, folks. What about for you?

Update: The dress is a Neeta Lulla. Thanks ‘ashima’.

Left: Balmain, Fall 2009
Right: Genelia D’Souza at 56th South Filmfare Awards 2009

Source, Source

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