2nd Edition of L’Oréal Professional Indian Hairdressing Awards 2016-17

The  French hair care and cosmetics brand L’Oréal Professional has successfully conducted the second edition of Indian Hairdressing Awards, where top talent from across the country competed in a creative category of their choice: Colour Trophy, Cut & Style, Young Colourist and Men’s Image.With this all India competition...

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Premium lighting brand Tisva opens flagship studio

The busy Mehrauli-Gurgaon road has added a new address in the premium home decorative lighting segment, with the opening of Tisva Studio. The brand is the new enterprise from Usha International Limited, for which they have associated with Gauri Khan...

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Dining, Brunches, Desserts, Getaways for Christmas Weekend

It’s the festive season again, and Christmas celebrations are all about going out for grand dinners, brunches, wine, music, dance and food, food, food. We have a few options here that are all highly recommended. Make your pick

Q’la – Christmas Eve Dinner and Christmas Brunch
This is the ultimate party zone which promises great pan European cuisine, has an excellent bar and a live band.

Saturday, 24th December 2016Pre Christmas PromA Christmas Smorgasbord ( Anti-Pasti, Cheese, breads etc.), Christmas Special Cocktails, sing and dance with live band Afterglow and live Mulled wine station...

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Festive season Gift Guide

It’s the festive season, and we have another good reason to light up the faces of our dear one’s with gifts. So here are some great ideas.

Good Earth – A special range of candles from their annual design collection- Shambala, and an ornate set of exclusive Christmas decorations to add some holiday cheer. The scented Shambala glass candles are hand decorated with artwork decals & motifs in gold & silver. The artistic range of decorative ornaments are made of silver-plated copper wires, hand-worked and soldered to form decorative filigrees inspired by Tarakashi filigree jewelry craft from Odisha...

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Sunday Brunch at Q’la

The one day that is the toughest to navigate through is Sunday, where the ruling emotion ‘Lazy’ gets into conflict with the latent need to ‘Let’s do something’.One cherished activity is the brunch – with all the magical ingredients of food and booze in the middle of the day...

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India – Worldmark at Aerocity hosts stand-up comedian in Food Capital to packed house

Worldmark at Aerocity shows all the promise of becoming the latest happening destination for a family outing. On Friday, 11th December, this new high street retail and leisure destination hosted the popular stand-up comedian Amit Tandon and Gaurav Gupta...

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Harry Potter’s final book hand written, illustrated by J.K.Rowling at Sotheby’s auction

Just two decades old, and already Harry Potter’s memorabilia is sought after by collectors. Up for auction at Sotheby’s London on 13 December 2016 is a rare presentation copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, created, hand-written and illustrated by JK Rowling, containing a personal inscription by the author to the editor who launched her career...

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Diplomatic Nite 2016 hosted at The Metropolitan Hotel by Diplomatist Magazine

The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist magazine, a publication for the large global diplomatic community in Delhi, hosted Diplomatic Nite 2016 on November 17, 2016 at The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa, New Delhi, to celebrate 20 years of its publishing journey...

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Heart of a Samosa – The Masala Library

A gustatory experience involving the visual and the olfactory senses, where each course is akin to an art installation – is how I might describe my lunch outing at the Masala Library by Jiggs Kalra, on Janpath...

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Underneath the Moonlit sky

The Luxury Chronicle connected with Luca Franco, one of the partners at Luxury Frontiers. In an exclusive one-on-one with us, he explained all about what they do. More than words, it is the pictures that speak about the dream projects that Luxury Frontiers has executed...

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The Silver Chair

Such expensive and high end furniture obviously falls in the exclusive category, “But sometimes we do get mass production orders as it is mainly for 5-star Hotels. The quantity depends on the requirement of the hotels, like for a conference room at least 100 chairs per design are made...

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Lakshmi Narayan’s Bonsai Kitten

For a first time novelist, Lakshmi Narayan has packed a telling piece with her literary work Bonsai Kitten, which dissects that honourable institution of marriage and all that is not honourable in it and some more. The writer has woven into the story line the anthropological study of the social fabric of Singapore, a country with expats from every region of the world. That she lived here for a considerable time enables her to use the local slang, dialectical nuances and references to locales with authenticity...

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What does Mireille-J. Guézennec know about Varanasi

Mireille has been a regular visitor to India for the past three decades, travelling across its length and breadth in her capacity as an international reporter and photographer. It helped that she has a special degree in Indian philosophy and Sanskrit, and is a professor of philosophy in France...

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Lisa Hockemeyer and the Fascination of Italian Design

The book ‘The Hockemeyer Collection 20th Italian Ceramic Art’ is a portrait of a private collection of important Italian ceramic art of the twentieth century. It shows a selection of sixty works by twenty-three of Italy’s most celebrated artists and ceramists, among them Marino Marini, Lucio Fontana, Fausto Melotti and Carlo Zauli...

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India – Heritage 365 brings craftsmanship to the fore at JLN Stadium from 25–26 Nov

At a press conference at the Italian Cultural Center Delhi held on the 23rd November, a grand initiative was revealed that wouldbring together hoteliers, fashion designers and craftsmen on the same platform with a carefully curated exhibition Heritage 365...

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Italy – Latest Gucci’s Gothic Show Window designs Inspired by Gucci Garden & Cruise 2017 Venue

This festive Gift giving season, Gucci’s show room window-design concept are inspired by the Gucci Garden, with floral wall paper, giant ants and snakes playing with the handbags, roaring lion heads. The Gothic window arches recall once again the distinctive architecture that characterised the Cruise 2017 fashion show venue at Westminster Abbey...

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India – ASSOCHAM to host 4th India Luxury Summit-2016 on the 25th November

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)is hosting its 4th edition of India Luxury Summit – 2016 on the 4th November, 2016 at the TheLeela Palace, New Delhi.While the conference agenda was planned months ahead, the recent crackdown by the GOI on black money and demonetization of high worth currency is likely to dominate the discussions...

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India –IPA National Polo Championship 2016 finals hosted by TajMahal Hotel

The finals of the Indian Open Polo Championship 2016, the oldest trophy at stake on the Indian polo circuit was hosted by The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi on Sunday, 20th November, at the Jaipur Polo Ground, This is the 116th year of the prestigious IPA Trophy..

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Namasté France – Festival de l’Inde en France

Celebrations are on in Paris, at the ongoing Namaste France Festival from 15th September, 2016 to 30th November, 2016.Organized by the Embassy of India, Paris with the support of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)...

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Meanderings and Musings of a Bejeweled Ring

A beautiful gem studded ring shimmering in the showcase has a story to tell, as it wanders through the lanes and by-lanes of old Jaipur in search of the perfect gem. A beautiful concept that is captured on video and is a MUST for jewelry enthusiasts is brought to you from the House of Motisons Jewellers...

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Treehouse Bungalows on the riverfront – dream or fantasy?

tmanya Corbett Conservancy is a very ambitious project. It’s part of what is called the Corbett National Park and what I am trying to do there is create a small private conservancy, there are very few in India just 2-3. This one is unique in the sense that there is wild life there. We are taking degraded farmland,...

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Treehouse Bungalows on the riverfront – dream or fantasy?

When Uttam Dave decided to start a residential project for the first time, he probably was inspired by his childhood dream and everyone’s pet fantasy of living in a Tree House. He is the brain behind the upcoming Amoravida Goa project, designing 15 eco-friendly tree house bungalows on the banks of the Chapora river. We at the Luxury Chronicle got talking with Mr. Uttam Davé, MD, FRICS, Atmanya Projects LLP, to understand more about the development.

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EatTreat enters online retail with launch of EatTreat Shoppe

EatTreat, the community of food lovers across India, has launched EatTreat Shoppe, an online marketplace for gourmet cakes, cookies and everything sweet. This site will serves as a platform for Delhi based small businesses and home-sellers, who aren’t traditionally available online, and a space where one can a range of great desserts. Customers can place online orders for customizable treats. The launch was announced at a special bash at Lodhi-Garden Restaurant, where the various vendors showed off their skills...

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Dubai – Two important South Asian Artists at Art Dubai 2016

The 10th edition of the international art fair Art Dubai is set to roll out from 14 – 19 March, 2016. Visit the booth M3 whereGrosvenor Gallery will be showing works by two of the most important and influential South Asian artists of the 20th century;AbdurRahmanChughtai (1897-1975) and Syed Sadequain (1930-1987)...

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Arif Miya’s Awadhi Kitchen at Aerocity

The once elegant city of Lucknow has lost much of its graciousness to the vagaries of time, as Vinod Mehta has sketched out in his autobiographical work ‘The Lucknow Boy’. Personally, Lucknow has not figured in my travel itineraries as yet and remains on my bucket list...

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How to Keep it Simple, Real and Clear

This could be the mantra for a stress free happy life, to keep it simple, real and clear; and Be Natural. This is what the luxury vodka brand, Belvedere Vodka is celebrating, its natural roots in the home of vodka,Poland. We particularly liked their Manifesto. Scroll down to the bottom of this page to find out...

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Bibhu Mohapatra – A Multifaceted Gem

In an interview to another publication a while ago, Bibhu Mohapatra answered to the question ‘If not a designer?” by replying ‘Architect”. So it did surprise me when the premium diamond jewelry brand Forevermark, unveiled their Artemis™ collection created by the famous couturier Bibhu. A lineof 54 delicate pieces of diamond jewelry, bangles, pendants, earrings, rings, brooches et al, designed painstaking over 18 months...

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That Red Ferrari – 488 GTB makes its debut in Delhi

The dream machine that inhabits the fantasy of most, Ferrari 488 GTB, is now available in Delhi, exactly a year after it debuted at the Geneva Auto Show. The hotty was unveiled at Ferrari’s New Delhi Dealership Select Cars, at an exclusive launch. Forty years from the original launch of Ferrari’s iconic first-ever mid-rear-engine V8 Berlinetta, the 308, the 488 GTB opens a new chapter in the history of cars with this particular architecture as the 488 GTB has set a new benchmark for the sports car sector globally...

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Herb Gardens and Peacocks

It’s the first summer for the 100th Pullman Hotel, in Aerocity New Delhi, which opened last winter. The sprawling vistas across 6 acres in the prime hospitality zone of Aerocity, which is already chalk-a-block packed with other prime hotels, Pullman gains the advantage of spaciousness as it sits attached like Siamese twins with Novotel, the Accor Hotels’ other property...

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Nirav Modi – Diamantaire Extraordinaire

The creator of jewellery so exquisite that it leaves his admirers breathless with wonder and admiration, and this is just one of the reasons why Nirav Modi is deserving of the title of diamantaire extraordinaire. Barely four summers ago, he burst upon the international scene with an auction at Christie’s Hong Kong, his Golconda Lotus necklace fetching $3million... 

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The Avant-Garde & The Conservatives

                  

Sitting through another season of a fashion fest, I felt the need to address the oft asked query, ‘What is a Fashion Week?”, more as a reminder to designers, rather than to inform the lay person unmindful of trends...

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EVENT – Celebrating the life and times of a Superstar called Rajesh Khanna

On a perfect Thursday afternoon, on 8th September, 2016 , The Luxury Chronicle hosted a panel discussion, followed by a glamorous soiree at The Lalit New Delhi, around the book ‘Dark Star – The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna’ by Gautam Chintamani, published by Harper Collins...

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USA – Travel + Leisure’s Readers’ Survey 2016picks Oberoi Hotels & Resorts for World’s Best Awards second year running

Clearly, the Oberoi Hotel chain is a winner with its properties in Rajasthan, which have been popularly voted by travellers to keep them at the top of the Most Popular Lists. For the second consecutive year, Oberoi Hotels & Resortshave been votedWorld’s Best Hotel Brand by Travel + Leisure, USA, World’s Best Awards, Readers’ Survey 2016...


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Turkey – Turkish Airlines 6 times winner of “Best Airline in Europe” in Skytrax World Airline Awards

For the sixth year running,Turkish Airlines has been chosen as “Europe’s Best Airline” in the 2016 Skytrax World Airlines Awards. Skytrax is the most respected global airline passenger survey organisation in the industry, its World Airline Awards described as “the Oscars of the aviation industry.” Six years running is a real accolade and demonstrates Turkish Airlines’ continued commitment to the passenger satisfaction and development within the industry...

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London – Souza sold for £1.56 mil at Sotheby’s South Asian Art Sale of £4 million

The art auction by Sotheby’s Londonon Tuesday, 18th October, 2016 ofModern and Contemporary South Asian Art realised £4,015,125, ($4,915,316), exceeding the pre-sale estimate of £2.7-4m. ($3.3 – $4.9m).The sale was led by Francis Newton  Souza’s  masterwork,  ‘The Deposition’, 1963, which sold for £1,565,000 ($ 1,915,873) almost three times the high estimate... 

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India – Swarovski launches ‘CONFLUENCE’ jewelry with top designers at Taj Palace

Swarovski Professional celebrated its 15 year India journey with the launch of its new jewelry collection titles ‘CONFLUENCE’with a high profile event at theTaj Palace Hotel, New Delhi. Swarovski paid a tribute to the fashion fraternity in India, with the crystals an integral element in the bridal and couture design...

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India –6th Annual Taj Black Tie Charity Ball celebrates Heroes in Uniform

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It is laudable that Taj Palace, New Delhi honors and celebrates our valiant soldiers with a classy event annually. In resonance with Tata’s philosophy of commitment to human values, it is indeed a welcome platform where the elite of Delhi get to pay homage to the spirit of eternal patriotism of the heroes of the armed forces...

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India – First Indian Conrad Hotel opens in Pune’s business district

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The International luxury hotels brand, Conrad Hotels & Resortshas opened its first hotel in India in Pune. TheConrad Pune is located on Mangaldas Road near Koregaon Park, the city’s prime commercial, residential and entertainment district.  The hotel is managed by Hilton Worldwide and owned by Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the K. Raheja Constructions Group. This is the 24th Conrad Hotel in the world... 

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India – Virtual ‘Forbidden Garden’ for SS17 collection by péroat AIFW

In a first for FDCI, designer label péro by Aneeth Arora will be presenting their spring-summer 2017 collection online at the upcoming Amazon India Fashion Week S/S 2017, which starts on the 12th October, 2016. The collection titled “For bidden Garden”, #ilovepéroLIVE, will be showcased online on the fourth day, 8pm to 8.15pm October 15th as a part of the AIFW fashion spectacle...

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