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I'm looking forward to how Indian designers will impact the shows.

Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra along with Shilpa Shetty and Karan Johar are invited to Paris Couture Fashion Week 2007-2008.

Don't know how Rajnikant is celebrating the success of Sivaji - The Boss, his comeback vehicle, but Manish Malhotra who designed the South star's wardrobe for the film, is in Paris. The Bollywood fashion stylist has been invited to France's capital of haute couture and City of Lights for a private party being held at celebrated German designer Karl Lagerfeld's new mansion on July 4. And not surprisingly, the only other Indians invited to the same party are also from the Bollywood fraternity - actress Shilpa Shetty and filmmaker Karan Johar.

The party is in the middle of the Paris Couture Fashion Week of Fall-Winter 2007-2008 collections, and is being hosted by a leading international spirits company to launch its sparkling, fine new champagne. It is a very private and hush-hush affair to which the world's media, several Hollywood stars, and all those big and important enough who are in Paris to attend fashion week are invited. It is the most talked-about event in the July 2 - 5 fashion extravaganza around the Louvre and Paris is making sure no other party is held on this night.

Lagerfeld, at 74, is recognised as the most influential designer of the late 20th century, and apart from creating fashion and perfumes, is also reputed for equipping leading Hollywood artistes. Manish has never met the man before. And nor is he or any other Indian designer, part of the Paris Couture Fashion Week. But he, Karan and Shilpa have been invited to the high glam event only because they are recognised internationally as representatives of fashion in Indian cinema. "It will be a nice break," said Manish who is looking forward to getting back to films and creating his own Autumn-Winter collection.
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All this hype about Dior is making me forget that Chanel is tomorrow. I'm really hoping that it's better than S/S 07.
 
I think Im going to end up being slightly dissapointed at Dior and happy with Chanel, I cant wait for Givenchy!
 
More buzz from the Associated Press...

Paris couture week kicks off with Dior extravaganza at Versailles

VERSAILLES, France: The Paris haute couture shows kicked off Monday with French label Christian Dior holding a celebrity-studded catwalk show and party at the royal chateau of Versailles to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

Hollywood stars including Charlize Theron, Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba were on hand for the event in the 300-year-old orangery of the castle that was home to France's Sun King, Louis XIV.

"It's amazing, it's like a dream come true. I can't even believe the grounds and this castle. It's extraordinary," Alba told The Associated Press.

Stars of the supermodel era, including Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista, paraded in sumptuous evening gowns and 1940s-style tailored skirtsuits inspired by the works of master painters ranging from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso, drawing a rare standing ovation for Dior's designer, John Galliano.

Flamenco singers performed in homage to Galliano's Spanish roots. He was born in Gibraltar — a disputed British colony claimed by Spain — but raised in Britain.

After the show, guests ate paella in Arab-style tents set up in the garden of the castle.

Dior shocked fashion editors when he unveiled his "New Look" in 1947, featuring ample skirts that used acres of fabric, in stark contrast with the rationing in force during World War II.

Though Dior died prematurely in 1957 at the age of 52, his house has gone from strength to strength under a succession of designers, including Yves Saint Laurent, Gianfranco Ferre and Galliano. Galliano, the British rebel who once showed outfits inspired by homeless people, this year celebrates his 10th year at the house.

The Dior party was only the first in a series of glittering events marking important milestones this season.

French designer Christian Lacroix on Tuesday celebrates the 20th anniversary of his label with a catwalk show, followed by a party at the trendy Paris restaurant Georges.

Italian couturier Valentino Garavani, not to be outdone, moved his presentation from Paris to Rome, where he planned to hold three days of events marking the 45th anniversary of his brand.

Other couture houses showing this week included Giorgio Armani, Elie Saab and Jean Paul Gaultier. The parties come at a time when haute couture is thriving once more, thanks to an influx of newly wealthy customers from Eastern Europe and Asia.

Unlike mass market ready-to-wear, couture outfits are made to measure by seamstresses and craftspeople who toil in cramped workshops, using techniques handed down from generation to generation and century-old tools.

Only a handful of houses are authorized to use the couture tag, which comes with a strict set of guidelines fixed by the French government. But high costs in recent years have led labels including Emanuel Ungaro and Balmain to close their couture workshops.

The price of dresses, which take hundreds of hours to complete, can climb into six figures.

Nonetheless, leading purveyors including Chanel, Lacroix and Dior have reported strong double-digit growth in sales in recent months, reflecting a similar trend in the markets for fine jewelry, art and private yachts.

With so many candles being blown this week, the major worry facing fashion conglomerates is the age of its designers.

Chanel maestro Karl Lagerfeld is officially 68, though some reports place his real age at 73. Valentino is 75, and Armani will turn 73 this month.

They all have said, however, they have no intention of retiring.
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btw,you guys,those of you(incl. myself) looking forward to a boudicca show this season are going to be disappointed hear,but they had to cancel their scheduled show. as in the last few weeks in the middle of preparing their collection they were made to move out of their atelier/digs in london because of annoying early olympics preparation. so they're only doing a showroom this season.

edit,i should say the property they were staying at was purchased as part of venue for the olympics.
 
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^he is showing in Rome this year, don't know the exact day though...
 
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