Seven designer jewellery headliners.
Sixteen pretty women. A host of sultans and czarinas of style. One international stylist. A suave choreographer. Three glittering
performances. A classy hotel. A red carpet walkway that featured the swish set of
the Peshwa City and every woman’s best friend, India’s premier lifestyle for
women, Femina. . . and you have a
recipe for a sparkling soirée —Femina Sparkle Fest.
When Femina conceptualised
this one-of-a-kind, exclusive fashion fiesta that lauded the achievements of
the rocks stars of the jewellery world—jewellery designers like Varuna D Jani,
Imitiaz Motiwala and jewellery houses like Goodwin, Ciemme, Orra Jewels, Cygnus and Sheetal Creations—thought it was a capital
idea and came onboard to showcase their versatile talent and inimitable
collection at the spanking new Novotel Pune Hotel on Nagar Road in Pune.
Helping them along were the denizens of the fashion world – stylist
Mubaraka Caderbhoy Kuvawala, the diva of beautiful looks Chandrakala Sanap, the
king of smooth moves, choreographer Satyajit Joglekar and designer Priyanka
Rajiv alongwith Harshita Deshpande, la
raison d’être behind the designer lifestyle store Myrah —banded together to
put up a dazzling evening that would honour the achievements of the glitzy clan.
And what a terrific evening it turned out to be as the lovely head turners took
to the runway to show off the sparkling creations!
Matching them every step of the way were three glittering performances
in between the fashion shows. Leading the pack was the mesmerizing Cynthia
Furtado with her incredible singing prowess who had the audience swinging to
her rendition of Shaikra’s Waka Waka, Whenever
Wherever and Sunidhi Chauhan’s Kaisi
Paheli Zindagani from the movie Parineeta.
Then the truly funny standup comic Varun Thakur, the man behind Schitz
En Giggles Comedy and Culture Machine took over and had the audience
in splits with his funny one-liners. Suffice to say he the audience cracking up
to his funny rabble rousing Finally, it was time for the man with the Twinkle
Toes Piyush, the man behind Piyush’s Academy took over the stage and set it on
fire with his incomparable energy levels and some seriously cool dance moves.
As for the swish set we mentioned earlier? Well, they were —Radhika and Saurabh Gadgil of the PNG clan, DCP Rajkumar Shinde,
Gaurii and Hrishikeish Shirodkar of the Pashankar Group, Anand Behede, Managing
Director, RB Group (India), designer brigade lead by Priyanka Rajiv, Nivedita
Saboo with her husband Badal in tow, Vidya Tiwari, Hina Madhumal escorted by
her husband Rafael, entrepreneur Dharini Turakhia and her husband Kunal, Sujit
Jain of Netsurf, fashionista Nirja Gupta and her better half Kishan Gupta, Laleh Busheri, CEO, Prashanti Cancer Care Mission with her partner
city’s leading oncosurgeon and oncosurgeon Dr Chaitanyanad Kopikkar, Pelham
Roberts, principal, United World College (UWC) escorting his wife Urlike, showman
Rakesh Wadhwa, Sourav
Chatterjee of the Aditya Birla Memorial
Hospital to name just a few…
All in all, it was an evening to remember!
