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Bollywood Sets Hair on Fire (As mainstream India goes hip, a very important part of the look-good-feel-good mantra is hairstyle ... snip it, streak it, straighten it, whatever ... catering to this new trend are a number of up-market salons which promise a whole new hairstyling experience.)
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Funky hairdos, outlandish styles ... you want it, they've got it. A whole new breed of hairstylists are cashing in on urban India's craze to just get with it! And who should lead the trend but Mumbai. Counselling sessions, personalised attention, fancy accessories and a feel-good ambience ... all ensure that you never have a bad hair day. The trail blazer here again is Bollywood. The Juice Salon shot to fame after its famous Dil Chahtha Hai makeovers. Suddenly everyone wanted the Amir Khan goatee and Akshaye Khanna's close cropped, gelled hair. After Dil Chahtha Hai's phenomenal success the hairstylist for that movie Avan Contractor now has her hands full. Interestingly enough, she says that men are in fact getting more conscious of their looks, giving women a lot of competition! "Guys are extremely conscious of their hair and from all age groups, men are more conscious of the way they look than the women. Women are naturally supposed to be more fussy about their hair make-up, men do it more subtly, but there are men who are extremely conscious." But the concept is still catching on and is yet the prerogative of a miniscule section of society. And while Bollywood may set the trends in India, it in turn must get its inspirations from abroad. "I'd love to say we are leaders, but we definitely follow what goes on in the rest of the world ... a lot of hair dressers are trained abroad, but we are getting there." Trendy - such an important word today. And defying norms, traditions etc is the order of the day. Long hair is out. Short irregular lengths in. And if Daddy doesn't think that's cool .. just too bad dad ... that's the way sonnny is going to keep it. And an extra dash of colour ... isn't that funky. MTV here I come. Glittering
Tiaras for Miss India 2003 Finalists Unveiled in Pune (Go
to Top) -by Deepti Chaudhary PUNE: The glittering tiaras that will adorn the heads of the three Miss India 2003 finalists were unveiled for the first time in Pune at Planet M. This is also for the first time in the history of Miss India contest that a roadshow is organised to take the three tiaras to all the cities from where the 26 finalists hail. The tiaras were unveiled in Pune by the final contestants, Dr Purva Merchant, Kaveri Jha and Sharayu Supneka, who belong to the city.
Each tiara is in the range of Rs 2.5 lakh and is designed by Trendsmith, which is part of the 150-year old jewellery house, Nirmal Zaveri. Dharmesh Sodah, president, Tredsmith, said that it was an honour and a prestige to design the most coveted crown in the country. "We have a reputation and we have to design a crown which will be adorning the most beautiful woman in India, it was a challenging and prestigious assignment and we feel proud to be associated with this," he said. The finalists also enjoyed the feel of the much sought after crown before the final contest. "I was holding it in my hand to see how much it weighs and thinking of the responsibility with it and I hope to wear one of those," says Dr Purva Merchant, a finalist and dentist. The Miss India semi finals will be held in Bangalore on January 24 and the finals are slated for January 31 in Mumbai. |
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