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Established 1961 31 Monday, November 20, 2017 Lifestyle Features Raza Beig and Saad Ramadan was Lebanese singing sensation and youth The Iconic icon, Saad Ramadan who walked the ramp Models of the with Raza Beig, Director- Landmark Group Victoria’s Secret Youth and CEO, Splash, ICONIC and Landmark Fashion Show pose International cheered on by his fans. Catch for a group photo the latest updates on the brand and highlights on stage at the Fashion Show from the show on Instagram @iconicstoreme Mercedes-Benz and on Facebook @IAmICONIC. Head over Arena in Experience to ICONIC and shop our latest Autumn Shanghai. — AP Winter collection available at The Avenues, The Mall, Level 1,Salam Mall in Salmiya and CONIC, the different haven for the trendi- at Sama Mall in Fintas. est fashion in the region hosted Season 3 ICONIC a Landmark Group brand repre- Iof the Youth Fashion Show Experience sents a unique spirit, making it different to over the weekend at the Rixos Premium Victoria’s Secret to charm any other fashion store in the market. It is a Hotel, JBR. The AW’17 collection was show- destination where fashion, innovation and cased by fresh talent from across schools and lifestyle meet and offer ‘Fashion Different’ for universities walking the ramp for the very men, women and kids. ICONIC offers fashion first time. In a special collaboration with Star apparel, footwear, accessories and gifts all Wars, Stormtroopers from the 501st Legion under one roof ensuring there is always walked the runway to celebrate the launch of something for everyone. Part of the Landmark the new Star Wars fashion collection China with fashion gala Group, ICONIC is for the young at heart who designed by ICONIC, including the first is stylish, trendy and out-going. This retail locally designed women’s fashion range in the concept currently has 27 stores across KSA, Middle East. Adding glamour to the event UAE and Kuwait. he star-studded, super-hyped Victoria’s year’s hosts, Shanghai will feature six of Chinese Belyakova, Kate Grigorieva and Irina Sharipova, Secret lingerie show hits the catwalk in origin, according to reports. They are led by and Ukraine’s Dasha Khlystun, had been denied TShanghai today, the first time the US brand China’s top model Liu Wen, the first Asian on Chinese visas, for reasons unknown. is holding its self-described “sexiest show on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid Release of Indian film earth” outside the United States or Europe. fashion divas. She’ll reportedly be joined by Shu Bring the bling Coming to China is all about business: the com- Pei, Sui He, Xiao Wenju, Shanghai’s own Ming Xi, Critics pan the show as a sexist and bloated pany’s bottom line is sagging and it is staking its and Paris-born Estelle Chen, who will prowl the branding stunt, but it nevertheless manages to ‘Padmavati’ delayed future on the growing Chinese market. Here is catwalk along with top earners such as Adriana generate significant buzz with its mix of bling and everything you should know about the annual fes- Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Jasmine Tookes, and star power. Musical performers through the years tival of music, lace and flesh, now in its 23rd year. Karli Kloss. have included the Spice Girls, Phil Collins, after protests Destiny’s Child, Sting, Bruno Mars and Lady China or bust Fallen Angel Gaga, and A-list celebs typically occupy audience he producers of “Padmavati” - a Western markets for intimate wear have Holding the racy event in Communist-ruled seats that reportedly cost thousands of dollars. Bollywood movie based on an epic already matured, but China’s is still blossoming as China seemed destined to get somebody’s knick- The 2017 performers will include Harry Styles, Tpoem about a Rajput queen, said rapid societal changes help loosen Grammy winner Miguel, and Chinese yesterday they had indefinitely delayed Communist-era prudity. China’s women are singer Jane Zhang. The night’s highlight the release of the film, which has been a growing consumer force and more inter- comes when a model dons the jewel- accused of distorting history and has ested than ever before in expressing their encrusted “Fantasy Bra”. The honor this sparked protests. The movie, which was sexuality, fashion analysts assert, and they year goes to Brazil’s Lais Ribeiro, who will due to go on release in India on Dec. 1, increasingly have the money to do so. Staking future model a $2 million bra made by Swiss- has led to protests in Rajasthan, Lingerie is among the fastest growing seg- based luxury-goods company Mouawad Maharashtra and other states. It has also ments of Chinese women’s apparel market, on growing and studded with nearly 6,000 gemstones faced a delays in approval from the Indian reaching 112 billion yuan ($17 billion) in including diamonds, yellow sapphires, and censor board. January. The Sena, based in Rajasthan, has 2015, according to market-intelligence firm Chinese market blue topaz. The show tapes in Shanghai The studio behind the movie, Viacom been critical of the film, saying it would Mintel Group, which projects it will grow today night but will not air globally until 18 - a joint venture between Viacom Inc offend the Rajput community, and that by another 32 percent by 2020. Victoria’s November 28. and Network 18 owned by Reliance Bhansali was deliberately distorting histo- Secret, whose business performance has Industries, said on Sunday it had “volun- ry. Based on an epic poem by Malik withered amid US competition and a prod- Bra Wars tarily deferred the release date of the Muhammad Jayasi, the film tells the story uct realignment, has taken notice, opening Even with the splashy China debut, film.” “We have faith that we will soon of Padmavati, the queen of the Rajput its first two Chinese flagship stores this year, ers in a twist. Sure enough, US model Gigi Hadid Victoria’s Secret and its premium products-a obtain the requisite clearances to release warrior clan and Mughal conqueror including a huge four-story Shanghai emporium. withdrew Friday after Chinese netizens accused single bra in its Shanghai store runs up to 658 the film. We will announce the revised Alaudin Khilji. India’s most populous state, her of racism and warned her to stay home over a yuan ($100) — may find a tough battle on its release date of the film in due course,” the Uttar Pradesh, ruled by Prime Minister Local talent video clip of her making a squinty-eyed “Asian” hands. A range of established domestic and for- company said in a statement. The film ran Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party Making the VS runway is one of the most cov- face. Hadid, who had apologised to Chinese fans eign brands like China’s Aimer and Cosmo Lady, into trouble earlier this year when a had also warned the federal government eted gigs in modelling, but the company has been in September, gave no reason for suddenly with- and France’s Aubade, already have staked out Rajput caste organisation, the Rajput that there would be law and order prob- accused of bias toward leggy blondes or Latinas drawing, and it was not clear whether VS or Chinese turf, and growth rates are tapering off. Karni Sena, attacked director Sanjay lems in Uttar Pradesh if the film was in selecting its “angels”-so-called for the trade- China’s government may have dropped her to Mintel said annual growth spiked to 18 percent Leela Bhansali on the set in Rajasthan in released. — Reuters mark wings they wear. But last year it tapped a avoid a PR fiasco. US fashion media also have run in 2011 but projects that to slow to just 4.4 per- record four Asian models and, in a nod to this unconfirmed reports that Russian models Julia cent by 2020. — AFP Late designer Azzedine Alaia was famous for clingy style unisian-born designer Azzedine Alaia, a as a fashion rebel, Alaia was based in Paris for fashion iconoclast whose clingy styles decades but did not take part in the French Thelped define the 1980s and who capital’s seasonal fashion frenzy or flashy ad dressed famous women from Hollywood to the campaigns. Instead, he showed privately on White House, has died. The French Haute his own schedule. The couture federation said Couture Federation announced Alaia’s death Alaia was born in 1940, while the Tunisian on Saturday without providing details. Twitter Culture Ministry said he was born in 1942. The tributes to his influence on fashion poured in discrepancy could not immediately be from around the world. explained. Alaia ((AZ’-uh-deen uh-LY’-uh) sometimes The supermodel Naomi Campbell, who was dubbed the “king of cling” for the sculp- enjoyed a close relationship with Alaia for tural, formfitting designs he first popularized many years and affectionately called him during the 1980s and updated over the “papa,” has credited the designer with helping decades. His clients included women as launch her career and taking care of her like a Tunisian-born fashion designer Azzedine Alaia diverse as Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Grace father when she met him in Paris at age 16. In arrives at Christian Dior’s Spring/Summer 2015 Jones and Greta Garbo. Secretive and known July, Campbell made a rare catwalk appear- ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Creations by French Tunisian born Fashion designer Azzedine Alaia are presented for the first Paris retro- ance for the designer’s Paris couture show - Paris. — AP photos spective of couturier during the reopening of the Galliera Museum in Paris.

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