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Designer Anju Modi launches a festive range with Biba

Designer Anju Modi has launched a festive range with ethnic wear brand Biba. With this collection, Biba is looking to tap the premium ethnic wear segment while Modi hopes to widen her customer base since this association will allow her to showcase her designs across the massive retail network of Biba. Synonymous with beauty, strength, and...

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Sales of bridal wear at an all-time low due to demonetisation

Demonetisation wave is touching every aspect of our life these days, be it jewellery, luxury wear or travel. One of the biggest hit after jewellery and real estate is the bridal wear designers. Stock clearance, cancellation of orders and delayed payments are some of the burning issues that they are facing of late at the time of peak season....

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ICW: Modi’s journey back in time

Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut walked the ramp for Anju Modi on the second day of India Couture Week. The actress looked stunning in a heavily embroidered black lehanga-choli, as she strutted for Modi’s bridal collection titled ‘Manikarnika’. Modi’s line depicted a woman of the past, reborn in the present. Manikarnika is a journey, back in time...

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Modi wows with 'Seeking Paradise'

Anju Modi presented her debut collection called ‘Seeking Paradise’ at Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2014. As the sound of birds twittered, a giant backdrop of a beautiful forest scene appeared creating the right ambience for Modi’s paradise of fashion. The show stopper, Malaika Arora Khan looked elegant in a blue/grey shaded empire-line net...

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Indian cinema inspires Anju Modi

Anju Modi, a well-known face of Indin fashion industry for over two decades feels that Indian cinema truly inspires the fashion world in every era. She is designing actress Deepika Padukone’s look for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s forthcoming project ‘Ram Leela’. Modi, who launched her label in 1990, is one of the founding members of the Fashion...

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Diva turns 'devi' for Modi

Clad in a beautiful lehanga-choli teamed up with a red dupatta and sindoor on her head, Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit turned ‘devi’ for veteran designer Anju Modi at the recent Delhi Couture Week (DCW). Dixit adorned the look of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Chandramukhi as she recited Rabindranath Tagore’s poem, and latter sashayed the runaway...

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Anju Modi charms with Maya

Dressed in a golden and white elaborate gown, Shraddha Kapoor opened the show for designer Anju Modi at the recent Cotoure Week in Delhi. Modi’s ethnic couture collection titled ‘Maya’ celebrated the grandeur of the Mughal epoch. Angrakhas, saris, velvet jackets and lehengas in white, maroon, gold and ivory and maroon formed the basis of the...

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Anju Modi’s Meera inspired collection

Anju Modi’s theme for Blender's Pride Bangalore Fashion Week was Meera. It followed Meera’s journey – from that of a princess to a saint. The collection was surely a breather for the eyes. It glorified the magnificent architecture of royal Rajasthan palaces and even brought in a bit of Lord Krishna. Khadi being the main fabric, the line also...