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Lakmé collaborates with Masaba for a nostalgia-inducing beauty line

Masaba Gupta, Indian fashion designer of House of Masaba has collaborated with Lakme inspired by sugary sweets from the 90s.collection of their classic Lip Pouts, she says that the company strived hard and worked on the shades and the names for a year, created digital films etc. it’s complete 360 degree collaboration from scratch. The collection...

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The global fashion weeks the industry forgot

Vektor from Berlin, House of Cannon from Australia, Raissa & Vanessa from Istanbul and Two Legged Creatures from Amsterdam. Their names are not likely to be familiar, but they are all on-schedule, bonafide catwalk designers who show their seasonal collections in their country's local fashion weeks, far away from London, Paris, New York, and...

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Lakme Salon sees top level resignations

In early 2009, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) set up a wholly owned business model of Lakme Beauty Salons. And it dedicated the task of handling its business to its subsidiary Lakme Lever (LLPL). HUL decided not to be directly engaged in the services business of Lakme Salons, but after three years, when Lakme Salons are showing signs of profitability...

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Anil Chopra quits Lakme

Anil Chopra, CEO of Lakme Lever has called it quits after spending over a decade with Hindustan Unilever (HUL). This has taken the fashion fraternity by surprise. His move means, the fashion fraternity would not get to see him at the next Lakme India Fashion Week in his official capacity. After successfully inventing and running the Lakme India...

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Kareena’s the new Lakme girl

With 13 brands already in her kitty, Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor is set to be the new face of Lakme Absolute. Lakme Absolute is a high-performance long wear make-up range which stands for 16 hours with no touch-up needed in between. Making at least Rs 3 crores a year from each brand, Kareena hawks everything from laptops to shoes and telecom....

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Today in Mumbai...

At the first day of Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) J J Valaya presented his new couture collection ‘Tasveer’. Assorted white squares covered the walls of the Grand Hyatt Ballroom to project the images by J J Valaya, the well-known Indian fashion designer - now also an acclaimed photographer. Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) winter/festive 2011 takes place...

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Sujal Shah to start new venture

Sujal Shah, Head of Fashion and VP of IMG, will be moving on to greener pastures after the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week’s Summer/Resort edition to be held from March 11 to 15, 2011. Shah says as a culmination of his dedication to business, e-commerce, and fashion/lifestyle in India, he will be partnering a new e-commerce venture to be launched at...

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Lakme’s COO moves to Nivea

As one of the world's biggest personal care brand Nivea India is now scaling new heights with the appointment of business honcho, Rakshit Hargave as the MD of its Indian operations from January 2011. Hargave was the Chief Operating Officer of Lakme Lever. He brings to the table his unmatched business expertise in the cosmetic industry segment....