All cool by the pool
Palladium Hotel had a great opportunity to showcase its splendid poolside as venue for the appetizing Aperitivo evening hosted by Peroni Nastro Azzurro. Guests relished the old-world Italian culture in the company of masterpieces by renowned Italian painter and sculptor Shola Carletti. Of course, much Peroni beer was downed and it went very well with the array of aperitifs made with some of the freshest of Italian ingredients to please even the most discerning of palates. The crisp and refreshing Peroni beer with an unmistakable Italian taste and one of the most successful premium beer brands in the world and a true star in the SABMiller brand portfolio along with the music was well appreciated by guests like Shibani Kashyap, Anchal Kumar, Riya Sen, Rocky S, Ekta Kapoor, Preeti Desai, Zaheer Khan, Mona Singh and Rashmi Nigam.
Fitting finale
When the going gets tough the tough gets going. That seemed to be the case as the off-site grand finale show of Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015 was forced to be relocated to Palladium Hotel. Credit goes to the hotel that agreed to have it staged in the lobby with the winding staircase. The Lakmé team and IMG along with the hotel personnel and even other designers from the fashion fraternity got together to ensure that it was a show to remember. It was Anamika Khanna with her show inspired by Sculpt, the Lakmé beauty statement for the season. It was a colour tale of silver, gold, ivory, gunmetal, black, soft pink, nude and strong blue. The models also showed off well-defined and contoured matte lips in a stunning palette of rich plums, deep reds and feminine pinks.
Singular taste
Whisky lovers rejoiced as Amrut, the famed Indian single malt, celebrated a decade of global acclaim with an evening of tasting single malts with renowned whisky guru Jim Murray. The informative and intoxicating session was presented by Amrut Distilleries, part of the N R Jagdale Group, in association with RSP Gourmet Food at Taj Mahal Palace. It was a packed house with each and every guest hanging on to each and every word of Jim Murray, arguably the pre-eminent global authority on all matters concerning whisky. Guests were taken on a journey of the nuances of tasting single malt whiskies. Indian traditional attire or smart casuals was the specified dress code and the exciting evening ended with cocktails and dinner.
Ties that bind
The ballroom of ITC Maratha was the happy venue for the cheerful celebration of 65 years of bilateral diplomatic relations between India and China. Hosted by Chinese Consul General Zheng Xiyuan and presented by Aura Art e-Connect and China Public Diplomacy Association, it turned out to be a gathering of dignitaries and artists from China and India. In attendance were Song Ronghua, Secretary General, China Public Diplomacy Association, Hu Jiebao, Executive VP, China International Art & Business Alliance, film personalities Shu Hnan and Ding Ding who produced the famed Chinese movie ‘Lost in Thailand’ and the Indian contingent of Sumit Mullick, Additional Chief Secretary and Chief of Protocol, Government of Maharashtra, Adi H Jehangir, Chairman, Jehangir Art Gallery, film personalities Kiran Shantaram and Jackie Shroff and Daljit Singh Sethi, Chairman, Aura Art.
