It was a ramp show with a difference. Instead of professional models, the city’s glitterati walked the walk, with their partners, children, siblings or alone. The fashion-and-food evening curated by corporate communications veteran Rita Bhimani and fashion designer Jyotee Khaitan at ITC Sonar on April 24 kicked off with a fashion quiz conducted by sports anchor Gautam Bhimani. Team Priyanka Raja and Kallol Datta won the quiz. Thereafter, achievers from various walks of life took the ramp in saris, gowns, Anarkalis, sherwanis, dhotis and bandhgalas designed by Jyotee Khaitan. ‘Culinary couturist’ Vandana Khaitan laid out an innovative dinner spread. Snapshots...

 

Showstopper Raima Sen dazzled in a red bridal lehnga with heavy zardozi work. And she does get stage jitters despite having walked the ramp so many times. “I don’t know why but every time I go up there, I feel nervous!” Raima told t2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rituparna Sengupta opened the show in a layered gown, setting the mood for the rest of the show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sisters Moubani and Mumtaz Sorcar giggled their way down the ramp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esha and Arijit Dutta walked with swag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rita and Kishore Bhimani with son Gautam. All three walked the ramp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bojhena Se Bojhena man Soham in dhoti-sherwani and boots!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gaurav Chakrabarty and Ridhima before the show. Stage fright? “No, we have walked for t2 so many times that we have become pro,” said the actress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Locket Chatterjee walked in a red gown-sari

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IIHM Young Chef India Schools winner Garima Poddar looked cute. “I heard Nigella Lawson had walked the ramp, so why not me?” she giggled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(L-R) Priyanka Raja, Kallol Datta, Sharbari Datta, Tehnaz Dastoor, Nilaanjana and Arjun Chakraborty, Arindam and Shukla Sil, Swarup Dutta, Abhishek Dutta and Neeraj Surana participated in the fashion quiz conducted by Gautam Bhimani

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I am very happy today because all the guests are looking so good in my designs. They all walked so confidently,” said co-host Jyotee Khaitan, seen here with Dibyendu Barua. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hyatt Regency GM Britta Leick-Milde sashayed in a lehnga and a long jacket. Her only challenge? “I had to walk slow, which I can’t,” she laughed.