Window dressing
FABINDIA is back with some more fabulous dressings - this time for the floor and windows. The store has unveiled a collection of fine handcrafted curtains and dhurries to dress windows and floors with this summer.

The designs and collection are of very finely woven cotton dhurries based on classic motifs and woven with the traditional “panja khaddi (loom)”.

For the floor, Fabindia showcases a collection of unique hand-woven pieces, where each dhurrie is a tribute to the master craftsmen who created these designs by interweaving a variety of colours, using skills that have been handed down generations.

The exhibition-cum-sale will be on till March 18 at the Fabindia outlet at SCO 127-128, Sector 9, Chandigarh.

Collective canvas
FIVE women artists from Panchkula have teemed up to display their love for nature on canvas, at the Vanity Fair. While Poonam Arora has used thick impasto of vibrant colours to pay an ode to female figure, Sunita Minhas has dabbled in translucency of water colours and richness of oils to capture various moods of nature. Renu too celebrates the joyous atmosphere of nature through neatly flecked canvases. Meenu, an experienced artist and a teacher by profession exhibits a rather free brushwork to depict the turbulence in human life. Likewise Seema Chauhan, a fine arts student, shares her fancy for landscape and figurative art dealt with a calculated handling.

The show is on at the Whispering Willows, a resort on Zirakpur road, as part of the Vanity Fair-2007, held on March 17 and 18.

All that glitters
...IS gold. The Gold and Diamond exhibition by Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri (TBZ) kicked off at Hotel Aroma. Inaugurated by thespian Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry, the collection has on display a range of exquisite jewellery. In a first time effort, the TBZ has showcased magnificent jewellery with a royal touch of the Mugal era. From ornate earrings, delicate bracelets, stunning bangles to exquisite rings, "The gold and diamond exhibition has always been a platform to showcase our unique and stunning designs. The collections contain pieces designed to match women's lifestyle choices," says R K Nagarkar, General Manager, TBZ. This year TBZ also presents 'Karsala', a splendid range of custom-made designer jewellery by Shrikant Gopaldas Zaveri, Chairman and Managing Director, TBZ. Go with a loaded wallet.

Ladies, please
Expressions, a store for women opened its doors in Sector 7, Panchkula. The store has a wide variety of ladies unstitched suits in cotton, voil, mulmul and rubia. The price range for these suits starts from Rs 275 and goes upto Rs 4,295. A range of designs and clothes, a potpourri of accessories all at affordable prices under one roof - time to pay a visit. The store has another outlet in Sector 8, Panchkula, which deals in all branded men and women garments.