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Manish Malhotra to showcase bridal collection with Sara Ali Khan

Ace Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra will showcase his latest bridal collection, 'Nooraniyat' with his muse Sara Ali Khan.

The collection inspires a sense of reminiscence and reflects upon the transient nature of time. It travels through a diverse palette of fabrics, colours, silhouettes that oscillates between the old-world regalia and the modern repertoire.

Launching the collection, Sara will feature in a video clip shot in Jaipur. The collection will be available at stores and online from the first week of April.

Manish Malhotra is a former Indian fashion designer turned costume designer and stylist, widely known for his works in Bollywood, Telugu Cinema, Tamil Cinema, Hollywood and television. In 1988, Malhotra ventured into modelling and runway fashion designing with his couture Reverie-Manish Malhotra.[ He received appreciation for his glamorous ensembles using traditional colours, craftsmanship, textures and embroideries presented at his first runway show in November 1999.[7] In 2005, he launched his couture label Manish Malhotra which offers bridal, couture, diffusion and men's wear collections and retails at two stores in Mumbai and New Delhi. The label also retails at multi-brand boutiques across India and in Dubai.

Manish Malhotra to showcase bridal collection with Sara Ali Khan

Tarun Tahiliani launches bridal wear range

Couturier Tarun Tahiliani has launched ‘Love & Relove’, a new traditional and bridal wear range that can be redesigned and reworn multiple times. Describing the collection as ‘The India Modern Way’, Tahiliani launched the line with a series of videos showing how to style his signature opulent traditional wear with every day western and fusion wear items to create a multitude of different looks.

With the slogan ‘Rewear. Restyle. Repurpose.’ Tahiliani styled lehengas with oversized sweaters, dupattas with menswear style suits, and embellished blouses with loose trousers. The collection is traditionally feminine with the bridal ensembles styled in different ways for both formal and causal occasions. It aims to showcase the relevance of luxury couture as a part of a modern, sustainable wardrobe.

Setting out to create the image of India Modern, Tarun Tahiliani is a brand that straddles the present while rooted in India’s heritage of draped form and tradition of artistry. These quintessential techniques of craftsmanship, imbibed with love across generations, are made globally astute through the cut, construct and finish of Tarun Tahiliani silhouettes.

Retail sector start hiring activities from July: Indeed

Latest data from American employment-related search engine Indeed reveals, four out the top five cities, including Bengaluru started hiring new employees in the retail sector from July. Chennai saw 11 per cent growth in hiring activity, while hiring in Pune and Bengaluru increased 7.5 per cent and 5 per cent respectively. Kolkata also witnessed positive momentum in hiring. However, hiring activity in Mumbai’s retail sector contracted by 7.7 per cent over the same month last year.

Overall, the sector saw a 22 per cent decline in the number of postings during this period. On the contrary, job searches dropped by 7 per cent. By the end of March this year, retail remained one of the few sectors in India where business continued to operate.

Indeed reveals that the top five retail job titles clicked by job-seekers include store manager, retail sales associate, branch manager, teller and cashier. The top five titles that are being hired include branch manager, retail sales associate, store manager, teller and logistics associate.

Retail sector start hiring activities from July: Indeed

Amazon launches special storefront for women entreprenuers

Amazon India is launching a special storefront highlighting products made available by more than 450 women-led small businesses on its online marketplace. The e-commerce major - which has partnered with UN Women to support women-led businesses - will also make a contribution basis every transaction on the storefront to NGO partner 'Nanhi Kali' for sponsoring education of underprivileged girls.

As per Economic Times, the company runs various programs, including Saheli and Launchpad that aim to accelerate representation of women in businesses and promote entrepreneurship. Agarwal noted that for every customer order from the storefront, Amazon will donate Rs 25 to NGO partner, Nanhi Kali towards sponsoring education of underprivileged girls.

Besides, Amazon India will have limited edition bookmarks that will feature inspiring stories of women entrepreneurs that will be shipped with books purchased from the e-commerce platform. These stories will go a long way to showcase how women entrepreneurs are succeeding and to add to inspire others around them.

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