Trishna Red Carpet NYC

The New York screening of Trishna was held tonight and sponsored by none other than Rachel Roy, who also designed Freida's dress. While it's pretty, I like Rachel's cape look better. It's definitely more fashion-forward. 

Other brown celebs included Pooja Kumar but I could not figure out why someone would wear leggings in the middle of summer. This is an awful look. 

Ami Sheth, who supported us at our event earlier in the year, sported a colorful dress but felt a little casual for the red carpet. We hope to see her dress up more in the future!

BBAshgram: Summertime!

BBA Art: New Renovated Wing @ MET

I was flicking through my Vogue yesterday (with Taylor Swift on the cover) when I came across an article on New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and it's new renovated Islamic art wing, now called 'Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia' (they really need to stop being so literal). The article was on Navina Najat Haidar who spent 8 years curating it. I might have to stop by soon but in the meantime, I went over to the MET's website and picked out some jewels for us. No reason; I just love jewels lol...

Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

I will be attending the preview of Elizabeth Taylor's jewels next week and will be looking for a particular diamond...

New York Times: A part of Indian history is being auctioned off on December 13^th in New York City when the late Elizabeth Taylor’s legendary jewelry will be up for bidding at Christie’s: the Taj Mahal diamond from 1627. Taylor received the stone, which is set as pendant, as a gift on her 40^th birthday in 1972 from Richard Burton, whom she was married to at the time. Burton bought it from Cartier for 350,000 pounds, and Taylor had the jeweler replace its original silk chord with an adjustable diamond and ruby chain.

Though the gem is associated with one of the most famous marriages of this century- the one of Burton and Taylor, its provenance goes back to one of the greatest love stories in history. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahangir gave it to his son Shah Jahan who in turn gifted it to his favorite wife Mumtaz-i-Mahal and later built the Taj Mahal in her honor. Read more here.