Global desi - La Tiara By Saif Hamza

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After Delhi and Bengaluru, Saif Hamza brings his global fashion sensibilities to Kochi, in an effort to dress up the fashion-savvy Malayali
youngsters
Global desi
DEEPA SOMAN
tomers too, and communities are increasingly embracing the latest trends,”
DECCAN CHRONICLE
observes Saif, who has worked with multiGetting everybody’s approval national brands including Levis, Hugo
across generations still plays a Boss and Versace.
vital role in picking
An MBA in marketing, he
many a Kerala youth’s wedsoon realised that fashion is
ding apparel. Ask designer
where his interest lies and
Saif Hamza. He has
migrated to the glamour
taken up the chalworld. “As part of my MBA
lenge for the love of
curriculum, I interned at
designing
D-day
Gokuldas Images, Bengaluru,
outfits for fashionin 1992 for about one and a
savvy Malayali
half years. In hindsight, the
youngsters.
stint turned out to pave way
After dressing
towards a career in fashion,”
up fashion conhe says.
scious denizens
Saif, born and brought up in
of Delhi and
Dubai, went on to work in
Bengaluru, the
Levis in Brussels and later
Malayali
headed the Middle East and
designer, who
Africa operations of Levis for
has worked
ten years. He also did courses
across the
in fashion production and
g l o b e ,
design in Croatia, where all
recently
top bridal suits and men’s
launched a
suits are produced.
spacious
While his career was glamdesigner
orous enough, the designer in
studio
in
him always dreamt of startKochi, said
ing something on his own.
to be the
“About nine years ago, I
first of its
thought of moving to India. I
kind
in
— SAIF HAMZA launched my label La Tiara in
Kerala.
Delhi in 2004,” he says.
“Kerala is
The designer has also staged
a great market. Just that multiple fashion shows in different parts
the families visit us at of the country while launching various
the last minute and collections. “As of now I am working on a
interestingly,
many saree collection — a combination of
times
without
the Hindu tradition and fashionable brocade
bride! It is a learning and chiffon teamed with parallel colour
curve for the cus- patterns,” Saif says.
The families visit
us at the last
minute and
interestingly,
many times
without the
bride
THE CIRCLE
OF CHEATING
MEERA VASUDEVAN
The two standard responses of the cheated are fight or flight. In the latter, the victim avoids confrontation, harbours ill-will in
one’s heart and loses trust in people. He turns
his back to the cheater and lives in regret and
denial, repressing his retaliation. In the former, the cheated takes on the offender and
devotes herself to seeking retribution.
An elderly illiterate man once owned acres
of land that he trustingly signed away to a
developer who offered him two flats in his new
construction. The developer however created
a township, replete with villas, condominiums, apartment complexes and the works.
With no documents to prove his ownership,
lack and fear of legal know-how, he now
remains a mute spectator to the developer’s
threats.
Another, an enterprising woman entrepreneur, invested her life’s earnings on a grand
mansion only to have the previous owner
quarterbacking at the time of handover of the
property. The lady could’ve easily returned
the measly signing amount and called off the
sale agreement and sought reimbursement.
But she wanted to teach the NRI propertyowner a lesson. She took him to court with the
best legal team, got him thrown out of his job
in the UK .
Cheating is commonplace today and racketeers abundant. They are smart-talkers, dress
smoothly to avoid attention and empathic.
They assume that someone who presents oneself so well will behave trustworthily. But isn’t
the cheating business all about friendly and
approachable appearances and hefty promises. Only an impulsive fool parts with his dear
possession in return for trust. In today’s date,
trust has ceased to exist. Facts are all that
remain. Always have a back-up plan, prepare
yourself for the worst and best outcomes and
take your time to decide.
The writer is a popular actor
BOMBAAT BALAN
NAMITA GUPTA
DECCAN CHRONICLE
S
A model
dressed in a
Saif ensemble
he has given us hits
at the box-office
and hogged the
limelight at almost all
the popular award ceremonies. And as if the
best was yet to come,
Vidya Balan tied the
knot with Siddharth
Roy Kapoor. The
stars definitely are
shining bright on
this actor and
how. As Vidya
promotes
G h a n c h akkar,
we
catch up with
her on the latest in her frenzied life.
Nudge her on life post
marriage and she has no
We have been
married only five
months now and
we are still in our
honeymoon
stage
qualms in sharing, “It
has been an enriching
experience. We have been
married only five months
now and we are still in
our honeymoon stage.
“We don’t get much
time together now as
both of us have been really busy. Our last few
months together have
been great. After we
came back from our honeymoon in South Africa,
we have been tied up.
Earlier, we used to steal
time to meet, but we have
decided not to take it for
granted now that we are
husband and wife and
not spend time with each
other, just because we are
living under the same
roof.
“But one thing both of
us have mutually decided
on is that we will not
bring our work home.
Though Ghanchakkar is
our first project together
after our marriage, we
don’t discuss it at all
when we are home. This
was a decision we both
agreed upon, even before
we tied the knot, as it
might lead to unnecessary issues. I totally
respect it and I’m glad we
both took that call.”