Harper's BAZAAR India celebrates seven years in style

Harper's BAZAAR marked seven years in India with a party at Shangri La- Eros, New Delhi, recently. Designers, artists, models, and entrepreneurs gathered at the hotel's new Grappa Bar as they celebrated the landmark occasion.

Eminent personalities such as Sanjay Thapar, CEO, Lifestyle Magazines, India Today Group; Nonita Kalra, Editor, Harper's Bazaar. In attendance were the creme de la creme of the city: JJ Valaya, Suneet Varma, David Abraham and Rakesh Thakore, Gauri Karan, Shivan Bhatia and Narresh Kukreja, Kalyani Chawla, among others were present at the event.

Aroon Purie, Editor-in-Chief, and Kalli Purie, Group Synergy and Creative Officer, The India Today Group were also among the people who attended the bash.

Prashant Sood, Director - Eros Group said, "It gives us immense pleasure to be a part of the seventh anniversary celebration of Harper's Bazaar India and we are delighted to host the evening at our newly opened bar Grappa."

Parmeet Singh Nayar, General Manager - Shangri-La's - Eros Hotel, New Delhi says "Grappa is a place where modern innovation is blended with classic reverence, and we are honored to host the 7th anniversary celebration of Harper's Bazaar India."

The special anniversary issue also presents the second edition of the Bazaar Inspires project, aimed to promote one Indian textile each year.

It launched with khadi; this time round, it was ikat. Sixty-eight designers, from Rohit Bal to Bibhu Mohapatra, created their own versions of the traditional weave, and the result is a stunning fashion editorial, Dyed in the Yarn. The party brought that shoot to life with an exhibit displaying the garments created especially for Harper's Bazaar.