Hari Anand bridal designs , Kingfisher Fashion show on September 6

What was to begin at 7 pm got almost started at 8.15 pm, after herding in the 'invitees' into the packed hall at Casino Hotel, Willingdon Island. Storm, the organisers thought they were doing a favour to the invitees, while the invitees thought they were doing a favour to them. And through the potted plants, we saw the bridalwear. Hari Anand's designs were superb, the work done on the saris and gowns were understated and elegant. The clotheshorses were but clotheshorses. What I have against Hari though is this. All the clothes shown were either white or pale colours, suited for Christian weddings only. The few ones with borders were good, but not the kind of bridalwear that is doing the rounds in either north or south India. Perhaps he exports his stuff, ah..that's why. We had fun looking at the invitees who wore more unwearable-type clothes than the designs shown, which were all very wearable, if affordable! The havoc that mobiles with cameras can do is to be seen to be believed. The silent screams, "I wss there, I was there" that the phones recorded was irksome to others who had come to see his clothes. The showstopper, Ranjini Haridas, was a dampener. Jaded and with plastic smile, she is certainly over the hill. In fact it was strange that she was goading the audience to clap for her, as she walked round. Verdict: Clothes very good, overall show below average.