Shekhar Kapur has joined with fashion stalwart Manish Arora to direct a fusion show of cinema, fashion and Broadway-style theatre that they are calling Circus of Life.

Kapur, who directed films like Masoom and Bandit Queen as well as the Oscar-nominated Hollywood period drama Elizabeth, is set to use his storytelling skills to create a Broadway style theatre show to present Arora’s avant garde designer clothes.

The show will be staged at Garden of Five Senses in the capital

Apart from the fashion-show the 3 day event which will feature from today onwards starting as the contemporary art installation with swaroski and photography by Bose Krishnamachari and Bharat Sikka, a music concert headlined by Karsh Kale and a fashion show by designer Nadita Mahtani.

The show is programmed to conclude with a honor to Alexander McQueen by Kitch and will platform the Spring Summer 2011 trends for worldwide fashion labels like Stella McCartney, Elise Overland, Alice & Olivia and Herve Leger.

Taking a lead from successful bridal culture shows such as Pronovias in Barcelona, New Zealand will begin its own bridal week in Auckland next year.


According to the organizers own people will emerge in the Cymbeline and Ruben Perlotti at the New Zealand Bridal Fashion Week (BFW),.

The director of the show Gloria Vincent says that the event will go for five days that is from April 1to 5.

The show is open to all and will aspect

• New Zealand bridal haute couture
  
• Designer catwalk and event
• Pasifika bridal designs
• Bridal wearable art
• Bridal body painting
• Finally the New Zealand’s Bride of the Year

Choreography for the themed designer shows will be by Amanda Bransgrove, Director of Monarch Models and Catwalk Studios.

The ticket availability and other details will be advised in the New Year.

All the best!