Tarun's cloning act

Tarun Tahiliani has always stayed far away from designing for Bollywood. But when it comes to the super talented bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, he's always ready to give it a thought. The most recent example of this being the three garments he created for the actress's wedding and reception.

Shilpa is a style icon her wedding look created waves all over the world. Tarun Tahiliani designed three outfits first being the red wedding saree, second the sangeet lehenga and the reception dress for the general public.

Tarun told that there are countless women who want to have a wedding just like Shilpa's. So the designer thought to make wedding dresses just like hers with a price tag of Rs 60 lakh.

Dia Mirza at LFW 2009

Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW) is one of the most popular fashion weeks in India. Lakme Fashion Week is the Indian annual fashion that was first organized in year 2000.




The fashion show that was held in Mumbai on September 17,2009 was graced by bollywood actress Dia Mirza who danced during the opening ceremony of Lakme India Fashion Week. Tarun Tahiliani will concluded the event on September 23, with the Lakme Grand Finale collection.

Tarun Tahliani - Bollywood Costume Designer

Tarun Tahiliani is a Bollywood celebrity costume designer, who has always been in limelight. He started off as a fashion retailer by establishing his own fashion boutique in Mumbai. He made a step further starting his own brand label called ', Ahilian'. Tarun has designed apparels for the Indian celebrity beauties like Simi Garewal and Ramola Bachchan.

Extremely inspired by ethnic styles, fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani is of the opinion that Sari is the most elegant dress that has a great dazzling effect. He thinks it is the most apt apparel for sensuous look and brings out the beauty of India women in the most attractive manner. He experiments with colors and fabrics and comes up with his own unique classy designs. According to him Sari has the capability of arousing sensation.

He has lot of fascination for Chikan embroidery of Lucknow and is often incorporated in his designs. He also makes use of beads and semi precious stones to embellish the ensemble. He strongly believes that fashion is all about your comfort level with a particular attire. The
highlights of his designs are: block printing, bandhini styles, beautiful color combination and rich silhouette.

He has his unique style in designing and this is what sets him apart among other celebrity fashion designers.