Priyanka makes a-blink-and-you-miss appearance at Dior bash. Just in case you have seen Priyanka Chopra in the Nokia 6700 ad, where pictures showing her partying hard get circulated among friends, you'd have wondered why she put in a blink- and- you- miss- it appearance at the Christian Dior bash on Wednesday night at the chic Blue Bar at Taj Palace.
Did she have a more happening party to go to?
Kalyani Chawla, who put the show together, and was wearing Dior's autumn- winter frill dress paired with John Galliano 5- inch heels, was a bundle of nerves when Piggy Chops didn't show up till 10 in the night.
The actor did appear in Dior's white chiffon evening gown, which was the showstopper for the brand's Winter 2009 collection, but before the guests who had packed the bar could react, she was back in her room.
One of the disappointed guests was restaurateur AD Singh, who said, "It should've gone on for at least 15 minutes for people to get an idea of the new collection and to appreciate the hard work that has gone into it." Singh, who came with his better half, Sabina, and wore his favourite Kenzo suit, had arrived on time and it was obvious that he wasn't happy with the outcome of his long wait.
The man behind Olive Bar & Kitchen was also unhappy about the bar's layout, for people dining in the attached Vietnamese restaurant, Blue Ginger, couldn't get to see the sprawling greens outside.
"When you have such a great view, you should've planned the restaurant in a way that people got the best of both spaces," he said, commenting on the partition raised to separate the bar from the restaurant.
Genesis Luxury MD Sanjay Kapoor left the party much before the action started, but he loved the collaborative effort of Dior and Taj Palace. "The Blue Bar is a stylish place and Dior is a chic brand, so the outcome is a gathering of fashionable people," he said. But Kapoor couldn't help adding he loves to flaunt the labels - Paul Smith and Bottega Veneta - that he markets in the country. It's hard to catch him in any other label.
Designer Rohit Bal also stuck to his favourite label - he came in his Men's Fashion Week peacock jacket, which he said he'd picked up in a hurry. "I didn't know what to wear to the Blue Bar as it is super chic, so I decided to pick up whatever caught my fancy," he said.
There weren't many Dior gowns shimmering around, but there were plenty of Pretty People - from designers Ritu Beri, Suneet Varma and Rajesh Pratap, to Dabur scion Amit Burman, Amici restaurant's Pia Pauro and Mumbai's peripatetic socialite Queenie Dhody. Priyanka kept them all waiting - and asking for more.
Did she have a more happening party to go to?
Kalyani Chawla, who put the show together, and was wearing Dior's autumn- winter frill dress paired with John Galliano 5- inch heels, was a bundle of nerves when Piggy Chops didn't show up till 10 in the night.
The actor did appear in Dior's white chiffon evening gown, which was the showstopper for the brand's Winter 2009 collection, but before the guests who had packed the bar could react, she was back in her room.
One of the disappointed guests was restaurateur AD Singh, who said, "It should've gone on for at least 15 minutes for people to get an idea of the new collection and to appreciate the hard work that has gone into it." Singh, who came with his better half, Sabina, and wore his favourite Kenzo suit, had arrived on time and it was obvious that he wasn't happy with the outcome of his long wait.
The man behind Olive Bar & Kitchen was also unhappy about the bar's layout, for people dining in the attached Vietnamese restaurant, Blue Ginger, couldn't get to see the sprawling greens outside.
"When you have such a great view, you should've planned the restaurant in a way that people got the best of both spaces," he said, commenting on the partition raised to separate the bar from the restaurant.
Genesis Luxury MD Sanjay Kapoor left the party much before the action started, but he loved the collaborative effort of Dior and Taj Palace. "The Blue Bar is a stylish place and Dior is a chic brand, so the outcome is a gathering of fashionable people," he said. But Kapoor couldn't help adding he loves to flaunt the labels - Paul Smith and Bottega Veneta - that he markets in the country. It's hard to catch him in any other label.
Designer Rohit Bal also stuck to his favourite label - he came in his Men's Fashion Week peacock jacket, which he said he'd picked up in a hurry. "I didn't know what to wear to the Blue Bar as it is super chic, so I decided to pick up whatever caught my fancy," he said.
There weren't many Dior gowns shimmering around, but there were plenty of Pretty People - from designers Ritu Beri, Suneet Varma and Rajesh Pratap, to Dabur scion Amit Burman, Amici restaurant's Pia Pauro and Mumbai's peripatetic socialite Queenie Dhody. Priyanka kept them all waiting - and asking for more.
