Big B, Rekha, Shabana win Idea Zee F awards

MUMBAI: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan won the celebrity model of the year, male award; Rekha won the fashionable film star, female award and Shabana Azmi won the most fashionable politician, female award at the grand finale of the Idea Zee F Awards in Mumbai.

 

Bachchan and Azmi were not present.
  
The Idea Zee F awards lauds Indian fashion gurus and honours excellence in Indian fashion.

 

Recognized as the awards for the industry, by the industry, India’s only fashion awards, it recognizes true style and fashion with 33 awards across three categories – industry awards, Idea people’s choice awards and the Hall of fame awards.
  
The show was hosted by Dia Mirza and was interspersed with performances by Tanushree Dutta, Udita Goswami and Koena Mitra.

 

There were also fashion shows by Rajesh Pratap Singh, Tarun Tahiliani and Anna Singh.

 

Other performances were by Ganesh Hegde, Dino Morea and Onjolie Nair, while Fardeen Khan danced to numbers from Pyare Mohan and Shaadi No 1.
  
The power-packed advisory board of the Idea Zee F Awards comprised of 13 personalities from various streams of the industry including Tarun Tahiliani, Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, Asha Baxi, Piyush Pandey, Mehr Jessia Rampal,  Lara Dutta, John Abraham, Manish Malhotra, BS Nagesh, Ashok Salian, Sheetal Malhar and Vinod Nair.
  
Ritu Kumar said, ''Indian fashion is constantly moving into uncharted territories in the global fashion industry. Our craftsmanship and creativity is being recognized internationally and it is pertinent for the fashion fraternity to come together to recognize the achievers in this field. Through the Idea Zee F Awards the Indian fashion industry gets its well deserved appreciation.''

 

From celebrity presenters, Bollywood stars, designers, models, industry chiefs, music personalities and other movers and shakers to fashion shows, the Idea Zee F Awards had it all as it lived up to being the most glittering night in the Indian fashion calendar.

 

Some of the other awards
Outstanding contribution to fashion, couture king
Tarun Tahiliani

 

Fashion diva of the year
Katrina Kaif

 

Men’s designer wear of the year, couture
Rohit Bal
  
Women’s wear designer of the year, couture
Tarun Tahiliani

 

Men’s wear designer of the year, pret
Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna
  
Women’s wear designer of the year, prêt
Manish Arora

 

Youth style icon in films
Hrithik Roshan

 

Costume designer of the year in films
Manish Malhotra
  
Fashionable film star, male
John Abraham

 

Designer for outstanding contribution
Manish Malhotra

 

Award for contribution of an Indian in international territory
Ujwala Raut

 

Male model of the year, commercial assignment
Upen Patel

 

Female model of the year, commercial assignment
Deepika Padukone
  
Male model of the year ramp
Upen Patel

 

Female model of the year ramp
Nina Manuel

 

Designer for promoting traditional Indian craft or technique
William Bissell

 

Fresh face of the year, male
Rahul Choudhry

 

Fresh face of the year, female
Deepika Padukone.

 

Rahul Khosla award for debutant designer of the year
Paras and Shalini

 

Fashion choreographers of the year
Aparna and Tanya

 

Hairstylist of the year
Ambika Pillai

 

Makeup artist of the year
Ambika Pillai
  
Stylist of the year
Anaita Shroff

 

Fashion journalist of the year
Bandana Tiwari

 

Fashion boutique of the year
Karma

 

Retail brand of the year
Fab India

 

Retailer of the year
Wills Lifestyle

 

Celebrity model of the year, female
Rani Mukherjee