New Delhi — The Max Fashion Icon Hunt in association with Cosmopolitan culminated in the Grand Finale party hosted by Cosmopolitan at the Maurya Sheraton on Thursday night – 6th March 2014.

The hour long show, choreographed by top fashion choreographer Aparna Bahl, had the 15 finalists from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore walk the ramp in three rounds—swimwear, tribal ethnic, and casual chic. The jury adjudged them on the basis of their confidence, uniqueness, and editorial value. Percussionists playing live music during the fashion show added to the electric atmosphere.

The jury consisted of Kalki Koechlin (Bollywood star), Vasanth Kumar (MD, Max Fashions), Nandini Bhalla (Editor, Cosmopolitan), Jatin Kampani (fashion photographer), Aparna Bahl (fashion choreographer), Shivan & Narresh (resortwear designers), and Gaurav Gupta (fashion designer).

There was a surprise in store for guests as internationally renowned stand up comic, Papa CJ, took the stage between rounds to have the audience in splits with his quick wit and hilarious monologues.

Hostess with the mostess, Shibani Dandekar, also announced the launch of Max Fashions coffee table book, which has beautiful campaigns of the new collection shot in Cape Town, and the season’s hottest trends curated by the Max team.

Once the scores were tabulated, Shibani invited the jury to announce the results and give away the top awards to the winners.

The after party saw the guests enjoying yummy cocktails, delectable snacks, and ‘Nu Disco’ tunes belted out by DJ-extraordinaire Aftab Mehra.

THE WINNERS:

1.            Max Fashion Icon (Male): Siddharth Gogoi

2.            Max Fashion Icon (Female): Dharmika Rao

 

Source : Lokesh Shastri