FOR BEST DEALS AND INFORMATION SEE PAGE 36 TIPS TO ARRANGE YOUR KITCHEN NEATLY SUIT UP TO LOOK EDGY IMPORTANT FORMAL WEAR ELEMENTS CAMARO Z/28 ENGINEERS GET A GRIP ON WHEEL SLIP LAKME FASHION WEEK 2014 SONAKSHI SINHA Cummerbund From the dusty battlefields of 16th century Afghanistan to the glitzy red carpets in current days, the cummerbund has come a long way. It was first adapted by British officers in India when they started wearing the accessory instead of a waistcoat. A broad waist-sash, it is worn usually with dinner jackets or tux- edos, and in recent times, it has become an essential part of black tie. While wearing it, one needs to be careful that the trousers should be worn around the level of the naval, and half the cummerbund needs to cover the shirt, while the other half, the trousers. Patent leather shoes No black tie look is complete without patent leather shoes. These shiny shoes, with a glass like finish make your look seem fresh. While patent leather shoes are available in various colours, black is always the safest and a more classier option. Bowtie A form of necktie, it is best to match its colour with your cummer- bund, if you are wearing one. If not, you can always sport a nice, contrasting coloured bowtie, like the one Jared Leto wore recently. However, black still rules and is the safest option when it comes to bowties. Cufflinks A smart pair of cufflinks can complete the look. Ideally, they need to be matched with a bowtie, however you can also contrast them with your shirt studs. At times, people also coordinate the cufflinks with their watch, belt buckle or even rings. PRACHI DESAI WHY WEAR A SUIT? A woman in a suit signifies power. It's a state- ment-making piece of clothing that has seen many a woman assert her strength in corporate corridors. While it's a suitable choice for impactful business attire, the women's suit can also be play- ful and casual, or dressy and glamorous. FLIRTY, FORMAL, SEXY You can look strong and daring in a pantsuit, boyish in a short suit, ladylike in a skirt suit, glamorous in a tuxedo, or fun and flirty in a casual suit. If you have the body and attitude for it, do away with the shirt completely to get a 'plunging suit' like international style icons Cara Delevingne and Victoria Beckham. SUIT IT TO YOUR BODY TYPE Voluptuous: A straight skirt suit looks flattering on a curvy silhouette. The jacket should be wellcut and form-fitting. Full- bodied: Give the appearance of a slimmer torso with a sleek suit. The trousers should be straight cut and end near the tip of your heel. Angular: If you have a boyish frame, try to put emphasis on your waist with a short, fitted jacket and flowy pants. A two-tone suit will give the illusion of curves. Petite: Pick a slim suit to enhance your frame. A pair of heels is a must if you are on the shorter end of the height spectrum. Shop for a fitted jacket with soft shoulders. While running fast laps at several of the country’s most challenging tracks, Camaro Z/28 engineers noticed the tires were providing so much traction and the brakes so much stopping force that the wheels rotated inside the tire – an unexpected challenge that required fast thinking. “We were told to build a fast car – period,” said Mark Stielow, Camaro Z/28 program manager and pro-touring expert. “We knew on Day One we’d need to bring some of the best suppliers onboard to make it happen.” The suppliers included Pirelli and its P Zero™ Trofeo R tires and Brembo for carbon-ceramic brake rotors. The Trofeo R tires have a track-oriented tread design and compound that, together with the car- bon-ceramic rotors, help the Z/28 achieve up to 1.5 g in deceleration force. It was a perfect combination, but engineers quickly found that when the Z/28’s capability was tested, the wheels were rotating – slipping – inside the tires. They sought the root of the problem by marking one of the Pirelli P Zero™ Trofeo R tires at the beginning of a lap with a chalk line relative to the valve stem on the wheel. At the end of the lap, they recorded where the chalk line ended up and noticed the tire had rotated at least a full 360 degrees from where they started. Racers use an abrasive paint around the bead of the wheel, where the tire meets the rim, to combat the problem on race cars. The Z/28’s engineers tried it, but it wasn’t strong enough to prevent the slippage, so other approaches were tried. Finally, they tried media blasting, which involves shooting a gritty material through an air gun at the wheel's surface, adding texture to the paint for the tire to grip. “Media-blasting the wheel created an extremely aggressive grit on the rim, which finally got the tire to hold,” said Stielow. - If you do not have kitchen cabinets arranged or want to rearrange the kitchen cabinet, look out for options available in the market. - Keep the rearrangement options flexible in the kitchen in case in future you like to change the storage dimensions. - Calculate how much storage space you are going to need in your kitchen. List down the food stuff like how much rice, atta, pulses you will be needing on a daily basis and try to find a place where you can access those easily. - Choose a place where anyone who enters the kitchen can locate things like coffee, tea, sugar. - If you do not like the idea of a masala ka dabba, then arrange the ingredients either in small glass or plastic bottles on a shelf very next to the shelf in your cooking area so that these are easily accessible. - Segregate into cutlery section, crockery and utensils and plan the shelf in the modular cabinet based on the volume of the same. - Do not go overboard with your budget. Spend thoughtfully after keenly observing the material and doing the costing. Sometimes, the local car- penter gives the best of the deals that is value for every rupee that you spend on. - Decide in advance on how many shelves would each cabinet would require and how big are these shelves going to be. - You can also look for color options like pista green or tomato red to add more color to your cabinets. - Finally, once it is ready make it a point to clean the space once a week. NEHA DHUPIA SUNNY LEONE FOR MORE PICS SEE PAGE 30 TUXEDO & SUIT: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? A tuxedo has satin lapels, buttons covered in satin and satin side stripes on the pants, while a suit doesn't feature any satin trimmings. Some tuxedos have special lapel designs. Suits have a peak lapel. Tuxedo shirts are usually pleated at the front and never have pockets unlike a suit shirt. Suits aren't worn with typical tuxedo accessories like vests and cummerbunds. DID YOU KNOW? Hollywood actress Marlene Dietrich pioneered the women's suit trend in 1930, when she wore a tux in the film Mo- rocco. It took the fashion world more than three decades to catch up with the genderbending actress; the suit — es- pecially the tux — became a haute favourite in 1966. NEON PIPING Piping is a thin trim of fab- ric that is sewn onto the edges to define the style lines. Neon piping is being used in men's suit jackets to create an inter- esting contrast and highlight the cut and design. Ask your tailor to use piping around the jacket lapel and hems of the sleeves. Piping in acid shades looks great on suit jackets in dark colours like black, grey, brown and navy blue.
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FOR BEST DEALS AND INFORMATION SEE PAGE 36
TIPS TO ARRANGE YOURKITCHEN NEATLY
SUIT UP TO LOOK EDGY
IMPORTANT FORMAL WEAR ELEMENTS
CAMARO Z/28 ENGINEERSGET A GRIP ON WHEEL SLIP
LAKME FASHION WEEK 2014
SONAKSHI SINHA
CummerbundFrom the dusty battlefields of 16th century Afghanistan to the glitzyred carpets in current days, the cummerbund has come a long way.It was first adapted by British officers in India when they star tedwearing the accessory instead of a waistcoat.A broad waist-sash, it is worn usually with dinner jackets or tux-edos, and in recent times, it has become an essential par t of blacktie. While wearing it, one needs to be careful that the trousers shouldbe worn around the level of the naval, and half the cummerbundneeds to cover the shir t, while the other half, the trousers.Patent leather shoesNo black tie look is complete without patent leather shoes. Theseshiny shoes, with a glass like finish make your look seem fresh.While patent leather shoes are available in various colours, black isalways the safest and a more classier option.BowtieA form of necktie, it is best to match its colour with your cummer-bund, if you are wearing one. If not, you can always spor t a nice,contrasting coloured bowtie, like the one Jared Leto wore recently.However, black still rules and is the safest option when it comes tobowties.
CufflinksA smar t pair of cufflinks can complete the look. Ideally, they needto be matched with a bowtie, however you can also contrast themwith your shir t studs. At times, people also coordinate the cufflinkswith their watch, belt buckle or even rings.
PRACHI DESAI
WHY WEAR A SUIT? A woman in a suit signifies power. It's a state-ment-making piece of clothing that has seen many a woman asser ther strength in corporate corridors. While it's a suitable choice forimpactful business attire, the women's suit can also be play-ful and casual, or dressy and glamorous.FLIRTY, FORMAL, SEXY You can look strong and daring ina pantsuit, boyish in a shor t suit, ladylike in a skir t suit,glamorous in a tuxedo, or fun and flir ty in a casual suit. Ifyou have the body and attitude for it, do away with theshir t completely to get a 'plunging suit' like internationalstyle icons Cara Delevingne and Victoria Beckham.SUIT IT TO YOUR BODY TYPE Voluptuous: Astraight skir t suit looks flattering on acurvy silhouette. The jacket shouldbe wellcut and form-fitting. Full-bodied: Give the appearance of aslimmer torso with a sleek suit.The trousers should be straight cutand end near the tip of your heel.Angular: If you have a boyish frame,try to put emphasis on your waistwith a short, fitted jacket and flowy pants.A two-tone suit will give the illusion ofcurves. Petite: Pick a slim suit to enhanceyour frame. A pair of heels is a must if you areon the shorter end of the height spectrum. Shopfor a fitted jacket with soft shoulders.
While running fast laps at several of the country’s most challengingtracks, Camaro Z/28 engineers noticed the tires were providing somuch traction and the brakes so much stopping force that the wheelsrotated inside the tire – an unexpected challenge that required fastthinking. “We were told to build a fast car – period,” said Mark Stielow,Camaro Z/28 program manager and pro-touring exper t. “We knew onDay One we’d need to bring some of the best suppliers onboard tomake it happen.”The suppliers included Pirelli and its P Zero™ Trofeo R tires andBrembo for carbon-ceramic brake rotors. The Trofeo R tires have atrack-oriented tread design and compound that, together with the car-bon-ceramic rotors, help the Z/28 achieve up to 1.5 g in decelerationforce. It was a perfect combination, but engineers quickly found thatwhen the Z/28’s capability was tested, the wheels were rotating –slipping – inside the tires. They sought the root of the problem bymarking one of the Pirelli P Zero™ Trofeo R tires at the beginning of alap with a chalk line relative to the valve stem on the wheel. At the endof the lap, they recorded where the chalk line ended up and noticedthe tire had rotated at least a full 360 degrees from where they star ted.Racers use an abrasive paint around the bead of the wheel, where thetire meets the rim, to combat the problem on race cars. The Z/28’sengineers tried it, but it wasn’t strong enough to prevent the slippage,so other approaches were tried. Finally, they tried media blasting,which involves shooting a gritty material through an air gun at thewheel's surface, adding texture to the paint for the tire to grip.“Media-blasting the wheel created an extremely aggressive grit onthe rim, which finally got the tire to hold,” said Stielow.
- If you do not have kitchen cabinets arranged or want to rearrange thekitchen cabinet, look out for options available in the market.- Keep the rearrangement options flexible in the kitchen in case in futureyou like to change the storage dimensions.- Calculate how much storage space you are going to need in your kitchen.List down the food stuff like how much rice, atta, pulses you will beneeding on a daily basis and try to find a place where you can accessthose easily.- Choose a place where anyone who enters the kitchen can locate thingslike coffee, tea, sugar.- If you do not like the idea of a masala ka dabba, then arrange theingredients either in small glass or plastic bottles on a shelf very next tothe shelf in your cooking area so that these are easily accessible.- Segregate into cutlery section, crockery and utensils and plan the shelfin the modular cabinet based on the volume of the same.- Do not go overboard with your budget. Spend thoughtfully after keenlyobserving the material and doing the costing. Sometimes, the local car-penter gives the best of the deals that is value for every rupee that youspend on.- Decide in advance on how many shelves would each cabinet wouldrequire and how big are these shelves going to be.- You can also look for color options like pista green or tomato red to addmore color to your cabinets.- Finally, once it is ready make it a point to clean the space once a week.
NEHA DHUPIA SUNNY LEONE
FOR MORE PICSSEE PAGE 30
TUXEDO & SUIT: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?A tuxedo has satin lapels, buttons covered in satin and satin sidestripes on the pants, while a suit doesn't feature any satin trimmings.
Some tuxedos have special lapel designs. Suits have a peaklapel.
Tuxedo shir ts are usually pleated at the front and neverhave pockets unlike a suit shir t.Suits aren't worn with typical tuxedo accessories likevests and cummerbunds.
DID YOU KNOW? Hollywood actress MarleneDietrich pioneered the women's suit trend in
1930, when she wore a tux in the film Mo-rocco. It took the fashion world more than
three decades to catch up with thegenderbending actress; the suit — es-pecial ly the tux — became a hautefavourite in 1966.NEON PIPING Piping is a thin trim of fab-ric that is sewn onto the edges to definethe style lines. Neon piping is being usedin men's suit jackets to create an inter-esting contrast and highlight the cut anddesign. Ask your tailor to use pipingaround the jacket lapel and hems of thesleeves. Piping in acid shades looksgreat on suit jackets in dark colours likeblack, grey, brown and navy blue.
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'Need for Speed' Director Behind New Ford Mustang Ad;Calls Mustang a Perfect Fit for Hero Car Movie Role
Co-branded ad for “Need for Speed” and all-new 2015 Ford Mustang directedby Waugh debuts this weekend on TV and in theaters“Need for Speed” director Scott Waugh calls Ford Mustang an ideal actionmovie hero car because of its power, rear-wheel drive and agile handlingAudiences are invited to share stories of where they would go in a Mustang atwww.Ford.com/inamustang – the best stories will be made into short films
To Scott Waugh, few carsepitomize action moviehero car better than Ford
Mustang. Waugh directed the up-coming movie “Need for Speed,”and helms a new co-branded adfor the film and the all-new 2015Ford Mustang that debuted dur-ing Sunday’s Daytona 500. Thead features scenes from themovie, where Marshall tries to gethis life back on track in the newMustang with a voiceover thatsets up the premise of the movie.“Do you really think that if you’vebeen set up, accused and con-victed, a new car can put it allbehind you?” is asked. “Dependson the car!”Click here to see the ad http://youtu.be/DxHOME9_op4.The director selected a modifiedMustang GT as the ideal mountfor protagonist Toby Marshall inthe film, inspired by the long-run-ning video game series from Elec-tronic Arts. Marshall is por trayedby Emmy award-winning actorAaron Paul as he drives acrossthe country trying to avenge thedeath of a friend and seek redemp-tion for himself.“The best movie cars combine
tons of power, rear-wheel drive,great handling and the ability tobe easily flung around corners,”says Waugh. “As we’ve seen hun-dreds of times over the years –from ‘Bullitt’ to ‘Gone in Sixty Sec-onds’ – Mustang fits the bill per-fectly, and it’s really a car thatrepresents American culture at itsbest, which is why we chose itfor Toby’s r ide in ‘Need forSpeed.’”Raised in a stunt family, Waughfollowed his father into the busi-ness and learned to drive whenhe was just 12 years old. As aveteran stunt driver and coor-dinator, Waugh knows how tocreate visually compelling ac-t ion scenes. H is résumé in-cludes work on numerous ve-hicle-focused movies such as“Speed” and “The Italian Job.”“Cinema is a v isua l mediumthat has to appeal to the eyesand ears,” says Waugh. “Trans-lating the visceral experience ofspeed to the b ig screen in -vo lves much more than jus td r i v i ng pas t t he cameraquickly. The car really needs tobe the epitome of horsepower,and it doesn’t hur t if it looks
good too.”C l i ck he re fo r beh ind- the -scenes video of the new Mus-tang in “Need for Speed” http://youtu.be/yiLPlQythhs.“This is the first t ime anyonewill get to see the new Mustangin a film, and ‘Need for Speed’embod ies the sp i r i t o f whatMustang is a l l about ,” saysSteve Ling, Ford car marketingmanager. “We hope the moviegets the audience really excitedabout what automobiles are allabout, to understand the pas-s ion tha t goes in to crea t ingMustang.”The ad also marks the officiallaunch of the #InaMustang so-cial media campaign. Fans ev-erywhere are invited to sharestor ies of where they could,would and want to go “in a Mus-tang.” Stories, videos and pho-tos can be submitted at http://ford.com/inamustang. Ford willb r i ng these s to r i es to l i f ethrough par tnerships with influ-ential content creators acrosssocial and film networks.For the “Need for Speed” Mus-tang, Ford designers and engi-neers developed a custom wide-
body kit with unique l ighting,and put a high-output super-charged V8 engine under thehood of the silver and blue herocar. The one-of-a-kind Mustanglooks fast even when parked,but truly comes to life on thesi lver screen under Waugh’sdirection.Being the ideal mount for theToby Marshall character goesbeyond Mustang’s per formanceattributes, however. The ponycar earned icon status over thepas t f i ve decades becausepeople l ike the way i t makesthem feel as much as they liketo get behind the wheel.
“Few cars inspire the sor t ofpassion Ford Mustang does,”says Ling. “For nearly 50 years,Mustang has inspired a feelingof freedom and optimism withfans around the world.”I ts dynamic propor t ions andthr i l l ing engine sounds haveg iven Mustang an endur ing ,nearly universal appeal. It is themos t popu la r veh ic l e onFacebook, with almost 6 mil-l ion fans, and there are hun-dreds of owners’ clubs world-wide from Australia to Icelandto South Africa.DreamWorks Studios’ “Need forSpeed” wi l l open in theaters
throughout Nor th America onMarch 14.2015 Ford MustangThe a l l -new Mus tang i s themost advanced version yet of theiconic pony car. The sleek new de-sign of Mustang fastback and con-vertible is backed up by world-classperformance from a range of avail-able engines, including a new turbo-charged EcoBoost® 2.3-liter and anupgraded 5.0-liter V8 with more than420 horsepower.In addition to state-of-the-art connec-tivity systems, Mustang featuresavailable advanced driver-assistsystems, track apps, launch controland more.
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‘ LUXURY SUV EMBODIES REAL-LIFECRASHWORTHINESS AND VOLVO’S LONGTIMECOMMITMENT TO SAFETY
TORONTO: In a testament to Volvo’s longtime commitment to passengerprotection, the 2014 Volvo XC90 luxury SUV earned a TOP SAFETY PICK+from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the Institute’s topsafety award.To earn TOP SAFETY PICK+, a vehicle must pass a series of crashwor-thiness evaluations, including the small overlap front test — a real-lifescenario that replicates what happens when the front corner of a vehiclestrikes another vehicle or an object.“Small overlap collisions at high speeds can be quite common and are oftenvery severe,” noted Marc Engelen, President and CEO Volvo Cars of Canada.“Volvo's crash testing research has addressed these crash scenarios throughreal-world investigations because our commitment to safety is at the core ofour values.”In its evaluation of the XC90’s performance, IIHS noted: Good structural performance in the small overlap front test Low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of high severity Side torso and side curtain airbags both deployed.“The XC90’s structural performance was good in the small overlap front test,and the driver’s space was maintained well,” said IIHS in a released state-ment. “While many vehicles have had to undergo significant structural changesto earn good ratings in the small overlap test, the XC90 has had the samebasic platform since 2003.”Since its launch, Volvo’s XC90 luxury SUV has won acclaim from legions ofsatisfied customers while receiving many awards internationally. The XC90upholds a legacy of safety, such as its pioneering introduction of the world’sfirst Roll Stability Control.An all-new XC90 will debut at the end of 2014 and go on sale in early 2015. Itwill feature Volvo’s next-generation safety and driver-support technologies,including Pedestrian Detection in Darkness and Road Edge and Barrier De-tection with Steer Assist. “In a competitive marketplace where every brandtries to stake its own claim to safety, Volvo continues to affirm our leader-ship,” added Engelen. “We very much appreciate the attention IIHS gives toreal-life scenarios such as small overlap collisions and are proud of the
2014 VOLVO XC90 EARNS TOP SAFETYPICK+ IN IIHS CRASH TESTS
XC90’s performance.”The XC90 is the third Volvo model toearn the TOP SAFETY PICK+ acco-lade since the Institute began testingfor small overlap protection in 2012.
The 2013 Volvo S60 luxury sedan and2013 XC60 crossover each earnedthe prestigious honor during earliertests. Volvo Cars of Canada Corp. ispar t of the Volvo Car Group of
Gothenburg, Sweden. The companyprovides marketing, sales, parts,service, technology and training sup-port to the 38 Volvo automobile re-tailers across the country. The S60
and XC60 are among only 18 ve-hicles that were awarded the presti-gious new Top Safety Pick+ by IIHS(Insurance Institute for HighwaySafety).
In a testament to Volvo’s longtime commitment to passenger protection, the 2014 Volvo XC90 luxury SUV earned a TOP SAFETYPICK+ from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the Institute’s top safety award.
