The stalls were professionally presented with a number of stalls making an extra special effort in décor and displaying their goods and services. The especially printed, full colour, free magazine, “Eastern Bride” this year had 192 pages and proved to be very popular.

The fashion show / extravaganza was performed 9 times over the week-end with every show drawing capacity audiences. The fashion shows were choreographed by Kshitij Vaishnav and Khushbu Jadav of the world renowned Shiamak Davar Insitute for Performing Arts (India). The distinguished presence of fashion designers, Vikram Phadnis and Payal Singhall, exhibiting their exquisite designs brought a touch of class to the show which featured 80 local performers.

The highlight of the show was the appearance of Meenal Jain and Vishal Kothari of Sony’s Indian Idol fame who performed in all 9 fashion shows and had members of the audience dancing with them.

A new successful addition of this year’s fair was a Young Designer section where talented local designers were given a display areas as well as a model ramp to showcase their creations at no charge. The large attendance of these fashion shows was indicative of their popularity.

Sunday Times also went the extra mile by setting up a special exquisite “Theatre of Food” at the fair where the popular Asha Maharaj and other chefs demonstrated cooking of exquisite dishes.

While the curtain is drawn on another successful Fair in the 12th year history, planning now begins for the 2012 Sunday Times Eastern Bridal Fair.

The crowds were enormous and the Sunday saw the largest crowd on a single day over the 11 year history of the Fair. The overall 3 day event broke all previous records, having attracted 13,000 patrons.

The stalls were professionally presented with a number of stalls making an extra special effort in décor and displaying their goods and services. The free magazine, “Eastern Bride” this year had 208 pages and proved to be very popular.

The fashion show / extravaganza was performed 11 times over the weekend with every show drawing capacity audiences. The fashion shows were choreographed by Tripti Master and Ankit Tanna of the world renowned Shiamak Davar Institute for the Performing Arts (India). The distinguished presence of fashion designers, Vikram Phadnis and Bennu Sehgall, exhibiting their exquisite designs brought a touch of class to the show which featured 80 local performers.

The highlight of the show was the appearance of Darsheel Safary, 13 year old film star of “Taare Zameen Par” and “Bamm Bamm Bole” who performed with 16 younger children in the show.

Abhi, the star from Zee TV serial “Karole Bagh” made appearances on Monday, 9 August on each of the shows.

The Eastern Bridal Fair also participated in the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the arrival of Indians in South Africa by displaying almost 100 Rangolis (drawings) by children commemorating this milestone. A beautiful village scene was also laid out including a hut, cow and young ladies. The Fair arranged for a special juicer and served complimentary sugar-cane juice as well as masala tea in the tradition of our forefathers.

Prominent Bollywood fashion designer Vikram Phadnis was the star attraction at this year’s Eastern Bridal Fair. Read the full story

Acclaimed Indian bridal wear designer Vikram Phadnis will take centre stage at this year’s Sunday Times Eastern Bridal Fair later this month. Read the full story

Organisers of the popular ‘Eastern Bridal Fair’, has announced the Sunday Times as the new title sponsor for this year’s glittering 10th anniversary event. The ‘Eastern Bridal Fair’ is already a fixture on Durban’s social and events’ calendar and promoters are promising a bumper event from 31 July to 2 August, to celebrate the auspicious anniversary.

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