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Bouvet-Ladubay, a premium winery in the Loire Valley, France, now owned by the UB Group, hosted Araaish, a one day shopping soiree in aid of the Save the Children India Foundation , co hosted by sisters Mana Shetty and Isha Mehra as a tribute to their mother the late Mrs Vipula Kadri, on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Blue Sea, Worli Seaface from 11 a.m. – 9p.m.
Araaish was a day to shop for select lifestyle ware by leading lifestyle designers.
The impressive list of participants who stepped forward to support the cause were Jewels by Queenie- Queenie Dhody, Contemporary Wear by Mana And Isha, White Window Furniture and Accessories by Twinkle Khanna, Manaaiki by Nandini Mariwala, Cue – Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna, Shoes & Bags Stoffa, Silver Streak Silverware by Tina Sajdeh, Gifted by Tarana and Rashna, Bags and Co-ordinates by Pamela Bubber, Jewellery by Curio Cottage, Windrose by Alpana Ajmera, Bags by Lalita Jalan, Armaan by Sunaina Puri, Sarees by Anushkka Khanna, Hirkani Ethnics by Ujwala & Prianka .
Save the Children India also put up a stall with decorative products such as gift bags, batuas, festive stationery, wine bottle holders made by the adolescent girls.
Bouvet-Ladubay served its premium rage of wines all day long at Blue Sea including Bouvet Brut, Bouvet Rubis Demi-Sec, Chinon Rouge – A.O.C., Coteaux du Layon, Saumur Blanc. Finger food by Blue Sea did the rounds to the accompaniment of live music and singer.
Over 4000 women shopped all day at Araaish hosted by Mana Shetty & Isha Mehra, in a lifestyle day organized impeccably by Sharmilla Khanna. Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Neerja Birla, I.M. Kadri, Gauri Khan, Karan Johar, Kirron Kher, Vidya Malavade, Juhi Chawla, Avanti Birla, Javed Ahmed, Raja Dhody, Mustafa & Rukshana Eisa, Komal Chabbria & Rajiv Vazir, Rima Jain, Nitasha Nanda, Tanya Dubsh, Natasha Poonawalla, Prerna Goel, Nandita Mahtani, Devieka Bhojwani, Shabina Khan, Ramona Narang, Indu Mahtani, Madhoo Shah, Niketan Madhok Archana Goel, Bhavana Pandey, Kintu Bajaj, Renu Chainani, Kekashan Patel, Ekta Raheja, Anu Deewan, Arti Surendranath, Dolly Thakore, Reshma Bombaywalla, Laila Lamba , Sunaina Vahi, Rajashree Birla, Kahini Arte Merchant, etc were some of he celebrities who supported the cause.
