Vikram Phadnis and Malini Agarwalla
Vikram Phadnis and Malini Agarwalla
Katrina Kaif, Niketan Madhok, Vikram Phadnis and Alvira Aghinotri
Katrina Kaif, Niketan Madhok, Vikram Phadnis and Alvira Aghinotri
Sridevi and Boney Kapoor
Sridevi and Boney Kapoor

I feel like I’ve said this before but you know you’ve arrived when the entire glittering world shows up to your boutique launch in Juhu, right Vikram Phadnis?! In fact he’s teamed up with my sorta namesake Malini Agarwalla from Malaga (she designs bags) and last Saturday they decked out 3000 sq feet in his favorite shades of gold and beige  stocked with signature lines of Indian formal and bridal collections along with exquisite bags, footwear and accessories from Malaga. This venture also debuts Vikram’s exclusive prêt collection for men. (The boutique even houses an in-store wedding consultation studio in association with Dream Kraft.)
Spotted: Amitabh Bachchan, Abbas Mastan (yup, they seriously dress like that*), Sonu Nigam, Amrita Rao, Sridevi (in Neeta Lulla) and Boney Kapoor, Katrina Kaif (in Vikram Phadnis) with Alvira, Govinda with Narmada, Arshad Warsi & Maria Goretti, Fardeen Khan, Harman Baweja, Ramesh Taurani, Arjun Kapoor, Hussain & Tina, Malaika & Arbaaz Khan, Rocky S., Mandira Bedi (always looking wow), Rohit Roy and Divya Datta.

Amitabh Bachchan, Vikram Phadnis, Malini Agarwalla and Priti Sidhwani
Amitabh Bachchan, Vikram Phadnis, Malini Agarwalla and Priti Sidhwani
Katrina Kaif and Alvira
Katrina Kaif and Alvira
Namrada and Govinda
Namrada and Govinda
Malaika and Arbaaz Khan
Malaika and Arbaaz Khan
Sharmila Thakrey and Sharmila Khanna
Sharmila Khanna and Sharmila Thakrey
Sandhya Mridul and Suchitra Pillai
Sandhya Mridul and Suchitra Pillai
Manjiri Phadnis, Vikram and Anjana Sukhani
Manjiri Phadnis, Vikram and Anjana Sukhani
Mandira Bedi
Mandira Bedi
Harman Baweja and Ramesh Taurani
Harman Baweja and Ramesh Taurani
Jackie Bhagnani, Arshad Warsi and Arjun Kapoor
Jackie Bhagnani, Arshad Warsi and Arjun Kapoor
Divya Dutta
Divya Dutta
Hussain and Tina
Hussain and Tina
Abbas Mastan
Abbas Mastan*
Praveena and Pooja Bedi
Praveena and Pooja Bedi
Poonam Sinha
Poonam Sinha
Sonakshi Sinha
Sonakshi Sinha
Rocky S., Rohit Roy and Rajeev
Rocky S., Rohit Roy and Rajneesh Duggal
Maria Goretti
Maria Goretti
Amrita Rao and Vikram Phadnis
Amrita Rao and Vikram Phadnis
Marc and Walushca Robinson
Marc and Walushca Robinson
Amrita Rao and Vikram Phadnis
Amrita Rao and Vikram Phadnis
Padmini and Tejaswini Kohalpuri
Padmini and Tejaswini Kohalpuri

Other guest included Sharmila Thakrey, Nikhil Advani, Manjiri Phadnis, Ritesh Sidwani, Anjana Sukhani, Raima Sen, Marc Robinson & Waluscha, (blast-from-the-past) Padmini & Tejaswini Kohlapuri, Vipul Shah, Arjun, Nisha Jhamwal, Pooja Bedi  & Parveen, Poonam Sinha, Adhayan Suman, Rajneesh Duggal, Jackie Bhagnani, Sandhya Mridul, Suchitra Pillai, Sharmila Khanna, Sonakshi Sinha, Anil Chopra and Naitra Reddy.

Malaika Arora Khan and Shilpa Shetty
Malaika Arora Khan and Shilpa Shetty

Psst! Looks like Malaika Arora Khan was wearing a gown that almost identically resembled Shilpa Shetty’s gold wedding reception outfit. What is it about that girl that makes the diva’s wanna do a ditto?

Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam

Also wtf just happened to Sonu Nigam? He appears to be pulling a Benjamin Button all on his own, but in his case going from half-way decent (albeit slightly geeky) looking desi dude to the life-size version of a member of fraggle rock! Lol.