Back from India!

This truly was a few of the most adventurous days of my life! After a long Aeroflot flight from snowy Norway via rainy Moscow, I was picked up at Indira Ghandi airport in hot India by a fashion week-dedicated driver, Peter, who transported me to Crowne Plaza hotel in "India´s Silicon Valley", Gurgaon. What a hotel! With 20 metres tall ceilings in the reception area, a wonderful buffet and out of this world service, I had an excellent stay there. Truly recommendable!

After my arrival on Friday, I made the garments ready for exposure, slept deeply due to jetlag and watched Monica Paracha´s and Mustafa Hassanali´s shows. The first displayed regional maximalism at its best, while the latter combines African aesthetics with the modern and showed a very sensual collection:

Saturday I was very nervous, as my show was between two stars: Israel design school talent Chen Cohen and Andres Aquino, head of the New York Haute Couture Week. Here are some backstage photos:

But my show went well! Afterwards, I was interviewed by several papers, magazines and TV stations. Here are some press/photo links:

"Creations of Rudy Wolff at OIIFW" http://www.femefashions.com/feme/gallery/photo/designer/detail.php?PAGE_NAME=detail&SECTION_ID=345&ELEMENT_ID=10808

"OIIFW´09 photos" http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5308337.cms (front page of photo gallery + picture 14-16)

"Latest fashion week: From hot minis to sensual saris: Rediff getahead" http://getahead.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/dec/07/slide-show-1-glamour-oxybleach-fw-from-minis-to-saris.htm (2 pictures)

"Moteguru i India": http://www.laagendalsposten.no/article/20091209/KULTUR/712099993/1099 (in Norwegian)

The fashion week was ended with Aquino´s own show: