Ajay and Ramani make Sri Lanka proud

by Zanita Careem

Renowned hairdresser and beautician with many years of experience, Ramani Fernando continues to be at the forefront of the fashion industry. For the last couple of years, she and her team took part at one of Asia’s leading fashion shows – the HSBC Colombo Fashion Week.

Ramani and her team always exude creativity and oomph setting the hair trends for the show. She has turned a childhood hobby of hairdressing into a highly successful business. The highly trained professional hairstylists in all her salons always kept abreast with international hair trends.

Since inception, Ramani had seen the CFW grow through the years. She maintain a high standard in creating beautiful hairstyles and makeup for the models. She brings the latest runway trends in skin, hair and makeup for the models at the show.

Designers and designs are the main pivots of the Colombo Fashion Week, the makeup and beauty looks are icing on the cake.

Ramani Fernando spins her magic to enhance the looks of the models complimenting with the looks of thier silhouettes. Gorgeous hairstyles and dazzling make up combinations ruled the runaway all throughout the fashion week keeping the audiences in awe during the shows.

Besides clothes and accessories, Colombo Fashion Week also brings with them a whole gamut of new makeup looks, trends and hairstyles. This has been the norm at all the Colombo Fashion Weeks held before. This year’s show held at Shangri-La hotel, had all the paraphernalia and trappings of glitz and glamour. Besides, all this the audience witnessed some of the most spectacular collections from many designers on the ramp . The stunning hairstyles and illuminating make-up looks created by Ramani Fernando salons were novel in keeping with international trends. Ramani quipped:- ” I always keep the hairstyles simple and elegant. The models on the ramp were quite dramatic with heavy lashes, luscious lips done to perfection.

Ramani, having travelled to many parts of the world, and witnessing many prestigious fashion shows, gives the models different looks at different days.

Since the inception of CFW, Ramani and her team had worked tirelessly, adding glamour to the entire show, complementing the designers’ creation on the runaway.

Ramin fashion choices have been a celebration of femininity, too and a fashion icon who wears classic, glamorous silhouettes and makes heads turn at any event.

The architect of Colombo Fashion Week,Ajay Virg Singh has steadily developed the Colombo Fashion Week from its inception in 2003 giving our local designers a platform to showcase thier creativity. This is one of the most most awaited events in the fashion calender of Sri Lanka. Old and new designers come together to showcase their collection, each time trying to make it better establishing new trends and reviving old ones. This year’s theme “Week of Circulatory”. aimed to propel Sri Lankan fashion design industry to transform and make fashion products more relevant in a new environment. 2021 is a year of transformation for fashion as fashion was forced to re-structure in every possible way. With Covid-19, the fashion industry is on a new terrain like many other sectors.

This time 12 designers showcased their collection over a period of three days. The Colombo Fashion Week has led the way in South Asia in pushing the boundaries of fashion in Sri Lanka and creating a benchmark on the international map of Sri Lanka.

Pix by Dharmasena Welipitiya