Celebrating Diversity In The Entertainment Industry
2022
Cannes Film Festival
PRASHANT GOYAL CELEBRITY DESIGNER Heritage India Fashions
Michelle Romano
TURNING DREAMS INTO Reality
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This month we had the pleasure of covering the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in France to kick off Hollywood Weekly's coverage of major film festivals around the world. The beautiful designs featured on our cover and throughout the magazine are being worn by Michelle Romano of Roman Media. Shortly after appearing on the red carpet, Michelle shared her thoughts about attending the event and working with fashion designer and owner of Heritage India Fashions, Prashant Goyal. The Long Island native, who now resides in Manhattan, has been designing for over 2 decades for private clients, and Hollywood films such as Eat, Pray, Love starring Julia Roberts. He started Heritage India Fashions in 2017, with his wife Ruchi Goyal who is the Jewelry and Cochet designer and stylist for the company. Heritage India Fashions offers a wide variety of men’s, women’s and children’s items, with their specialty in Indian Bridal.
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was recently given the incredible opportunity to work with Hollywood Weekly Magazine, and Celebrity Designer Prashant Goyal, of Heritage India Fashions. It was an honor to wear these designs on the Cover and inside article pages of the Cannes Film Festival Issue. It was a dream come true to also attend the festival, wearing Heritage India Fashions on the red carpet, and to promote the magazine release at the festival. I was also cast in a film, which happened to be shooting in France during the Festival, and I look forward to sharing more about that project soon! I am thankful to have had opportunities to work in the Entertainment industry, and hope to inspire others with a similar passion, to do the same. It isn’t easy, but it is worth it, especially if you love what you do, as much as I do. I love working as an Actress, and as a Producer. Sometimes on the same projects, and sometimes separately. I am looking forward to new opportunities to do both, and am currently in pre-production on feature Film, and a TV series. I am also an event coordinator, and was grateful to have the opportunity to be a part of two events in Cannes. I am looking forward to all that is to come, and always open to meeting new people, and working on new projects.
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Prashant HERITAGE INDIA FASHIONS By Hailey Ashley
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he beautiful designs seen being worn by Michelle Romano of Roman Media, are the work of fashion designer and owner of Heritage India Fashions, Prashant Goyal. The Long Island native, who now resides in Manhattan, has been designing for over 2 decades for private clients, and Hollywood films such as Eat, Pray, Love starring Julia Roberts. He started Heritage India Fashions in 2017, with his wife Ruchi Goyal who is the Jewelry and Cochet designer and stylist for the company. Heritage India Fashions offers a wide variety of men’s, women’s and children’s items, with their specialty in Indian Bridal. Prashant’s love for fashion and the entertainment industry began at a young age, according to Prashant he “always wanted to be a creator” and was inspired by watching his father work in the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world. His father was a part of the industry in the 80’s – 90’s, working with big names like Willie Smith, which inspired Prashant to pursue a career in the fashion world after finishing his business degree in New York. His newest collection, ‘Prashant Goyal Couture’ pre-launched at NY fashion week in 2021 to rave reviews, and will launch the entire collection in NY fashion week 2022. The new collection is equal parts comfort, style and elegance showcasing custom made designs. All the pieces are hand made with beaded accents, rare silks, and organic cotton. Their designs are a fusion of western influence and traditional Indian formal wear that appeal to their wide client base. Although Prashant Goyal Couture is Prashant’s new project, it has already been published internationally. You can see the designs on the pages of Elle, Glamour, Maxim and most recently featured in the January issue of Cosmopolitan. Photographer: Trai Forrester @traiforrester MUA & Hair Nisha Varma @nishavarmamakeup Celebrity Designer Prashant Goyal @prashantcgoyal Clothing Brand Heritage India Fashions @heritageindiafashions
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Goyal Prashant states, “The new 2022 Spring Collection represents the times we live in, which are constantly changing and impacting everyone worldwide. Our imperative is to recycle and take care of our planet in making clothing that will last a lifetime. This journey creating a new brand is a great learning experience. Working with so many different people from the fashion fraternity has taught me not to take anyone at face value. It’s hard to trust anyone. Just follow your instincts,” We are excited for what’s next to come for Prashant, and Heritage India Fashions. Without giving away much, he tells us he is working on something that is completely out of the box for him and leaves us on the edge of our seats wanting more.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HERITAGE INDIA FASHIONS latest Timeless Couture Collection and theirPrashant Goyal Couture label, visit: www.HeritageIndiaFashions.com and www.PrashantGoyalCouture.com, on Instagram @heritageindiafashions or stop by their New York City location, Heritage India Fashions, 131Lexington Avenue New York, NY, 10016.
Prashant shares parting thoughts and sound advice; “Follow your heart, and your dreams. Let your creativity flow, and don’t hold back. There are always going to be haters trying to hold you back. And if you fail – get back up and try again”.
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NFTiTs Marketplace launches with limited Mint Passes, Expands Presence in Multi-Billion Dollar NFT Market
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is reimagining the art industry through a unique metaverse based on NFTs, mainly dedicated to support breast disease recovery through the arts, in particular, the NFT marketplace. NFTiTs just launched its Mint Passes with only 2,664 to grab. They are a highly-curated platform for creating, collecting and trading unique Titty-only NFTs. Yes! TittyONLY. Why? Well... when it comes to art, one of the oldest forms of art was formed around breasts. Even dating all the way back to before the 1600s. It is no secret that breasts/titties are in fact a very popular part of the human body and are indeed a very beautiful creation as none are the same. They chose to embrace these beautiful natural pieces of art, by allowing them to be showcased in a whole new way. This is a place where breasts, titties, tits, tatas, whatever you want to call them are to be embraced! This is a place for your creativity to come to LIFE! Feel beautiful in YOUR skin. All sizes, shapes, and forms of ART are welcomed. Painted, sculpted, sketched, drawn, dazzled, tattooed, taped, pixeled, filtered .... whatever you can imagine, brought it to life. NFTiTs Co-Founder Tiffany Hyde, Business Developer, Real Estate Investor, Entrepreneur and Mom of 4 was driven to launch a platform that expresses the beauty of women in a whole new way. Joining art and the natural beauty of the human body to rise against body dysmorphia while learning to celebrate and express ourselves in a positive mindset. She has been working extensively with world class artist in curating the best of the breast in forming this marketplace dedicated to showcasing their talents while providing much
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needed help to serving the needs of many women around the world. The mission of NFTiTs is to help restore self-esteem, dignity, and confidence to women with various breast diseases by facilitating and funding, as needed, reconstructive
surgery. They are committed to supporting organizations where funds will be used to directly support the surgical care expenses for women having breast reconstruction surgery, particularly for uninsured and underinsured women in underserved communities.
They have partnered with The Genesis Foundation which serves to raise public awareness of all breast diseases providing breast reconstruction options including homeopathic or alternative recovery treatments after surgery that are an often-overlooked expenses in recovery. In the wake of the booming NFT space, what better place to bridge the gap between the love of breasts, art, digital currency, and global communities. It was to be a unique art concept that could capture and communicate the physical and emotional challenges and triumphs of recovery. The result was a series of custom NFT breast art. They feature a series of breast art showcasing the work of women, and artists, photographers, graphic designers and personal survivors. They have built a global community of well-known artists, together for a series collection in a digital art gallery that would be sold as original NFT’s dedicated to only breasts where proceeds would benefit closely chosen charities through smart contracts for authenticity.
The mint passes are offered in limited allotments of 888 Silver, Gold and Platinum passes. The marketplace at launch will allow for only 18,888 to be minted. The scarcity and selection will provide for an environment to feature the best of the best artist from around the world.
NFTiTs Advisory Contributor Carlos Siqueira, Founder of Disruptors LLC, was so moved by this mission along with watching his own mother and the women that surrounded his life fight through all challenges that he felt called to help drive awareness to this campaign. Carlos has shared and spoken from some of the largest stages and arenas around the world is now lending his voice and reach to help the communities understand the unique opportunity that is being presented with the early release of NFTiTs Mint Passes.
As NFTs become more popular and often grab headlines for the wrong reasons, the best projects are those that have a use, and better still if they can support causes, are inclusive, and affect change. This is the plan behind NFTiTs, which donates to The Genesis Foundation on every transaction through the use of smart contracts written into each transaction. The breast is yet to come……
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Sparkle Up Your Gift
What you need to pay attention to when choosing a gift for a person so that the gift would be interesting and useful? Choosing the right present most of people finding challenging. No one will argue with the fact that the most important for any person is his birthday. Therefore, this day is remembered for a long time, leaving only pleasant moments in the memory. But not only at birthday, any person would like to be the center of attention, and for this you need to come up with an original, and at the same time practical present that will remind you and your warm relationship for a long time to come. It is worth preparing well for such a gift in order to definitely make a good impression and choose the best gift that is most suitable. Unique and personalised ideas for presents will share Nathalie Suisa Gelbart with SparkleUp Pins. Is Fashion your passion? Yes, it‘s my passion to communicate through fashion. What I like especially is personalized fashion items. I love to personalize my clothes, my accessoires and i do the same for my children. And when it comes to give a present to a beloved person I always choose custom-made individualized fashion pieces. How did you start SparkleUp? When i got pregnant, i realised how beautiful it is to get a special, unique and personal birth gift. There are so many birth and baby gifts on the market, but most of people facing
difficulties to find an unique and personal present which comes from the heart and gives a feeling of being special. My baby motivated me to create SparkleUp Pins (@sparkle._.up, www.sparkleup.ch) with protective charms with letters of the baby name as a unique birth present or present to a mother. The birth of a child is one of the most magical happenings ever. The moment a mother holds the child in her arms has such a huge impact on her as a woman. The gift you receive should be as special and personal same as such life changing moment. It should remind you of deep feelings you experienced and should accompany you. The SparkleUp Pins are unique and personal as the birth of your child. For hundreds of years it was a believe what pins gives protective and lucky charms to the baby and mother and whole family is protected against all kind of negative happenings, with the hamsa charm etc. Nowadays our fans love to buy the pins not only as a birth present, but also for bar and bat mitzvah, as a birthday present for children & women and for the first schoolday & kindergarden. Women love the pins for their scarfs, hats & bags. And children in a wheelchair love to have their personal pin with their name and their favorite charms on their wheelchair. Is there a fashion in pins? Yes, pins are pure fashion. It is individualized and personalized vouge. You can create them as you want. Whether you like glamour or modesty, white or bright colors , up to any of your choice we create the pin custom-made for you. The pins are definitly an eyecatcher for clothes, bags, hats, scarfs etc. If you put a pin on your jeans jacket it turns into a single piece. It is the special something on your daily style. But they are not only a fashion piece, they are also very useful as the pins hold your
scarf and poncho together. And in case you want to label your bag or backpack or the stroller of your child you can do it with the pin and in the same time give it a personal touch. What are SparkleUp pins made of? The pins are plated in 18k real gold color and Czeck rhinestones. How do you stay up to date regarding pins fashion? Regularly check the fashion world about the upcoming trends. Talk to fashion- mongers about their wishes, and adop their ideas about the pins. I constantly look at the new baby born & children fashion and talk to other young designers. With my friends I organize fashion popup-stores and I participate at designers markets. I love discussing with fashion conscious people about fashion trends and try out new things! SparkleUp future plans? We want to reach more and more clients around the globe. Of course we will work on new pin styles and create new products. At the moment we have gold pins in our collection but we want to offer as well silver pins in the near future. As we know that there are lots of people who prefer silver over the gold. Additionally we will add new charms to our collection as heart, guardian angel, moon, different flower styles. And our plan is to have more colour options: black, taupe color for elegant ladies. Who is the most stylish celebrity mom and a baby in your opinion? Gal Gadot with baby girl Daniella What is the most crazy thing you would like to do in Hollywood? I would like to go to the birthday party of a celebrity child and create there my pins custom-made for all the children and women!
