MUMBAI: The Bollywood Fashion Awards were held in New York on 29 July 2006, with Broadway's Bombay Dreams' lead Manu Narayan as host.

Kamal Dandona, who launched the Awards, has instituted an event that has become beacon for generations of designers drawing inspiration from both Indian and American traditions.

Supermodel Iman, presented Rachel Roy with the award for "Outstanding Contribution to American Fashion" for her couture which is a celebrity-favourite in Hollywood.

Another top honour was given to theater legend Ben Vereen who was felicitated with the specially instituted "Sammy Davis Jr. Award" for combining style and talent. The audience broke into loud applause when he spoke of his desire to go to Bollywood.

Rouge, the girl-band toppping of the charts in the U.K. and India, was honoured with the award for "Most Stylish International Group." Later in the evening, they captivated the crowd a performance including their hit song including "Don't Be Shy."

Other awards were taken home by Aryan Vaid for "Model of the Year - Male", Nethra for "Model of the Year - Female", Manish Malhotra for "Designer of the Year - Film", Sabyasachi for "Haute Couture" and Black for "Most Stylish Film."

Other performers included DJ Sanj, Sourabh Jain, Narayan and Amir Jamal.

Among the designers to showcase their collections were Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra, Sushma Patel and Sabyasachi.