Anita Dongre
Bohemian Rhapsody
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Anita with her personal signature style portrays an organic look for Spring Summer 2011.
Her style is beautifully conveyed through an inspired look of the 1950’s and 1970’s. Coming to the array fabrics it’s the Fair Trade cotton that governs her collection. Largely an amalgamated never seen version of cotton that’s chic, stylish and fluid to the superior feminine extents.
She maximizes the usage of pin-tucks to highlight the real women with an extra added characteristic. Her style of transforming the rigid surfaces into fluid ones is really remarkable. It’s the designer’s tedious effort which she modestly names as “Grass Root”, an ode to the nature’s wonderful creations. Which soon will bring about a change in today’s society. A trend which will be followed as a cult amongst nature lovers. The pastel prints are combined with white panels an amazing chemistry is at display.
The color palette is vivacious with the shades of pink, green and psychedelic floral. Usage of stark red aligned with mustard yellow and mauves signifies her profound knowledge on colors.
There’s an ascending gradation in the floral prints. They are gradually and artistically placed in the yokes, belts and straps. Also seen around is touch of black in its minimal format. The dress silhouettes are gathered at the waistline keeping the bottom area voluminous, a much appreciated look for the Indian women of all age. There’s also an emphasis on the backs depicting the sensuous, sexy persona.
Accessories are very well coordinated with the entire collection-the shiny large bangles, belts with multiple colored strips, horizontal pin-tucked belts seen for the first time.
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Reynu Taandon
Safari glam
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Reynu Taandon’s collection showcases perfectly the look of the globe trotting fashionista. A feeling of glamour is achieved with the technique of immense perforations on textile silk cut to precision by lasers into circles.
From the calming spa to the adventurous safari, the collection travels through time zones. The safari look with shorts, jackets accessorized with small traveling cases and metallic jewellery in tones of old gold spells laid back comfort essential to the notion of travel. The look of the jiving fashionista comes in long dresses in ivory and fawn in the silhouettes of short dresses, kaftans and hip hugging short numbers.
Taandon does a lot of ornate semi-precious stone embroidery around the neck ‘coz she understand that a traveling woman has no time & space for jewellery. Large hoop earrings worn with tight dresses and teamed with gladiator sandals look interesting.
Printed squares in a colorful mish mash are embroidered over and turned into shifts and slip dresses. From informal to formal, the collection progresses from cool to glitzy.
Dhoti pants in shimmery sequins are teamed with jackets to jazz up the evening look. Shorts & harem pants in coffee creams create a look of easy wearability.
Silver crystal work on the necklines for short dresses and also as a clasp at the waist, create a sophisticated look.
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Preeti Chandra
Summer eye-candies
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Vivacity, wearability and pizzazz characterize Preeti Chandra’s ethic of fashion. By her reckoning she keeps the consumer in mind which is why each piece in her collection can be worn off the ramp.
The woman as she is defined “loving, moody and protective is represented on the ramp in a sensual and eclectic mix of bold geometry worked on a satiny shimmer. Loose shifts in fawn with vivid embroidery in peach are teamed with wedges of mossy greens. Lavender gowns with gold with gold embroideries and sapphire kurtas going to the shintz worn with silver legging create a sense of resort wear.
Loose trousers worn with white shirts and colorful boleros, capris with asymmetrical tops, baby doll shifts with ruffles in white teamed with flourishes of candy color embroidery mark the collection. Pyjamas worn with kurti styles play suits with splashes of glitter and loads of bling show interesting ways of glamming up these silhouettes. A lot of shifts and play suits come with loosely slung jackets.
Form fitting sun dresses teamed with auburn beach hats create the look of afternoon spent at the beach. The collection however comes replete with formal silhouettes in the form of ivory shifts worked on with silver embroidery teamed with feather accessories and beribboned wedges. Drama is added with loads of gold embroideries and large bauble bead embroideries on kaftan dresses and frock silhouettes.
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Urvashi Kaur
The Cherry Blossom
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Urvashi Kaur presented Shibumi – her Spring/Summer 2011 collection that was inspired from Sabi – originating from Japanese art and creativity that is elegant, simplistic and beautiful. The collection was the designer’s captured frame of precious moments of thoughts and intuitions.
Shimmery and glamorous, the collection was absolutely feminine with oriental influences and hints from the 60’s era. Girlie in approach, the collection stood out for its pleasant use of colors and pleasing fabrics. There were romantic baby doll dresses and tops, playful jumpsuits, relaxed pyjama pants, chic saris, cropped pleat-less trousers, drop crotch pants, scarf neck tops, and hot pants.
Soft muted colors like powder blue, glistening peaches, marshmallow pinks and pearly whites enveloped the bodies in soft shapes. Subtle Swarovski embellishments, gold ‘gota’ borders, and little floral appliqués added the necessary pinch of elegance and charm.
The silhouettes were very relaxed, comfortable and easy to wear. There were re-invented kimonos, wrap tops, tunics and shift dresses, narrow leg pants, overlapping trousers, slender capris and playsuits that reiterated the freshness and exuberance. The collection was perfect for chilled out evening and had a very retro feel in terms of styling and accessories.
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Virtues by Ashish Viral and Vikrant
Gypsy Masala
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Ashish Viral and Vikrant have a greater vision for Spring Summer 2011. With their take on color and vivacious mood, it’s an outstanding presentation welcoming a summery feel.
Fabrics are mostly organic cottons. The princess lines are very well treated with piping effects and pleating. The beauty of nature gets personified in the silhouettes. Layers are used extensively with a mix of surfaces, multi tiers; Scoop necklines show a great sense of geometry. The peasant dresses are body flattering. The hemlines are asymmetric and flary giving out a voluminous look .The trousers are narrow.
An earthy palette which is dyed with the most indigenous techniques is environment friendly. The colors are white with red trims, there are indigo blues teamed alongside mustard yellows and crimson red roped in to bring out the selfless love for Mother Nature. Recycling the resources to achieve a product that reduces further exploitation of our natural resources. A confident feel with a sense of freedom for every one, where no-one suffers. It’s a celebration time for all.
There’s a bit of vibrancy seen with an eccentric background score. The polka dots make a great come back, depicted with thread embroideries and prints. They are the inbred and most essential design element of this collection. Wooden wedges are definitely the most charming part if this collection.
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Charu Parashar
The Spirited Nomad
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Charu Parashar’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection was a fresh new take on tribal/bohemian chic. Promoting the free nomadic look, the collection saw a sheer outburst of prints and colors in bold forms, highlighting the theme – Primeval Future.
With an extremely dramatic representation of the tribal arts, the models strutted in thematic props like Red Indian headgears, harpoons and bows in hands, huge metal junkies, bohemian scarves, wooden arm bangles and bejeweled scarves. The overwhelming use of contrasting prints, mix and match of patterns, multiple paneling and a total burst of colors gave the garments enough elements to stand out in crowd. The prints were picked from the wilderness of forests including peacock tones and prints, tiger stripes, bush prints, and hints of color blocked tribal palettes, all giving the ensembles an intentional sliced and pieced effect. Fabrics were flowy transparent in cotton viscose, chiffons, georgettes and lots of satins.
The silhouettes were kaftans, a line dresses, short shifts, blouson style dresses; retro flared pants, and cropped boleros. The show scored high in terms of thespian display through hair & make-up. The hair was chic with multiple pleats and crimped streaks hanging lose, and body painted in tribal patterns. Bespoke gladiator flats, canvas & sporty shoes with raw ribbon laces, 70’s style headbands, and loud tribal sound thumping drums completed the thematic show.
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Anupama Dayal
Romancing the Soul
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A mythical Himalayan tribe Kinnari inspired Anupama Dayal for her Spring/Summer 2011 collection. In Buddhist and Hindu mythology, Kinnari is a lover, a celestial musician, a half woman and a half bird. Dayal’s quest this time round was clearly to reflect a culturally rooted soul with globe trotting aspirations.
The collection included fitted velvet shorts, sun dresses, drop-waist dress teamed with sequined pants and dhoti pants paired with loose kurtas. The designs were accesorised with blooming flowers used as necklaces. The ramp came alive when models sashayed down in Kaftans, which epitomized the femininity of women in new ways, beach tops worn with sarongs lend the feeling of a traveler and luxuriously long and drape dresses followed in stunning mixes of sapphires, blues and purples. The designer further evolved with dhoti pants shortened and worn with kurtas. Sun kissed yellow dresses and beautiful magenta with golden polka dots were eye popping numbers.
Long dresses in graffiti prints intermeshed to create a powerful collection. The show reflects Anupama’s dexterous hand at mixing colours, prints and silhouettes in contemporary yet culturally rooted sensibilities, which are extremely pleasing to the eye.
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Walnut by Nidhi & Divya Gambhir
60’s pop attack!!
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When Walnut by Nidhi & Divya Gambhir came out with their Spring Summer 2011 collection, the venue shifted to a complete party place lifting everybody’s spirit to swinging sixties. Jackson 5, Banana Splits, Josie, and the pussycats were the designer duo’s muse whose music drove the collection into a non-chaotic free and an absolute joy. The genre, which is characterized by catchy melodies, rhythmic tempos and peppy dance beats, was fused with child like happiness that was expressed trough vivid colors of candy pink, honey yellows, soft blues, and happy purples.
Translucent sugary bubblegum colours coupled with girlie frills and merry ruffles, made the collection truly amusing and totally yummy!! Multiple frills, sheer organza embellished with opaque fabric butterflies and rosette appliqués. The floral abstracts, 60’s pop art and feel good sounds, all found their way into the appliqués, textures and prints of the garments.
There were bold graphics spread out on short shifts, playful cigarette pants and casual tees that are apt for a sexy girl gang party out in the evening to tease the boys. Biker babe style leather black booties gave the girls the extra lift for adding that sexy oomph!
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Roma Narsinghani
God is in the details
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A graphic outburst of all things edgy, striking and geometric, Roma Narsinghani came out with a collection that was architectural in a very modern fashion-forward way. The designer was inspired with ‘Sagrada Familia’, a church in Barcelona, Spain, which is hailed as an architectural marvel throughout the world.
The designer dedicated the collection to the woman of today, who is unconventional, innovative and futuristic in persona. Taking elements from these very characters she spread it out on her designs that came out as independent pieces liberal in form.
The designer used lots of Grecian drapes; fused with sharp geometric prints accessorized by long golden chains and thick color-block jewellery. There were oodles of fluorescent candy colours sitting well with deep solids, juxtaposed to graffiti like loud prints.
The collection saw short shifts, drain pipe paneled pants, warrior inspired chain armor top, a-symmetric tiered skirts, one shoulder dresses, jumpsuits, chained shrugs, chiffon churidars and many constructed sculptural blouses n dresses.
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SPORTS DIVA
Alpana and Neeraj’s collection is futuristic and creates a new look—‘The Sports Diva’. There was an emphasis on celebrating the sportsman spirit. Dresses were made of large beads, shaped into body conic forms. Body suit with beaded armholes, lace and spandex were mixed to make corset and bloomer sets. Long dresses were worn over skinny boots. Body suits teamed with chiffon drapes. Chiffon frocks in long and short versions were displayed. The designers glamourised sportswear and took corsets out of the closet as outer wear.
Blue of the sky, sunny yellow mixed with creams, greys and mossy greens—these were the colours that dominated the collection. Beautiful lime green chiffon dress, worn over bloomer shorts, created the big moment. Spandex dresses were mixed with chiffons falling to cover the legs. There were short dresses with space age look as well as shining costume light dresses, worn over stockings.
They used plastic for creating modern bustier. Silver and black beaded sheaths of fabric created a futuristic collection
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Rimzim Dadu
A well behaved rebel!
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Rimzim portrays her prodigious 3-dimensional textural techniques for Spring Summer 2011. There was a never before attempted confluence between revolt and harmony. The designer successfully brought together finest gradient palettes of greys and whites, peaches and beige, black and off-whites. The most basic geometric shapes were broken to take the rebellious theme forward.
It was certainly a rebel, who was organized to the hilt. The bold gun motifs, 3-dimonsional broken circles, sequined phosphene effect seemed like a harmonious revolution. An ultra modern innovation done with extraordinary structural techniques was impressive. The fabrics used for the collections were organza, silk voile and viscose jerseys.
The shapes were a combo of basic and over the top silhouettes. The phosphene appliqué was an extra parametric advancement. Quite innovative in terms of sequins application, there was a great monochromatic gradation work forming the matrix pattern.
The shirts were gauze textured, also a play of blend between jerseys and woven fabrics made a statement. The silhouettes that could make you fall for it at first sight. Textured matchstick dresses, 3-dimensional molded tops and sharp angular cuts created a visual delight. A praise worthy effort of infinitely juxtaposition of pleats, layers and abstract motifs. The sequin embroidery spoke a different language where in it had no connection or traces of traditional motifs but more of degrade and ombre effects. This new thought wave spread by Rimzim will certainly catch the attention of the fashion conscious!
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J J Valaya
The royal princess
Veteran designer J J Valaya connotes his ready to wear line for Spring/Summer’11 as more historic and antique. Alika, his dreamy princess wants to live her life to the fullest. Epitomising grandeur and augustness with surfaces like velvets and brocades, she is Valaya’s new found muse. The beautified persona of the princess has got a make believe impact, creating a rippled effect towards reality.
At the same time her ambiguous approach interprets the live floral motifs and intricate carvings as an illusion.
Her freedom is celebrated with hues like green, gold, beige, peach, translucent whites and grey. Intriguing combinations of grey/ crème , peach/ beige and black/off-whites created a visual delight.
There was a subtle display of prints on the empire lines and accentuated crinkles below the waist. An ombre dyed leggings teamed with embellished brocade jackets.
Fusion wear has been Valaya’s forte forever. The silhouettes were halter tunics , velvet coaties, circular cut-back tulle blouses, see-through sleeves with gold brocade cuffs, sensuous translucent flared tops, overlapped bustlines and Brocade kurtis with princess style lines. Whereas the indigenous silhouettes had sarees with rich exotic borders, some also had long fringes on the pallus creating an amazing contemporary statement.
The antique jewelery highlighted the waist lines, at the same time linear lurex and dark shaded borders gave the collection a rich sumptuous look.
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Luxury revisited
Ritu Beri’s Spring/Summer ‘11 collection was a rather nostalgic dip as the designer picked up pieces of her compilations from the past that are slated as classic timeless styles and are relevant till date. The collection literally makes for a treasure box which embraced garments that belonged to her first collection made for Scherrer till her last set, all sewn together in a tale that spelt opulence and regal glamour.
The designer best known for her over the top luxurious expression and imperial French connections, illustrated an elegant picture with overwhelming use of embellishments and staged rich fabrics.
The bustle gowns with long trails, flouncy skirts, chunky ruffled scarves and embroidered bell-bottoms, came together in an unabashed display of glitter and glamour that we all love. Chunky foil prints, metal attack, sequin sheathing, feather and crystal encrusted surfaces, big ruffles and rosettes, sparkling beads, over the top laces and flouncy nets, all contributed towards the flamboyance of true Ritu Beri style glamour. The collection also saw some ombre dyed kaftans, one shoulder dresses, Tribal inspired patches fused with leather bomber jackets, short edgy skirts, and printed voluminous multiple yoke skirts. The show was a heady mix of cocktail dresses, floor sweeping evening gowns, retro style flared embellished pants, halter overalls, intense jackets and printed cat suits.
There was a pleasant blend of French music fused with slight hints of Bollywood and opera style sounds. Many a shiny black Chandeliers and huge rosettes adorned the ramp with a romantic setting of white wooden benches with little girls in fairy like net frocks sitting amusingly, watching the high fashion models walk by. The designer as always had an interesting range of kid’s collection that made little girls look like fashion princesses. The entire ensemble of garments saw a major play of neutrals like black and white with very slight hints of rose pinks and lime greens. However there were loads of metallics.
To wrap things up, author Shobha De appeared with the designer and her new book ‘Shobha at Sixty’.
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Rahul Reddy The colour mania Rahul Reddy’ s collection at the WILFW Spring/Summer ’ 11 was a mixture of all things bright and beautiful. The designer showcased a fruity palette on white background which portrayed the playful energy inherent in his collection.
Supported by peppy music, it was an affair between crisp white and flirty auxiliary shades. With eye soothing hues of pinks, greens, oranges, turquoise and purples, the collection turned out to be a cheerful rhapsody.
Rahul – known for his textural innovations was at his best. A skillfully chosen array of fabrics like silks, cottons and knits had a larger than life impact. The threads, with superior stitching techniques came alive, gloriously pampering the fabrics. For the first time, raw edged hems complimented an over the top smoother look. The stoles were reformed into the most desirable hooded extensions.
Most wearable basic silhouettes had widespread influential patterns on the likes of pom-pom ornated bolero, detached armhole sleeved shirts, dresses with handkerchief hemlines, contrast thread details, diagonal plackets and multi-paneled a-line shapes tacked slightly above the hems and unfastened jackets with elongated hemlines.
Engineered patchworks gave an optical illusion of a striped maze. Motifs were linear geometrical and crocheted floral appliqués. Also noticeable were the stripes and dotted combos. Visual senses were rejuvenated with a colourfully prodigious elation of elements.
Finally, the fruity flat boots made a style statement which will be eagerly chased by the fashion addicts.
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Rahul Mishra
Sugar cubes of summer
Rahul Mishra’s collection playfully flirts with the colours of summer and creates a line that is light andwearable. The music intonates the romantic mood of Spring/Summer. The line is an innovative use ofchanderi cottons – transparent and structure forming quality. The focus is on the organic feel of thefabric and wearibility is kept in mind as the buttoned up dresses reach knee length.
Beautifully pleated turquoise blue and shocking pink dresses team with summery jackets and makefor a big fashion moment. Minimal pleating on trouser waists and jackets to make them fall and standin a certain way is used to advantage.
The colours are soft greys and coffee creams with a suddenburst of black with lotus appliqué showing a blending of Indian ethnic with western silhouettes. Thetransparency of chanderi cottons work wonders to drape asymmetrical dresses forming new andinnovative silhouettes.
Industrial blue chiffon kurta and churidar is worked to give the line a new shape and feel while boxpleats open out to reveal contrasting plackets. Two part dresses with tops in transparent blues and skirtsin shocking pink along with draped ensembles create a dream like quality. Long asymmetrical hems flyaway to create a butterfly wing like silhouette. Indian bandhani is reworked to give it a modern feel.Shaded chanderi fabric is draped and double draped to create the illusion of hide and seek.
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The Brain flip
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11.11 by CellDSGN
11.11 by CellDSGN’ s Spring/Summer ‘11 collection was a mad pouring of ideas thatwere both avant-garde unconventional and balanced in character. The designer duoSmita Singh Rathore, and Himanshu Shani, collaborated with accessory designer MiaMorikawa and presented a collection which was unabashedly ‘Out of Mind’.
The assortment was stimulated by the ideas of insanity, distortion, flaws, loneliness,mistakes and decay that were infused whimsically into the garments by the designers asif they were transcending a child’s livid imagination onto a canvas that was body.
An array of ivories, egg-shell whites, earthy browns, ochre and all mud colourscomprised the major part of the collection, whereas slight dabs of deep blues and mutedreds here and there gave the show a pleasant mood lift.
The designers used lots of asymmetric paneling, unfinished edges, fabric fold stacksand unruly structures that created a mad mix of very rare, raw and un-factoried lookingpieces that narrated a tale on its own.
Deconstruction was the norm of the day with aggressive slashes, coiled thread work,ripped surfaces, unconventional twists of fabric, assertive gathers/ruches and bleachedfabrics coming together to present a line that was distorted yet elegant. There was lotsof structure in the silhouettes that surpassed into a lounge-like easy formation.
Knotted tie-up shirts, apron style jerseys, baggy trousers, bustle skirts, pin-tuck detailedjumpsuits, drawstring pants, ikkat silk and criss-cross weave shirts, bandage pants andloads of eccentric cuts and shapes made the show a total steal.
Gripping funky-mechanical music, raw cushion quilts laid out on the ramp, disillusionedgothic make-up, hair puffs wrapped in bandage tapes, sole less crude fabric shoes,distinctive yarn based accessories and high on drama texturing, all these unusualelements together made the experience of the show unparalleled.
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Koga by Jenjum and Jasleen
An Ode to feminity
This vibrant and colourful collection by Jenjum and Jasleen, a celebration of spring brings to mind the moments spent with nature. The infinite intonation of colour paves way for a very modern collection of bloomer shorts teamed with flower appliqué jackets, dresses made with woven flower panels or even a whole dress.
The head gear of flower trilbies is teamed with a burst of colour and drama with hues like laburnen, peach and golden yellow ruling the roost. The dresses, in pretty crochet were sometimes overlayed with sequined embroideries. There was a profusion of super-short dresses along with flow wraps and kaftan style silhouettes. The most eye catching were dresses in beautiful shocking pink and purples where ruffles were used to an advantage to bring out the femininity of women. Although Jasleen and Jenjum were celebrating flower-power, the whole collection can be called an ode to feminine charms
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From the by lanes of ‘Phool Mandi’
Anand Kabra’s Spring Summer 2011 collection – ‘Mandi’ drew inspiration from the luxurious intonation of the old world havelis, where indulgence and seduction played a pivotal role in painting the fantasy canvas of every man’ s dreams.
The music and silhouettes were reminiscent of 1960’s depiction of Lucknow in bollywood. The collection with its strong Indian roots, gave way to a high fashion fusion of ethnic details and western cuts.
Bold, unperturbed sexiness dripped from the seductive yet elegant cuts and translucent fabrics that were used in relaxed but graceful shapes. There were experimental fusions of achkan, with sheer dhoti pants fused with sari drapes; kurti cholis with wide leg crisp pants, kaftan dresses with Sharara bottoms and ghagra choli with sari drapes. The star of the show was the unique creation of new silhouettes.
The surface treatments ranged from tie and dyes, ombres, ikkat and graffiti prints, subtle use of sequins, embellished gold borders, monumental motif embroideries with bugle beads and gold threads.
The colors assortment had chest nut, laburnum, ochre, brick red, hints of turmeric yellow, antique golds, and loads of whites in varied shades.
There was a wide array of soothing summer fabrics like crisp cottons, taffeta silks, satins, organza’s, pochampali cottons, and sheer bright georgettes.
The designer, whose muse was a courtesan with her arresting sensuality in the market charmed many wistful minds, whose audacity, intelligence and beauty blurred the line between fantasy and reality and successfully translated his inspiration into a series of garments that came forward in the most uniquely bold and intriguing way.
October 23, 2010 | Categories: DAY 1 at WIFW SS 11, Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week - Spring Summer 11 | Tags: Anand Kabra, Anand Kabra Fashion, Day 1, Delhi Fashion Week, FDCI INDIA, Harilein Sabarwal, International Talent PromoterZ, lanes of ‘Phool Mandi, lanes of ‘Phool Mandi - Anand Kabra, Pinkeesh Deveda, TPZ Models, uk Fashion designers, WIFW, Wills Fashion Week, Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week S/S 2011 | Leave a comment
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