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Anupama Dayal Collection At Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Show – Spring Summer 2011

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.