April 2006
Stars on Wills Fashion Week ramp
New Delhi:
The appearance of Bollywood screen siren Shilpa Shetty
on the ramp sent the crowds into a frenzy on the third day
of the Wills India Fashion Week on Friday. Shetty sashayed
the ramp draped in jewelled-embellished bustier and bright
orange saree studded with stones, designed by top designer
Tarun Tahiliani. Tahiliani's collection titled "Ode to Autumn"
displayed the innovative use of digitial printing technology
on fabrics such as silk georgette, velvet and charmeuse. "Well
it's much more modern India. It's very Indian. Some of the
prints have a use of black but you saw even in the simple
shawls ...everything was draped on the body which is what
Indian fashion has always been about. But how we are finding
a simple, non- embellished feeling for people to wear in their
day-to-day life," said Tahiliani after the show. Among the
other two designers who showcased their creations on Friday
were Abu Jani- Sandeep Khosla and J J Valaya. Abu Jani-Sandeep
Kholsa, the designer duo, displayed a line featureing some
of their classic collections from 1987 to date, as they complete
20 years of their design partnership this year. Shweta Nanda,
daughter of bollywod icon Amitabh Bachhan, walked down the
ramp in a ravishing white saree and a bright silver blouse.
While Jani-Kholsa's
collection presented retrospection of two decades, Fashion
czar J J Valaya 's line "Valaya Quantum" depicted life ahead.
His collection was inspired by war in dreadful yet maginificent
way. "We are looking at a situation which is 35 years from
now and it was in the fantasy sort of element. We have assumed
that most humans are half machines and they are coming back
to humans. And therefore we have given a metallic sort of
feel to them and even the hue in their eyes was changed to
a grey hue to get it closer to a mechanical feel," said Valaya.
The five-day long show organised by the Fashion Design Council
of India provides designers a platform to showcase their collections
wooing top international buyers such as Browns, H&M and Saks
Fifth Avenue. At least 80 designers are participating and
over 60 models walking down the ramp. The Fashion Design Council
of India (FDCI) and Lakme branched off to hold separate fashion
shows from this year, as they could not agree to the sponsorship
amount for the events.
-April 8, 2006
Body-pianted models sizzle at India Fashion
Week
New Delhi:
Models painted with floral motifs on their body spiced
up the ramp on the second day of Wills India Fashion Week
as New Delhi's glitterati exposed itself again to hi-fashion
on Thursday. Designer Neeta Bhargaoa, an upcoming name in
fashion circles, adorned a few of her models with body paint
to do something "out of the ordinary". Bhargaoa collection
was designed for "evening wear" and used a lot of embellishments
for the dresses. The designer played wonderfully with basic
colors of black and white, adding adash of passion with red.
"My collection is called Fatal Attraction and it has got all
the virtues of black. Black is a color that will gel into
any other color. Opposites gel with each other and it has
a base where all the other colors blend very well," said an
elated Bhargaoa. For Australia-born model and upcoming actress
Tania Zaetta, it was an experience to remember. "This (body
paint) fits in perfectly with Neeta's designs. She is known
for taking pen and paper and making designs and putting them
on fabric. So, instead of that, she's put it on me. It took
four people five hours to do this so it has been a very early
start for me," Zaetta said.
Another designer
to showcase on the second day was Ashish Pandey who used a
lot of Indian motifs for his designs. An alumni of India's
premier National Institute of Fashion Technology, Pandey's
collection "Yesterday Once More" was a mix of traditional
and contemporary, with a focus on "wearability". The five-day
long show organised by the Fashion Design Council of India
provides designers a platform to showcase their collections
wooing top international buyers such as Browns, H and M and
Saks Fifth Avenue. It will see an array of designs with almost
115 designers participating in 70 shows and over 100 models
walking down the ramp. The Fashion Design Council of India
(FDCI) and Lakme branched off to hold separate fashion shows
from this year, as they could not agree to the sponsorship
amount for the events.
-April 6, 2006
Wills Fashion Week has a glitzy start
New Delhi:
The Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) kicked off
to a glitzy and glamorous opening in Capital New Delhi on
Wednesday as the fashion circle shifted base here to watch
the second fashion fiesta within a week. The day of reckoning
arrived for the 80 or so designers and organizers who were
working round the clock to make the show a whopping success
by making all the right moves, on the ramp and off it, after
the recently-concluded Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai created
headlines for all the wrong reasons. The event, which includes
some top names like Ritu Beri, Niki Mahajan, Manish Arora
and Rohit Bal to name a few who would showcase their creativity
at the five day event. Pria Kataria Puri, a fashion designers
mesmerized the buyers with her collection, which drew inspiration
from Egypt. "The collection that I showed today was inspired
by Cleopatra. It is called Cleofunk. The inspiration was very
much from Egypt but we have put it in a modern format. Since
the collection is primarily for the Middle Eastern and European
buyers, there was a lot of glamour and glitz," she said. With
her target on the Middle Eastern buyers, Kataria's designs
include rich hues of turquoise and colours of various gemstones,
with heavy embroidery and elaborate accessories. Headgears
were also added to give the show a more dramatic look. While
Kataria drew inspiration from overseas, Niki Mahajan, another
fashion designer, whose collection was also showcased on the
first day, kept to the Indian roots with designs based on
Rajasthani culture. "I just tried to portray Rajasthan in
a different mould. I have tried to make it more fashionable
and more glamorous. When we normally see Rajasthan, we see
very bright colours and lots of cotton thread work and cotton
fabrics. Here I've made the garments fashionable keeping the
essence of Rajasthan. I've made it more subdued and more classic,
something everybody could wear," she said. The five-day long
show organised by the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI)
provides designers a platform to showcase their collections
wooing top international buyers such as Browns, H&M and Saks
Fifth Avenue as well players from the domestic market. FDCI
and Lakme branched off to hold separate fashion shows from
this year, as they could not agree to the sponsorship amount
for the events.
-April 5, 2006
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