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September 19, 2010 | Ritu Kumar, Malkani showcase their collections at Lakme Fashion Week |
Mumbai:Veteran designers Ritu Kumar and Babita Malkani showcased their varied collections on the second day of the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai on Saturday. Malkani
portrayed
a very distinct urban sense of styling and a high level of comfort with international
fabric and styles. She said that her muse was the scenic landscape of Kabadokia
in Turkey , which inspired the colours and textures of her collection. "My inspiration
for this collection is a place in Turkey called Kabadokia. I went there two-three
months back. I have never seen such a place before. When I saw it, as a designer
I was so awed that I was only sketching. I took out the colour palette there itself
and I decided what kind of collection," said Malkani. "I wanted-three colour story,
cutwork, textures. Seeing the landscape I got really inspired," she added.
Model-turned-actress
Pooja Batra was the showstopper at the event flaunting Malkani's most elegant
design. "After nine years, I was really honoured when Babita asked me to become
the showstopper. She is my friend as well and she designs very good clothes. So
I said yes and I really liked it," said Batra. Malkani said that she choose Batra
for her similarity of Turkish features like her eyes and height. In another major
event, ace designer Ritu Kumar revealed her Spring Summer collection at the
Fashion
Week. Kumar's collection was a modern twist of 1930 vintage styling and fabrics.
"Fashion is changing in a way which has a lot of character. And it has to change
for the younger generation...now we are wearing very different things than what
we started off with. But at the same time there is a lot of involvement of an
indigenous kind in the fashion," said Kumar.
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