Flipping through an Indian Fashion Catalogue
Minimalism mixes with a need for elaborate expression. Roses heap on dresses; but its grey on dull blue.
Rajesh Pratap Singh.
Embellishments and fabrics of ghagras squeezed into bustiers and mini-skirts. The lingering romance of stringy backs and elaborately embroidered necklines.
Floral Girly Summer whites with breathe-easy transparency. Maybe a touch of Japanese hues in an Indian Indian summer.
Flounces and Ruffles
A defiant creature in trailing robes
A fashionable urchin
Peach Sap Green and WHITE
Abraham and Thakore
Tussar silk… red textured with gold disturbances. A culture to run your hand over, crush as you recline in gorgeous array.
Gaurav Gupta
Detailed motifs like Persian illustrations or just repetitive bee-hive hexagons printed, reprinted all over to create an intricate medium.
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Malini Ramani. The JP Gaultier of
Classic black with gold embroidery. Could be a curtain, sofa or dress. Velvet dress. Old-world beauty sewn in every seam, every patch of the garment.
Elegance so delicate it may evaporate, fashion mixing with oil paintings, the regal long kurtas on flared pants – so reminiscent of early Indian fashion. The 90s. Muzaffar and Meera Ali.
Those typical peach dresses in chiffon, the gold blingy sheer dresses. Tiered skirts in beige. All that you already seen but may still have an eye on.
Manish Malhotra.
Inspirations from the floral whites of Mediterranean vineyard festivities, from the blue and gold silk of Bharatnatyam costumes.
White embroidery on white, pleats and pin tucks and patchwork that don’t stand out due to a universal neutral shade, but build a richness nevertheless. Rohit Bal.
The typical silver jewellery, undecided between its tribal Indian origins and contemporary air.
Sabyasachi. Liberal. Authentic. Disputably understated. Picking from fabrics worn around the house, glamorizing them with a dash of gold and then negating it with an unflattering shape. Grandmother’s trunk to pull rags and riches out of.
Handbags and sandals, their bling exaggerated by placing them along dry wooden barks. Clutches. Fat bands of rings, even ear-rings with mineral-ore like stones set in them. Nature to be sported on your ear-lobes and neck, accentuating the dull gold or self-effacing black of your dress.