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With the romance of traditional India the leitmotif, designer
duo Shantanu and Nikhil and Rina Dhaka showcased their creative
brilliance through their collections on different ramps during the
Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW).
While Shantanu and Nikhil's collection used the ancient city of
Banaras as their inspiration, Dhaka chose the Rajasthani heritage
town of Samod.
Banaras Boulevard, Shantanu and Nikhil's collection, drew from the
spiritual and cultural resonance of the historic city.
"Our collection has been inspired by the city of Banaras that is
why we have used all traditional fabrics like silks, khadi silk,
cotton and satin in our collection," Nikhil of the designer duo
told IANS after the show Thursday night.
With designer Nikhil walking the ramp for his own line, the
collection showcased both men's and women's wear, featuring the
extensive use of handlooms. The silhouettes were semi structured
with an emphasis on texture and printing.
The line, which offers straight fit trousers, teamed with T-shirts,
coats, shirts with balloon sleeves, has a colour palette
predominant with off whites and yellows. The men's wear collection
is adorned with scarves, big matching bags and goggles.
"We have used a lot of yellow that is picked up from haldi
(turmeric), which symbolises auspiciousness and reflects the visual
impact of the historic city," added Shantanu.
Women's wear offers dresses of varied lengths and style marked
with puffed sleeves, pleats and fabrics gathered at shoulders and
waist to create the blouson and semi structured look. There were
also pleated baby doll dresses, skirts both straight and short,
tooth short jackets matched with both big, small and sleek bags,
heels, scarves and goggles.
On the other hand, Rina Dhaka's collection was marked with chic
western women's wear dominated by gossamer fabrics and crochet
work.
Samode, 42 km from the Rajasthan capital of Jaipur, inspired the
collection. The colour palette ranged from white, yellows, and
lemon greens to peach, pastel pinks and greens.
"My collection is inspired by Samode, a place located in Rajasthan.
The line attempts to showcase the new version of traditional
India," said Dhaka.
The collection contains dresses of varied lengths and styles,
especially a lot of off-shoulder dresses. There were long tops and
kurtas both short and long teamed with capris, short kurtas were
also used like dresses, wraparound skirts and shirts.
"The line showcases the journey of a women from lazy launches to
cocktail parties or evening soirees," she said.
The collection is dominated by the mirror work inspired by the
artwork of Bhuj and crochet work on fabrics like cotton, chiffon,
georgette, butter silk and lycra.
Indo-Asian News Service
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