| Designers ELISHA W and Gauri Bajoria set day 3 |
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7 September: The third day opened with 'VIVA DE GLAM' a collection by Elisha W and Gauri Bajoria's "Hiji Biji", which means haphazard. "My theme is inspired by life and presented through glamorous long flowing pleated dresses and gowns in powdery hues of turquoise, coral and aqua," said, Elisha W. The collection was crafted from luxurious fabrics such as chiffons, georgettes, cotton Lurex, elaborated by silver embroideries and sequined around bust area, hips and shoulders, leaving the hems of the dresses. Apart from single piece dresses, feminine long tops, which were worn over pants as well as jacket-pant, were also seen. And in combination to it swirling ornamental embroideries in gold and red were placed well across the shoulder area.
On talking about the cuts Elisha said, "The cuts and silhouettes are done in such a way so that they can show the sexy body structure of a woman as well as the waist line." The combination of neutral khaki colour with gradations of soft reds ranging from pink to rose and salmon, flowed by ombre dyed saris showed a decent colour scheme.
Designer Gauri gave a tough competition to her co-designer Elisha by showing a collection with a variety and mixture of styles and designs for Spring/Summer 2008. Candy colours muted alongside neutrals gave a sense of sophistication with playful feeling for a day wear. She highlighted the show by numerous techniques of drapes rushing, fluting, gathers and pleats by putting them together to match ready to wear clothing. A combination of soft lightweight knits with translucent woven fabrics was also shown. Crushed velvets and Lurex induced fabrics created a nostalgic illusion recalling the eighties era. Silk cocoon like embroidery all over fabric in metallic silver and delicate powdered tinted pales in gray, beige, blue, mint, yellow and lavender colours was an interesting texturing concept.
Continuing with the nostalgic mood was faded floral prints in dusty colours on skirts put together with draped knitted tops. The designer reveled her inspiration by saying, "I got inspired from the thoughts that in time translate and become memories and this what I have tried to show in my collection. Crystals like sequins in silver and multi colours are used to give a spark to muted shades of gray." In all Elisha and Gauri declared the woman to be a diva.
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| Gauri, Nainika give tough ride to Surily |
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7 September: Wills Fashion India Week is all dazzling with every passing days. Designers are coming with innovative ideas generating a tough competition and talent pool among themselves. Designer duo Gauri & Nainika showcased more than 35 outfits just to give a tough competition to Surily, who displayed 39 outfits for Spring/Summer 2008. Gauri& Nainika's collection had long flowing as well as voluminous bell-shaped silhouettes, petticoat skirts supported through layers and layers of tulle.
This has created quite a dancing mood and a strong reference to the new look of the swinging 50s. The designer duo focused on contrasting colour schemes. Colour combinations such as black with sand, or red with black created significant elements. The same combinations were used for big hounds-tooth prints for long flowing sleeveless dresses. Silhouettes were formed through colorful organza panels, accentuated through a single eye-catching asymmetrically placed panel.
The collection contained a range of ensembles in Kandinsky inspired prints, which had geometric shapes in pale yellow, and black on white taffeta. Talking more about their collection Gauri said, "Our theme is more of length and volume. We focused on the empire line and emphasised more on the contrasting belts. The fabrics, which we have used, were lightweight transparent organza and fluid georgette to give crisp and clean cut silhouettes."
On the other hand, Nainika said, "Style is what one can carry, it can be pants, long dresses or gowns. So in addition to that collection, we have made this collection, which is coming up as style and women are looking up to this kind of outfit as well."
The next designer to show case in the same show was celebrity designer Surily, who designs for Preity Zinta. In her collection, she combined Grecian style flowy silhouettes with bohemia in a true sense with bold prints and stark contrasts of colours.
Mother of pearl shells as decorations on pleated fabrics and beaded embellishments on accessories like belts were used to make the collection more interesting. The collection was divided into two sections consisting of soft feminine appeal and fluid look that highlighted digitally reproduced floral prints embellished with beadwork and the second had metallic studs to decorate waistband and the necklines, a hint of coral stone detailing, hand made macramé as belts and corset.
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| Prashant Verma gave femininity to his collection for the season |
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7 September: Prashant Verma's collection for Spring/Summer 2008 was a
collection inspired by divine femininity. He showcased five individual
themes which focused on silhouette, a variety for evening wear which had,
tube dresses, column shapes, sari dresses using organza, silk, satins and
jerseys as textiles. His collection had plain taffeta drapes, which were
decorated with over sized taffeta-tulle bouquet like rushing at straps and
shoulders. "Flower diamonds" which explained the colourful digital prints on
stretch fabrics, cut into simple stylish body contouring outfits. The third
outfit, which was presented was called "cubist manifesto" and fascinated
through the juxtaposing of flowing fabrics with kaleidoscope like prints and
heavily beaded. Next was the "ghost of couture" offered pure black dresses
which were partly encrusted with diamonds. The final out fit talked about
the designer himself wherein he portrayed aspiration making him center of
attraction, a black based outfits which was printed with black-and -white
self-portraits. And on talking about his collection Prashant said, "My
collection is a true statement of my confidence and creativity with style. I
have tried to show different and vibrant combinations of black, with a lot
of sparkle, beads and diamond look-alike on it."
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| A collection making Diva's look Glamorous by Rabani & Rakha |
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7 September: A collection making diva look more glamorous by intricate
handcraftsmanship and glorious embroideries, which were sent to the ramp
when Rabani & Rakha presented their collection for Spring/Summer 2008. The
collection showed a creative journey through design options and style ideas.
Saris and long flowing dresses in pale shades of ecru, cream and skin tones
were created from fabrics such as georgette, chiffon and organza. The
outfits emphasized on body curves, rich ornaments, which seemed to be
inspired from ancient Indian crafts and architecture. Classic Indian
paisleys, Mughal arches, peacock feather shapes, curly creepers and ferns
which seemed to abstracted and translated into embroideries as well as
beadwork and were used to highlight waist and neckline in order to give
shape to silhouettes.
Rabani expressed her fascination with colours like black and white and said,
"We wanted to show something in black and white this time as white being the
colour of season so we presented a backless gown which has crystals on it to
give that luxury and glamour to the collection. The collection is basically
meant keeping in mind the evening wear so that black gives that elegant
touch to the garments."
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| "Rise and Shine" by Renu Tandon |
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7 September:
With Rabani & Rakha a renowned designer Renu Tandon whose brand name is
MYNAH showcased her collection. In her show she showed her collection "Rise
and Shine" which was inspired from the rising sun depicting its positive and
warm hues of orange, beige and burnt reds for the season. The collection was
a metallic gold matched with warm colours dictated to the theme. Saris and
Lehngas with vibrancy of orange fabrics were shown. Corset fitted at waist,
while lightweight fabrics tucked into the corset gave a smooth flowing
A-Line silhouette. Silver lace fabric trims were used as patchwork on
saris. To give a traditional look the designer gave embroidery on panels of
lehenga teamed with stoles made-up of flowy fabrics in burnt red colour. The
designers explained her collection by saying, "My collection is not for a
particular market it's for all and I have given the real fashion of India by
vibrant colour of red and orange. The collection is very close to my heart
as it has all the colours which I am fond of with sparkle and mirror work on
it."
The collection gave a touch of sophistication, as a woman is all the time.
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| Lara walks the ramp for designer Rocky S |
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| Lara Dutta walks the ramp |
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7 September: Designer Rocky S, who had designed costume in box office hits like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kkrish, has rocked the third day of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week with his Spring – Summer 2008 deign. He did it for Nokia as they launched their new mobile -- Nokia 7500 Prism. The whole collection was expressed in black with dashes of pink and blue. Embellished with crystals and metallic sequins, a brilliant play of light against black, structures, crystal and flow was shown to give a mood of play.
A lot of hexagonal pendants were designed to give a complete prism look. The collection displayed a multi-faceted range of daring black mini dresses, as well as mildly structured jackets and pants. Illusion, dimension and mystery were created though punctuated dazzling prismatic embellishments.
On top of it, Lara Dutta walked the ramp for dazzling designer's collection and made it complete a glamorous show. Talking to media, Rocky S said, "When I first saw the Nokia Prism. I immediately thought of a completely futuristic, graphic look for the collection, based on the look of the phone, my collection is black with hints of pink and blue".
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