Tracing Happiness
Suneet Varma announces the arrival of his pret label, a big one for a style guru trained by Yves Saint Laurent. Pankaj & Nidhis graphic prints dance and Punit Balana makes the brides friends go easy with light-weight offerings By Asmita Aggarwal
Fashion Disruptors
Genderless clothing finds space in Anvitas closet, while Huemn intermingles graffiti with traditional embroideries. As silvery sparkles mark Dadus spring homecoming, Bollywoods rajah Manish Malhotra woos millennials with his “affordable” prints and some star sprinkle By Asmita Aggarwal
Modern Algorithms of style
Khadi makes it to the ultra-chic category; Rajesh Pratap keeps it cool with hoodies; Pratima Pandey channels women empowerment, Vaishali gives weaves a twist crossing seven seas and theres lot more on fashions colourful landscape By Asmita Aggarwal
Earthy Meets Glam
Manoj Bajpayee steals the thunder at FDCI x LFW with a Samant Chauhan Bhagalpur woven jacket, as Varun Bahl offers millennials denim lehengas. Shruti Sancheti goes back to her roots with danke ka kaam from Rajasthan and Alpana lets in the shine with dopamine dressing By Asmita Aggarwal
Valley of flowers
Rahul Mishras ode to florals unravels the hidden code of happiness, as the Italian embassy plays the perfect host, to an evening of unbridled glamour, under a starry night for FDCI X LFW By Asmita Aggarwal
Dress me up
Sprinkling of star power, woven wonders, sporty chic and the shining star of fashion week Gaurav Gupta, who crafted elegance from ocean plastic waste By Asmita Aggarwal
Classics over Chic
Anamika Khanna urges us to slow it down with easy silhouettes, while Payal Jain makes us all choose wisely. Nikita and Shruti get playful with exaggerated sleeves as their offerings beckon a long-awaited beach holiday By Asmita Aggarwal
Project Semicolon
The beauty really is in minute details as Rina Singh will tell you or in weaves which whisper traditional bearings by Gaurang. The third day at FDCI X Lakme was about conscience buying By Asmita Aggarwal
Shine On
Day 2 of FDCI X Lakme Fashion Week was a celebration of celebrity daughters, paying homage to childhood impressions (Benaras and cot makers), as well as the pressing need to go organic By Asmita Aggarwal
Brave New World
J J Valaya shows us the new way to wear skirts as prints beckon simplicity in Limerick and fabric manipulations replace the need for shine in Geisha Designs By Asmita Aggarwal