Payal Jain gives us nifty wearable options, Tarun dresses the groom’s extended family in dhotis-pearls, while Pankaj and Nidhi serenade mocha, and Samant Chauhan flirts with sci-fi bejewelled shoulders.
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Craft-soaked Bandhini to experiments with Chikankari, Naushad Ali adds a European influence to Indian textiles serenading a global buyer.
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His father is a textile merchant, based in Pondicherry,...
Converting waste into textural garments with a strong sense of identity, Ankur Verma of Til tells us, 3 months to craft one cape, several artisans create magic with just the power of discarded fabrics.
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Varun Bahl believes couture must appeal to a woman who is aware, responsible, and wants to be original in thought and choice of occasion clothing. Though his love for flowers remains constant, just like...
Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci Maths forms the basis of a collection by Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna as they pay homage to algorithms through cutwork, straight lines and modern art, dressing the destination...
Anju Modi sets the bride free with ankle-length lehengas, replaces reds with pomegranates, ivories with purple and pours the essence of her 32-year-long travels into a melting pot of cultures with an immersive...
The vast Amazon rainforest and its unique character serves as a metaphor for Varun Bahl as couture is back to where it began-simple, reusable, and versatile.
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Spain meets Indian craftsmanship – Valaya completes 30 years with his favourites–chevron, family, fashion fraternity, grandness as Indian tunes merge with Western classical on a cobbled runway...
Live piano, six style gurus, fame, awards and a whole lot of mingling made the first historic Couture Hall of Fame awards, by FDCI, a runaway success (more…)
Weightless is the new language of instruction, as couture swings in the direction of opulence minus cult musings, power posing, flurry of feathers or inventive iterations, just mixing craftsmanship with...
Gaurav Gupta has studied the Undercurrent like no one else and decided not to swim against the tide. His couture is lighter, subtler and unfussy, armed with his new offering of shiny baubles and sharp...
A precious jewellery line, stores in Delhi and Mumbai, and a Peacock Foundation that will give scholarships to the poor, Shane and Falguni are ready to ace the game! (more…)
Shirt-like lehengas, meet handwoven chanderi displaying a shift to new vicissitudes as Reynu traverses to the other side with veils and net with Savannah Saga (more…)
Banaras, the sacred city, alive with the worlds within, serves as the leitmotif for Sulakshana Monga as the ICW line is redolent with cultural landscapes (more…)
From studying folds to becoming obsessed with Origami, Ankon Mitras 400 kg installation art, mirroring astute paper sculptures danced with unabashed abandon at ICW 2019 (more…)
The love for genda phool and pure nature gets a new canvas; abandoning geometry after three years Rahul Mishra pays homage to Monaco, not the elitist grand prix or Grimaldis, but humble unforgettables...
Debutants Pankaj and Nidhi go back in time to Christian-Greek period of Rome to dig out treasures creating splendour with Trapunto quilting and hand-cut appliqués, their two signatures which have found...
Being a trained artist thinking visually comes naturally to Suneet Varma. This ICW 2019 he introduces icy hues to capture hearts and craft a wonder book filled with spiritual literacy
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3D, inner recesses of the subconscious Carl Jung mind, invisible relationships and Banarasi weaves were all interwoven with the warp and weft of engineered modernity in Amit Aggarwals iridescent flavours...
Whether it was abuse of absolute power or political intrigue, the Czars of Russia who ruled for more than a 1,000 years courted decadence like no other. It is this Byzantine influence in Rastrellis Winter...
The density of the colours, and the smell of a fresh garden of roses came alive with Varun Bahl straying from convention by reinventing the kurti as he reassembles European architecture through potent...
Uzbeki Suzanis form a backdrop for Harpreet and Rimple Narulas ICW 2016 line where Islamic art becomes a leitmotif for creative expression as Gulzar saheb’s voice reverberates soothingly in the...
Whether it was Sahib Jan played by Meena Kumari in Kamal Amorhis unforgettable Pakeezah or Umaro Jaan by the lithe-footed Rekha, the tales of unrequited love and courtesans have lived on in our collective...
Juliana, 18, is all heart as the first-timer at ICW 2016 from Brazil, the land of beauties, hopes to emulate her idol Adriana Lima.
By Asmita Aggarwal
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She is a classical dancer, will launch her music album soon, but Saloni an engineer by education and model by profession will charm you with her intelligence rather than her lithe frame.
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The grandeur and scale of AICW2015 was unprecedented and the curtains came down on some of the finest fashion the country has ever witnessed. Couture took centre stage, but it wasn’t just design...
