11 April,2011 08:33 AM IST | | Promita mukherjee
Day Four at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2011 was all about luxury and thumping music
Rich fabrics overtook the ramp and lots of drama was created on day four of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2011 With thumping music and fanfare it took off with a bang. We bring you some of the highlights.
Gold rush : A model inu00a0 Alpana and Neeraj's creation Pics/ Subhash Barolia
and Shazid Chauhan
Bold and beautiful: A model walks the ramp in a Gaurav and Ritika
creation
Rimzim Dadu: 'My village' was what her collection was all about. Connectivity, with wires and cables as its mainstay, was what Dadu explored through her clothes.
Colour me green: A model shows off a Anamika Khanna creation.
There were metallic cage dresses, wire dresses, tube jackets, metallic mesh jackets, hardware embroidered tube dress, metallic skirts, net web dresses, metallic cutout dresses and more. The collection featured leggings, jackets, dresses, trousers and tops in chiffon, georgette, lace and ikat which were pleated, embroidered or sequined. The silhouettes were structured with colour story revolving around blacks, reds, pinks, oranges, greens and some multi-coloured ensembles.
Pero by Aneeth Arora: The collection is named Pero, which means 'to wear' in Marwari. Aneeth did things little differently with models picking up pieces of the garment from a clothes rack kept on the ramp.
The clothes screamed winter with tweed pants, waistcoats, cardigans, scarves, dresses, shawls, leg warmers, dungarees and shirts in fabrics like wool, cotton, tweed, ajrakh (a hand and block printed textile with dominant hues of crimson and deep indigo, found in parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan), cashmere, kota and chanderi. Aneeth has used a lot of prints, checks and hand knits. The colour palette comprised crimson, white, black, indigo, grey, blue and red.
Niki Mahajan: Her collection, Modern Day Maharani, gives vintage a new twist. She has used rich velvets, two toned silks, laces, organza, chiffons and georgettes. Fitted silhouettes are jazzed up with sequins, beaden metal work, thread work, mokaish (a heritage technique from Lucknow). There are anarkalis, saris weaved with over 1,000 patches, maxi gather dresses, off-shoulder dresses, Lucknow- embroidered skirts, tussar dresses, palazzos, coat dresses, kaftans, kurtas, 3-D embroidery dresses,u00a0 patch dresses and more.
Anupama Dayal: The Mughal flower is the mainstay of her collection. Amethyst, phirozi, sand, red sandstone, acid pinks and oranges, canary yellow, shrek green and black make up the colourful ensembles.
Fabrics are pashminas, sheep wool blends, twirl silk, taffeta and stretch cottons. There were tiered dresses with 'jharokha' prints, shirt dresses with 'poppy jaal' and 'iris' border, strappy dresses, wrap dresses, saris with gendaphool border, wide trousers, kaftans, jackets, shrugs, midi dresses and robes.
Gaurav Gupta: Complete with video art and models with face paints, his collection was all about visual appeal. However, it still had a 'seen somewhere' feel to it.
There were rich fabrics like silks, satins, leather and velvets, a lot of monochromes, fitted silhouettes, shirt dresses, net dresses, jackets, kimono dresses, ruffled tunics, leggings. Leather was used in abundance with leather collars for dresses. There were gold trimmings on some of the outfits. There were fiery reds, oranges, beiges, purples and a lot of gold.u00a0
Virtues by Ashish Viral and Vikrant: Their collection has Gothic touches with the ensembles being inspired by Gothic architecture. Silhouettes are all about length and volume in fabrics like silks, chiffons, georgettes and chanderis.
Prints with natural dyes and block prints from Rajasthan's Bagru area are the highlights of the collection. They have also used traditional embroideries like vasali, marodi, zardosi and arriwork. The colour palette ranges from black, brown, burgundy, wine, scarlet, fuchsia and deep purple to pinks and blues. There were jacket dresses with cowl collars, front open jackets, Jodhpur pants, skirts, tops, boleros, robes, short dresses.
