They say, one must save the best for the last. Well, the maxim sure held true for AIFW AW 17 Day 1’s finale show – Vogue Saree 24/7. It was indeed, a glorious tribute to India’s traditional garb.
The show opened with the ever-so-gorgeous Monica Dogra performing, which one may have thought would take away from the glory of the showcase. Well, it did not, because what followed was far more bedazzling!
The show was divided into 5 themes – Blues, Pretty Florals, Tribal, Gold Embellishments and Gothic. Each of the themes had designers showcase their individual renditions of the concept “Sari for Day, Sari for Play” – whether it was Raw Mango’s quintessential silk brocade saree, Shivan & Narresh’s play with crystals, Fur details on Falguni and Shane Peacock’s saree hem and pallu, a gown-like silhouette by Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna, Dhruv Kapoor’s futuristic take on the garment or redefinition of the pallu by turning it in to a hood, by Rajesh Pratap Singh, the entire showcase of 60 beautiful sarees was nothing short of spectacular!
The designers who showcased their sarees at the show were:
Abraham & Thakore, Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla, Akaaro, Amit Aggarwal, Amoh by Jade, AM:PM, Anamika Khanna, Anand Kabra, Anavila, Anita Dongre, Anupama Dayal, Ashish N Soni, Bodice, Dev R Nil, Dhruv Kapoor, Eka, Ekaya, Falguni & Shane Peacock, Gaurav Gupta, Huemn (winners of Vogue India Fashion Fund 2016), Kallol Datta, Kotwara by Meera & Muzaffar Ali, Ikai by Ragini Ahuja, Kavita Bhartia, JJ Valaya, Malini Ramani, Manav Gangwani, Manish Arora, Manish Malhotra, Masaba, Matsya, Monisha Jaising, Nachiket Barve, Namrata Joshipura, Nikasha, Pankaj & Nidhi, Payal Khandwala, Payal Pratap, Payal Singhal, Pero, Raghavendra Rathore, Rahul Mishra, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Rara Avis, Rashmi Varma, Raw Mango, Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna, Shantanu & Nikhil, Shivan & Narresh, Shyamal & Bhumika, Suneet Varma, SVA – Sonam & Paras Modi, Swati and Sunaina, Tarun Tahiliani, Urvashi Kaur, Varun Bahl, Vineet Bahl, and Vriksh.
Contributed by – Karishma Sehgal
Pics by- Khushal Agarwal
