Designer Arpita’s debut showcase at Lakme Fashion Week 2013 titled ‘The Violet Garden’ is comfortable yet has flattering silhouettes with contrasting colours.
Each garment in her contemporary-vintage garden is replete with wearable luxury, stylish cuts, trendy embroidery and dainty silhouettes. Her pieces boast an embroidered marvel in mirror-work, gota or threadwork elegantly used as placements across the border of a saree, in the cuff of a kurta or around the neck of a choli.
Naturally drawn towards the beauty of violet flowers, Arpita’s debut collection sees the perky purples as a dominating theme. Using digital and geometric prints, she has created a contemporary Indian range inspired by the 1950s that includes a box-pleated, voluminous anarkalis, high-waisted lehengas, sarees with high-neck blouses and cropped cholis with shararas.
Committed to bring forth the young talent in forefront, the entrepreneur duo, Shunam Gulati & Hema Wadhwa, presented Blinggbazaar, a one-of-its-kind lifestyle exhibition bringing exquisite style, glamour, trends and luxury under one roof. Inaugurated by artist Anjana Kuthiala, the exhibition was a fundraiser towards Uttarakhand relief fund in association with an NGO – Lakshyam.
Inspired by the metaphors for Paradise of Char Bagh, while balancing architecture and nature, Payal Singhal juxtapose the elements in the collection with graphic bold prints to depict geometry and the delicate floral embroidery on to textiles.
