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Rooted in her aesthetic, most inspired in her sensibility, effortless infuser, Urvashi Kaur, presents Shunya for Wills India Fashion Week AW 14.. Fabrics flow where the mind doesn’t, and structure persists where rules elude. The living being is limited in movement, but limitless in thought. Shunya reverberates that reality, that attempt to capture in physical form, says, Urvashi.

The obvious dominance of ecru across the line is reminiscent of the start of the human journey in fuchsia, oranges and aurora red, blended effortlessly with natural whites. With an affinity for indigenous, hand-woven textiles, the usage of silk weaves like Maheshwaris, Chanderi, Tassar, Tissue, Matka, Kota and, Khadi cotton, in subtle metallic blends, juxtaposed with sheer, translucent voiles and linens.

The entire collection incorporates hand tucking, subtle ruching and dramatic pleats, alongside separates with asymmetric folds and hemlines, Angrakha inspired tunics, cowelled shalwars, pleated and flared pants, along with layered, reversible sheer jackets and crop topsare the mainstay of the collection.

Archana believes in experimentations and random imaginations that result in obscure designs. A collection inspired by floral techniques and delicate layered 3D florals made out of sheer fabrics, Archana aspires to showcase the extremely diverse yet synchronised items among different families through the same.

The designer will give the onlookers the mind blowing experience of beauty within these abstract and abruptly conceived creativities.

This designer duo has been popular for cherishing the traditional vocabulary through their creativities, and will exhibit the same through their collection, ‘Urban Shikar’ at the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week on the 28^th of March. Aptly titled, the collection will be infinitely inspired by Khaki, with its references to safari, uniforms and combat.

Abraham and Thakore in collaboration with Twinings present their show, where wild silk will provide the canvas for each single garment. Among other fabrics, tussar, muga, eri silk will be employed, in an attempt to explore diverse techniques from multiple regions.

Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts’ ‘Dressed to Rest’, a competition which has been thrilling the upcoming designers for quite some years now, announced Nikita Taneja, from the Pearl Academy of Fashion Designing, as this year’s proud winner in India. The competition purports to create a campaign generating awareness wherein Crowne Plaza undertakes efficient steps to fulfil the needs of successful business travellers. Complementing the unique Sleep Advantage Programme of Crowne Plaza, Dressed to Rest brings forth the hotel’s policy, belief and importance of a good night sleep of its visitors.

Designers from prestigious fashion designing institutes of Japan, India, UAE and Singapore, participate in the competition which runs for six weeks. Nikita, the winner from India created the desired garment ideal for a traveller and won exciting prizes along with a 2 nights, 3 days stay at Crowne Plaza, Bangkok and an exuberant career boosting internship with the leading designer Payal Jain.

Therefore, the competition is a unique and distinctive way of promoting the policy of the hotel and is an efficient platform for the struggling designers to showcase their creativity at an earlier stage. It serves to be a boosting element for their aspirations to become successful professionals in the future.

This Spring Summer, Lecoanet Hemant pay homage to the beauty of the metropolitan landscape with their collection titled ‘Urban Architecture’. Inspired by the structural design and art of some of the major cities in the world, the asymmetrical lines, precise cuts and unique construction styles is distinct factor to this collection, available exclusively on made to order.

Spotlighting clean and sharp lines, the collection takes inspiration from the modern art movement and from the works of Mondrian and Le Corbusier. Black, white and grey are the core colours with a sense of play in fabrics such as jersey and silk give a sensual look while pleats are used in the pieces to accentuate the waistline.

Keeping in line with the ethical design philosophy of the brand, non – violent silk has been used, which is procured by preserving the life of the silk worm.

Nokia Lumia’s leading functionality, design and imaging capabilities has inspired Rina Dhaka to create her fashion week collection for the brand at WIFW AW 2014.The character of the collection, reminisces a story through this beautiful journey of colors and expressions, helping me craft a pleasing story which any artist would want to portray through their work, says the designer.

The theme of Rina’s collection will primarily focus on Black & White creating a canvas for colors to pop out. The look is an inspiration of modern classic, contemporary silhouettes amalgamated with traditional techniques for surface development that matches the design and feel of the Lumia devices.

Mandira Wirk presents OMBRÉ – an Autumn/Winter 2014-15 fashion fantasy for WIFW AW 14. OMBRÉ, which means shadow in French perfectly epitomises the description of the creations, which are synonymous with Mandira Wirk.

Moving into the realm of a sedate colour story, Mandira allows the very neutral grey tones to start the autumn sonata of hues. Adding striking terracotta for vivid tones, deep burgundy along with amber, is a vibrant addition for the first segment of the hues followed by intense purple and dark charcoal to deeper tones of sangria maroon and finally ends with black.

To bring the colours onto the ramp with the perfect autumn/winter fabric showcase, she presents textured herringbone, versatile striped mélange jersey, and fabulous woollen fabrics with a touch of velvet & satin.

The silhouettes have large touches of elegant English inspirations with stylish wrap trench coats, elegant sheath dresses, and feminine trousers, colour blocked draped dresses, jumpsuits with flirty soft cascading ruffles, sharply cut constructed blazers with interesting geometry and cropped jackets with shoulder accents.

Ritu Kumar ventures launched her first flagship store in Dubai at the bustling BurJuman Mall, a premium destination for finest luxury brands in Dubai. With this new store, the Ritu Kumar brand has increased its presence to over 35 stores globally and is now working on massive expansion plans to increase its footprint within India.

The store has been designed with the new contemporary look and feel ,spread over 1900 sq ft, the store seeks to offer the discerning Dubai populace a wide variety and range that has universal appeal. The store will stock the latest Spring Summer’14 collections from all three sub-brands; Label – Western pret apparel, Ritu Kumar – Ready to wear Indian ethnic apparel and Ri – Festive and occasion-wear.

Store Details

Level 1 – 137B

Sheikh Zayed Street,

Dubai – United Arab Emirates

Crop Tops from Michelle Salins SS’14 collection is the season’s trend, the crop top is not just about exposing your entire midriff, it’s about interpreting it into elegant new looks that can be worn with high-waist shorts, skirts or casual trainers.

Salins crop dress in bold floral prints and solid colors, serves as a bold and refreshing element of contrast is utterly feminine, while his gold woven crop trop with a diamond cut neckline is a good experiment to crop top craze and can be worn with skinny black pair of jeans to give a conservative interpretation of trend.

We bring to you exclusively the making of Bespoke Zari Weaves, the Rajesh Pratap Singh collection for LFW 2014, along with present here are the shows at a glance: