Anupama Dayal’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection for the upcoming WIFW takes its cues from the “Kinnaris’ are a mythical tribe that lived in the Himalyas. In Buddhist and Hindu mythology, a Kinnari is a lover, a celestial musician, half-woman and half-bird. Their character is clarified in the Mahabharata. The Kinnari is renowned for her dance, song and poetry, and is a traditional symbol of feminine beauty, grace and accomplishment. She has the ability to move freely between the human and mystical worlds.
This collection speaks of new world, new clothes, dressing that reflect a cultural soul that is impossible to geographically define and limit. Familiar yet new, the message is ‘fit in and … stand apart’. For the woman who is fearlessly open-minded, embracing the psychedelic along with the organic, balancing pro-earth choices with technology the predominant colours are Neon turquoise, fluoro pink, tangerine, heliotrope and raven black in fabrics of chanderi, silk twill, georgette, crepe-de chine and pashmina.
Prints are inspired by the early textile trade with Europe namely the ‘chintz’. The floral print has been zinged with graphic modernism. Also intricate ribbons of print in super modern colours inspired by folk textiles from around the world; Vietnam, Mexico, Orissa, Nagaland and more. Layered, pleated, draped and languid silhouettes are mostly long and fluid. Scarves in silks and cashmere come and easy summer jackets. Plus trousers inspired by shararas, Mughal pyjamas, etc.
