Scintillating, mesmerizing and spellbinding!!! A week that was.
Back-to-back creative chronological outbursts endlessly forayed the ranges from viable to unimaginable silhouettes, colors and materials. Must say a hallucinatory experience.
It was a busy sight with international and domestic buyers rushing towards the source center after almost every show. But obviously! Not every stall was crowded, By and large the accessories got more people taking interest from shoes, bags to unusual jewelry masterpieces. This was the first time LFW had showcased a new breed of accessory designers.
The ensembles that were in demand were more on Indian sides, the seniority definitely got high-ranking based on the quality and aesthetic sense of the designers.
While a few challenged the aesthetics revoltedly the others harmoniously graced the nature’s abode. A picturesque confluence of energies in every form and every level was at sight. The grand finale by Malini Ramani topped the charts with her nomadic hues and shapes. While Manish Malhotra revolved round some basic shades of blues and reds for Indian silhouettes. A closer approach by Manish Arora on a distinct platform was an overzealous soul-winner. The denims got redefined with a Narendra Kumar’s touché de finesse.
Over all there were a less no of International buyer seen at the venue. Taking account of almost every designer stall, My time was spend noticing and understanding the technical side of the garments. And frankly there has been a great improvement in terms of material innovation, surface treatments and color sense.
I found that it was more likely that Indian fashion is soon going to over shadow its other counter-parts world-over in the coming years. Lakme Fashion Week definitely acted as a launch pad to some new talents. The level technicality involved in the garments was phenomenally functional.
The other stalwarts were …Neeta Lulla throwing an array of coruscant hues from her historic incessant excursions. The others that left a refined impact were Anita Dongre’s nomadic colorful venture, Nachiket Barve connoting his theory on “The Magpie” and talented Little Shilpa, Swapnil Shinde and the master of his art Arjun Saluja.
I t was all in all an unforgettable experience. My only regret during the fashion week- I would have got a chance to try these objet d’art.
