India’s premier Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week can be euphemistically termed as Women’s week, as its men edition is handled by Van Heusen India Men’s Week which occurs once in a year mainly displaying spring summer designs. It seems men are devoid of proper Autumn Winter designer wear exhibit when it comes to India. But, the recently concluded WIFW A/W 2011 edition had few designers playing with menswear giving a sneak peek into the designs hitting the stores this winters.
Lately the likes of Manish Malhotra, Virtues, Dev R Nil and Joy Mitra included menswear in their collection at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn Winter 2011, showcasing chiefly ethnic wear with contemporary silhouettes. The sporadically appearing menswear throughout the fashion week kept the hope alive. Manish had a quantum of male models walking the ramp in resplendent outfits in rich textures of jute, tussar silk in grays, navy blues and blacks mixed along with wintery colors. Kurtas teamed up with structured bundhgalas and sherwanis appeared with dhoti pants and salwars.
Kolkata based Dev R Nil moved a step further to bring golfer Mahindra Singh on the ramp dressed in long Kurta and shawl. The duo presented bottom flared to tapered pants with long shirts and kurtas in earthy hues. Virtues menswear featured dhoti pants and salwars with bandhgala jackets varying in length and style.
The am:pm by Ankur Modi and Priyanka Modi opened their show with male models in black suits and cravats crisscrossing and reining the ramp.
