The Amazon India Fashion Week for Autumn Winter 2016 ended and we’re having withdrawal symptoms already. There’s just something about coming together of all fashion enthusiasts that’s just enticing – there’s a fashion parade on the ramp and off. This season’s theme being, #IndiaModern created a trend in itself. Giving a boost to the ‘Make in India’ campaign, it aimed at Indian textiles being used for making garments that were essentially Indian, but rather modern. It resulted in a long list of designers driving inspiration from the modern Indian woman and making garments that reflected her modernity. Apart from this, we also saw a few more trends that stood out. Read on to find out which are they.
• Minimalism – As the fashion world takes over minimalism, we saw strike difference in the collections this year. Cuts were cleaner, embellishments were bare minimum and comfort was key. Less is more; the Indian fashion scene has finally seemed to embrace the adage. Rinzim Dadu, Anita Dongre and EKA were the frontrunners for this trend.
• Ruffles – With his avant-garde ruffles from last season, Gaurav Gupta brought the trend to the runway only to see it bloom. Ruffled shoulders, necklines, waistlines and even hemlines were seen throughout the fashion event. Small or big in size, ruffles are sure to make it big in the upcoming season.
• Slits and hemlines – Thigh slits right at the front and asymmetrical hemlines were huge during the fashion week. They worked well for kurtas, shirt dresses and even ballroom gowns. Layering of hemlines was also seen throughout. Collections by Anavilla, Sanchita, Namrata Joshipura and Dolly J made an interesting use of the trend.
• Androgyny – The Amazon India Fashion Week this season saw in total four shows primarily for men’s wear. While the men strutted around wearing jewellery over their garments, and kilt-like skirts, women’s wear were also seen become more relaxed and unisex in nature. Rajesh Pratap Singh’s pantsuit for women’s wear and skirts for men and Rohit Kamra’s collection of jewelled garments brought the trend into focus.
