Day 2
Amit Wadhwa
With the hand-woven textiles as the base of the collection, Amit Wadhwa creatively ensured his collection “RE-image-IN” for men and women, spelt not only timeless clothing but was also fashionably comfortable. Devoting his designing skills to just Khadi, Amit went on the conscious clothing path but aimed at the festive wear season. The garments for men and women were perfectly visualised to give a fashionable balance between craft and culture.
Design Aesthetics
For the male dresser, layering played a major role as Khadi and tissue were innovatively used for jackets. It was the emphasis to layering that gave men’s wear its unique fashion direction.
For the women, Amit offered an assortment of beautiful, Khadi, handcrafted saris with stripes and varying weaves. But it was the choli that Amit emphasised with unconventional additions. While they were either with long/short sleeves or halter styles, he added stylish elongated bibs or topped the choli with a buttonless, hip length, waistcoat. There were also practical styles with Peter Pan or shirt collars that will delight the high-powered women executives on the go.
Color Card
Mix of festive hues as green, pink, and blue were merged with black, brown, and grey.
KAVERI
Kaveri presented the “Cocoon” collection that was fashionable, a symphony of contemporary design, flow and drape to flatter the body.
Design Aesthetics
The fabrics, hand-printed with fine thread work highlighted with gold and silver metallic ink tinges. Fluttering dragonflies and butterflies’ motifs added a discreet touch to the sheer scarves, often attached to the garment to follow the cocoon line philosophy. The gentle collars flowed around the neck and at times shoulders, while the asymmetrical hemlines
Color Card
Off-white, natural, linen mauve, sage, ice, iron, vintage rose, wine, whale and rosemary
Muse
Actress Sandeepa Dhar in a deep maroon embroidered lehenga and bell-sleeved peplum blouse sprinkled with bouquets of blossoms.
