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Second day at Lakme fashion week sees
more promising designs
Mumbai: Top
Indian designers on Sunday showcased their latest collections
at the Lakme Fashion Week. The second day at the on going
Lakme Fashion Week began with fresh blood Kallol Datta, Digvijay
Singh, Sudhir Nayak and Tapash Biswas showcasing their creativity
on the ramp and needless to say it was worth an effort. A
student of fashion design from National Institute for Fashion
Technology (NIFT) Kolkata, Kallol Datta graduated in the year
2004. He followed it up with a women's wear degree from St.
Martins, London in 2006. His label, 'Kallol Datta 1955' has
the date added on because it's the year his mother was born.
His collection for the day was named 'Body Form' -- it basically
treated clothes as decomposing corpses! He drew his inspiration
from Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali. New entrant
Digvijay Singh was an all men affair. His approach to fashion
can be termed as the 'Renaissance of Fashion' where he beautifully
blended various cross-cultural elements. The show was unique
and exclusive as the collection was based on the handloom
fabrics like silk, cotton and khadi. The designer has also
played with a lot of colours like whites, blacks and greys.
"This collection is basically inspired by 'Patina'. Patina
is particular green colour, which is formed on top of the
copper due to the oxidation process. So that was the basic
inspiration and the whole look was somewhere in between a
casual and a formal look and it was funky," said Digvijay
Singh. Last show before noon was presented by the designer
duo Sudhir Nayank and Tapash Biswas. This prêt and highly
wearable collection drew its inspiration from the relationship
between an artist and his muse. "Cuts were very much structured.
We have just omitted the flowing structure; we don't have
anything very flowy. It is a very retro look, what we used
to see in 50's and 80's like you have seen the Janet Jackson
look, just that look we have portrayed in this collection,
with hats and conceptualization of bags. You have seen all
were quilted with sponge," said Tapash Biswas, the designer.
The prints of this collection have been developed from the
brush strokes and the impatient flinging around of the brush
and the paint droplets in the canvas. Lakme Fashion Week will
serve as big morale booster for these young Turks with international
buyers and fashion experts visiting the venue.
-Mar 30, 2008
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