Naushina Shaikh

Saturday, March 23, 2013

LFW Day 1 - Manish Malhotra Show - Bollywood Mela

Manish Malhotra's show was a tribute to 100 years of cinema. His collection was inspired from 1913 to 1913 The black and white era was represented Monochromes while Snug Kurtas and Churidars with bouffant buns ruled 60's, Polka dots dominated 70's and Flower Power the 80's and Manish's contibution to cinema dominated the 90's and 2000. The music from each era was played with screen shots of movies to create the ambiance.

Entire bollywood brigade was there walking the ramp right from directors KaranJohar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibaker Banerjee and Zoya Akhtar to present sensation Actors Priyanka Chopra, Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra to his muses Kajol and Karisma Kapoor to legends Asha Bhosale, Hema Malini and Bhanu Athaiya. It was the most star packed show.

LFW Day 1 - Masaba Gupta

Masaba's Garden Party has green carpet and cloud settings for ambience. Highlight of the collection were her newly developped motifs like rosettes, golden table fans and dolls holding hands. She had combined jackets with bright colored drape pants and sheer tunics on sarees. Parineeti Chopra was her spunky self as the show-stopper.

LFW Day 1 - Arpan Vohra's "Light Camera Fashion"

Arpan Vohra show was high on energy with electrifying music. "Lights Camera Fashion" theme took the ramp with white & black monotones with splash of neon pop colors on short fitted silhouettes as well as flowy gowns.
It was great showcasing the summer spring trend by styling for New Woman magazine...the cover page has color of the season "yellow" which is an Arpan Vohra dress.

LFW Day 1 - Narendra Kumar's "Thought Police"

Highlighting the growing aspirations of the Indian youth vs. policy makers, Narendra Kumar once again sent a strong social message through his hard hitting fashion presentation at Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2013.

To the strains of A R Rehram’s “Vande Matram” a battalion of the Thought Police wielding batons and carrying the flag of the regiment lined the ramp.The story started with beige, yellow, electric, fuchsia and orange hues, signifying the energy of the youth and further moved to black and white to register the bleak outlook of the future.

It was a collection that will be applauded by the youth of India and global generation for its sartorial aspects. “The Thought Police” by Narendra Kumar gave a clarion call to awaken and act.