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Swapnil Shinde is always know to bring in a certainly shock value on stage right from his debut in LFW's GenNext. His show started with a statutory warning that following collection has acid colors and screen shots of Alice in Wonderland. He fully justified his concept 'Alice on Acid' with a wacky collection. He used psychedelic prints, checked dresses worn with armoured corsets with acid colored rexine spike and cone detailing on them. Special mention of customized accessories like heart-shaped and sack-shaped sling bags, acid colored spikes and laces shoes. The collection had a futuristic and whimsical feel
Krishna Mehta's collection was rich in indian textile with tie & dye and shibori prints, kn its and weaves. The resort theme was justified in the relaxed feel with layering done with long flowy tunics, dresses, pants and skirts. The fabrics used were natural like hand-woven muslins, chanderis and silks. The clothes were whites and blacks with bright shades of red,orange and yellows added in the form of accessories like scarves, shoes etc as contrast.
Riddhi Siddhi's Mapxencars was fashionably mythological. They used shlokhs embroidered in Ghagras and Plazos pants with the color palate ranging from hues of reds, orange, yellows. Their attention to detailing is noticed in their Jackets as Blouses with pleated sleeves and pleated Ready-to-Wear Sarees. They add a special touch by using Turbans and Gold accessories to enhance their collection.
Internationally renowned designer Naeem Khan who has dressed the likes of Michelle Obama and number of Hollywood celebrities certainly did not disappoint with his collection. This might be his first showcase in LFW but his collection was hands down a clean fashion show minus any Bollywood tamasha.He had Frieda Pinto as his guest cheering for him. In short this was the most splendid show seen in a long time.
Rocky Star collection was inspired by color black with touches of ultra-zinc. Black net, lace and silkwere combined with ruffles and bead work to create gowns, midis and minis. It was a signature Rocky S collection. Evelyn Sharma was the shoe stopper.
Newbie Anushree Reddy's collection showed lot of potential by capturing every women's feminine side. Her color palate dominated pastels like whites, strawberry pinks and yellows. Floral prints dominated her collection and were combined flowy and sheer skirts . Very pretty and pleasant collection which every woman would love.
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.
