Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015: My Favourite Collections

Every season of Lakmé Fashion Week I try and do something different. While a trend post (coming soon) is a constant every season, I try and change things around so that the readers have an interesting and new perspective every season. For Summer/Resort 2015, I decided to do a post featuring my favourite 5 collections of the season. Since I have never done this before now seemed like the perfect time to do one.
While a number of collections left an impact, these five ones were my absolute favourites.

(Ka)(Sha) by Karishma Shahani Khan

I have always been a fan of Karishma Shahani Khan’s aesthetics. From her innovative layering to her trademark tie-dye techniques, Karishma always manages to impress me with her collection. For her Summer/Resort 2015 collection, Karishma decided to pay homage to the classic shade Neel (indigo). Working with a primarily colour palette, beside neel, the collection also had elements of red, mustard and white. Traditional weaves and colours along with arrow print motif, ikat, dip dye hemlines and statement red bow showcased in a variety of interesting silhouettes and layers made this one of the most remarkable collections of the season.

Payal Singhal

Payal Singhal is one of the few designers who has managed to comfortably merge high fashion with commercial viability. She creates pieces that are both, artist and wearable. Finding inspiration in Amer Fort's Sheesh Mahal, Payal Singhal’s Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015 collection was a shimmery affair. Working with separates and a pastel palette of coral, blush, ecru and grey, the collection featured a fine blend of Indo-Western silhouettes. Long pleated floor skirts, tiny body-con cholis, elegant palazzos that are ideal for the summer season. The highlight of the collection was the intricate patterns and fine detailed mirror mosaic embroidery inspired from the walls of the palace.

Omtex Presents Pankaj and Nidhi

Never have I seen a Pankaj and Nidhi show and not fallen in love with it. Their Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015 collection was exactly what I expected it to be-vibrant, experimental and absolutely stunning. Inspired by Iznik pottery designs and Op-Art pattern, the multi-coloured prints and intricate appliqués were the key highlights of the collection. The collection also had some interesting laser cut pieces as well. Known for their graphic designs and patterns, the collection offered a variety of those in a multi-colour palette and a variety of silhouettes. The beauty of this collection is, along with being high on the aesthetic quotient, the collection is also very practical and wearable. The exclusively designed prints that fitted perfectly into the silhouettes as well as the clever use of prints, solids and laser cut detailing gave the collection an extra edge.

Urvashi Joneja

Urvashi Joneja is one of those designers whose concepts always seems to impress me. She finds inspiration in the mundane and interprets it with her vision in the most beautiful way. For her Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015 collection, Urvashi found inspiration from a phase of life that everyone is familiar with- ageing. She based her designs on the process of ageing, an inevitable phenomenon in our lives. The tree rings motif (which also resembles human wrinkles) was used to highlight the theme of the collection. From prints to laser cuts, the tree rings motif appeared in a variety of techniques. Elegant in construction and beautiful in theory, ‘Retold’ by Urvashi Joneja sent a strong and stylish message.
Bazaar Inspires ‘Mulmul’

The humble mulmul played muse to eight Indian designers in Bazaar Inspires collection. The globally renowned fashion magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, presented eight designers’ collections using Mulmul as the focal point during Indian Handlooms and Textile Day at Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015. From Anand Bhushan’s all white sleek collection to Hemant and Nandita’s Kashmir inspired collection that turned the simple Mulmul into a fashion fabric with surface ornamentation to Rabani and Rakha, who transformed the soft Mulmul into glamorous silhouettes, the collection showcased varied and creative interpretations of this classic fabric. The beauty of the collection was, while all eight designers used the same base fabric, they each created collections so drastically different that one is literally spoilt for choice. Safe to safe, after this, I will never see mulmul as just a plain piece of fabric every again.

Till then, tra-la,
Amena!!
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