Manish Arora Spring 2013
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I sat on this post for a while. Only because sometimes I’ll feel differently about a collection once it has had time to settle in. And also because am a long time, ardent fan of Mr. Arora’s. However, what I felt when I first saw these pictures hasn’t changed. Am afraid this collection was bit of a disappointment.
Bringing his usual brand of over the top kitsch, the designer like many others this season looked to India for inspiration. A riot of colors, tiger motifs and digital jewel prints along with embroideries and appliques made up the collection. It all however, felt a tad too excessive and dated (even if the designer intended to reference/revisit older themes from his previous collections, and that’s a speculation, it still did feel dated). Over styled and barely edited, the collection suffered.
The jewelry however, in collaboration with Amrapali was the absolute star. Love. Unequivocally in lust.
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Photo Credit: Style.Com
not sooo good but some of them are outstanding! mixture of indian and western wear! i love manish arora!
maybe its just in my head.. but i usually associate Manish Arora with edgy-spikey, bright- neon colored clothes..so this one actually feels somewhat new coming from him. It almost seems feminine & soft with pastel colors while not going all wimpy! So me likey!
In complete agreement, PnP.
To me it was so badly put together I didn’t notice the jewellery. Also absent-the designer’s usual sense of fun.
I really like this collection! His pieces are usually really edgy and loud. These designs can be worn and mixed in so many different ways. Love the pastel colours!
Love the first dress and the entire second row :)
i absolutely LOVE this. even though i feel like he looked to Chanel’s Bombay to Paris collection for inspiration (or a bit more than inspiration perhaps ;) )
some of the pieces really stand out though, and some don’t really fit in with the rest of the collection. But i love how he’s used the pastel tones to bring out the colors yet not make it appear very in your face with the brightness.
I also feel like if the models were all indian/brown-skinned, they would look completely different.
I like this collection as it looks alot more wearable (the prints, colours, cuts) than his usual fare. There are some interesting pieces, but then it is Manish!
lovely colour palette