Day 5: Falguni And Shane Peacock

By Priyanka
September 11, 2007
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I really liked Falguni and Shane Peacock’s collection. The colors were bright, prints were delightful, embellishments were well thought out and the cuts worked. The collection was a smorgasbord of luxurious fabrics, prints, colors and textures!

I didn’t care for the longer gowns, but the shorter ones and the tops worked! Sure, some pieces were OTT but they were OTT in a kitschy way so I can’t really complain.

What I can’t get over is our Bollywood obsession. Amrita Arora walked the ramp. In some monstrosity. Looking quite out of her element and trying way too hard. Do people still say ‘whatever’ ? Because, I’d like to. Whatever.

Barring the celeb intrusion, loved the show.

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Day 5: Ashish, Viral and Vikrant for Virtues

By Payal
September 11, 2007
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Can you ever go wrong with White. Me thinks No. Can you ever go wrong with Paisley prints. No again. That was the dominant feature of the “Indian High” collection by Ashish, Viral and Vikrant. Personally, I liked the outfits which were predominantly white or had more of the paisley on mustard.

Here are a few of my favorites from the collection..

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Day 5: Swapan And Seema

By Priyanka
September 11, 2007
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Swapan and Seema’s collection was dominated by Indian clothes; saris, salwar-kameezes, lehengas and some dresses with Indian influences. Color pallette for the most part stayed muted and delicate but I loved the brown that they used…

The collection didn’t stray far from the tried and tested and was really safe. Saris were delicate and lehengas stayed fresh because they weren’t overworked! Some of the longer dresses were a surprise, they were simple and chic! And short day dresses were cute and young!

But like I said, the collection was very safe, and so, not much did stand out! This was yet another show that was way too safe and uninspired which is turning out to be a bit characteristic of quite a few shows I’ve been watching.

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Day 5: Ravage By Raj Shroff And Neetu Gupta

By Priyanka
September 10, 2007
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So, Ravage by Raj Shroff and Neetu Gupta was a collection that fused art with fashion! There was a lot of layering going on, lots of textures, appliqués and a whole riot of colors! While I get the design aesthetic, it was all just a bit much. It was messy, muddy and muggy and nothing i’d ever want to wear. Definite kudos to them for coming up with this, but I think they could have taken a whole another route and come up with something at all together a different level, instead they got way too entangled in their inspiration and gave us this!

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Day 5: Ashish Pandey

By Priyanka
September 10, 2007
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Ashish Pandey’s collection was called, ‘Pope Of Dope’, a collection full of colors that jumped right out at you, metallic sheens, floral motifs, abstract prints and design ideas that all screamed ‘clubwear’! Of course some pieces were way, way over the top but the creative idea was in place. I thought Pandey’s collection was design-strong, fun and quite a welcome respite from the ‘same old, same old’ on the runway!

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