Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012: Day 1

Aug 04, 2012 16:01pm

From tribal to traditional, from actress Kareena Kapoor to director Karan Johar, Day 1 of Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012 contained all the elements of a grand show! While young designers translated unconventionality and innovation into fabric, veterans sprinkled grace on the runway.
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To start with, designer Pia Pauro tried to bring the spirit and feel to Mexico to Mumbai through her fashion show at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012.
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Pia Pauro's collection was named 'Espiritu de Mexico'. Actress Monica Dogra walked the ramp for Pia in a shimmering one-shouldered jumper.
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Pia's work included jungle dresses, swim wear and shorts, breezy dresses and kaftans, and flowing cocktail jerseys making for a colourful collection.
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Followed suit was Payal Singhal's 'India in Colour' collection. Drawing regional inspirations for her colour palette in acid neons, her work retained ethnic with a new-found asymmetry.
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Payal's collection that included ghagras, sarees, kurtas, tunics, dresses, jumpers embellished with abhla work (mirror) dominating mostly.
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Popular singer, anchor and model Shibani Dandekar and professional dancer Puneet Pathak gave a glittering conclusion to designer Payal Singhal's show at the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012.
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Designers Jatin Varma's 'Dark Angels' and Shradha Murarka's (Vizyon) 'Enlightened Shadows' brought out dark, gothic glamour to the runway.
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Couture in dark shades of black, midnight blue, stone grey and dark purple dominated the runway at Jatin and Shradha's shows. Amply added bling ensured many red-carpet qualifiers amongst their ensembles.
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Meanwhile, actress Kareena Kapoor, director-producer Karan Johar with his mother Hiroo Johar attended Anushka Khanna's show that was being held simultaneously at the Talent Box.
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Talent Box is a forum that promotes young talent at the Lakme Fashion Week. Designer Anushka Khanna's 'Floral Fragments' kickstarted the Talent Box with Victorian romanticism in all its rigidity and feminity.
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Models floated on the ramp in surreal fabrics such as silks, georgettes and crepes for Anushka Khanna's show at the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012.
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'Icons of Luxury', designer Ritu Beri's collection was inspired by the glamourous women of the 50s - seriously sexy, girly and romantic!
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Designer Ritu Beri was quoted as saying, "My collection has been inspired by Marilyn Monroe, but the Marilyn Monroe of today. She is the woman who lives in every woman."
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Interestingly, designer Ritu Beri's clothing was accessorised by hats and caps with big, ruffled flowers. Be relieved though, all her pieces ensured wearability.
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Comprising short shrugs, long jackets, dresses, skirts and ripped jeans, designer Ritu Beri employed white and pastel shades of red, pink, blue and yellow for that under-stated glamour.
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Supermodels Jesse Randhawa and Lisa Haydon walked the ramp for Ritu Beri, while celebrities like Kunal Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon and Pooja Bedi attended the show.
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Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012 Day 1 deserved a grand finale with none other than designer Pallavi Jaikishan closing the show with her four-segment traditional collection.
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Marking her success in the fashion industry for four decades, Pallavi said that the Lakme Fashion Week was an ideal platform to celebrate her achievement.
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As beautiful as the names of Pallavi's four lines: Sajala (Clouds with a Golden Lining), Mandara (The Mythical Tree), Elavia (A thing of Beauty and Grace) and Ayiana (The Eternal Bloom), were her heavily embroidered lehengas, sarees, anarkalis and ghagras.
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