Kanjeevaram kurtas, saris with a touch of gold and layered garments were the highlights of Tarun Tahiliani’s finale show at the India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW)
Tarun Tahiliani is known to be the master of drapes and the designer proved it again as he presented the finale of India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW). The set-up of the ramp was intriguing — a white skeleton of what looked like a palace or mansion. Tahiliani explained: “It was the skeleton of a mansion. (We wanted to convey that the mansion is there) as a dream, as a vision, but stripped of its heaviness. It was a symbolic metaphor that you must leave the heaviness of the past behind and move forward into the contemporary world.” So ‘lightness’ was the theme of his creations, that was divided into three parts: the Gold Collection, the Enchanted Forest and the Man of The Hour.
The Gold Collection had outfits, mostly saris in Grecian drapes in liquid gold. The silhouette of the sari was a fusion of Greek and Indian sensibilities. They had intricate details of hand-embroidered 3D flower artwork embellished with Swarovski elements, yet the line was quite understated.
The second line was bathed in a colour pallete of pink, ivory, beige and red. Flowing and layered garments formed the focus here, with subdued bling. As part of Man of the Hour, Tahiliani showcased an interesting blend of contemporary wear for the grooms-to-be. Draped dhotis out of kanjeevaram saris and intricate sherwanis, kurta and bandhgalas were a part of the collection. There were also sherwanis in velvet with jewel embroidered necklines and cuffs.
The designer said, “The concept of the show was all about draping and Indian embroideries, but I wanted to work with lightness. So everything has volume, but it is all very light. Everybody shouts that I use very light colours, but I feel when you’re wearing rubies and emeralds, then I think if you wear shocking pink, it just gets too much. So I think there should be lightness and sophistication and something which is easy on the eyes, and which is contemporary (in your wedding wear).”
The showstopper, lisa Haydon, vouched for the lightness of her final ensemble despite the fact that it looked heavy. “I would only want to wear something as elegant and beautiful as this on my wedding and while Tarun keeps saying ‘lightness’, I feel the whole collection has not compromised on the work, but it is really light,” she said of her outfit, which looked heavily embellished.
(inputs IANS)