It was a fun beachy affair with designer duo Shivan and Narresh’s resort wear collection which was inspired by Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s (prominent artist Frida Kahlo’s husband) paintings.
Bhatiya. “Rivera’s paintings were slightly more morbid so we added more colours and made it more happy,” added Narresh Kukreja. The offsite show at The Imperial, set the mood for a perfect holiday that most of us have secretly been hoping for, sans the mosquitoes of course. With colour palette that ranged between terracotta, herb green, aqua pink and more, the line had maillot with leather panel, one-shoulder bikini, ruched skirt, day dress, colour-blocked blouse, pencil skirt, neoprene lehenga with Diego motifs, jewelled jumpsuit and blouse with embellished sarees.
“We love making our jewellery and we thought if we take it forward on to garments, it’d be an interesting,” said Kukreja. He further asked Indian women to embrace their curves. “Honestly, your confidence is more important than the bikini you wear. It’s all about the confidence and just love your curves. Being a curvaceous woman makes you so feminine,” he signed-off.
photos by Sanjeev Kumar