From Masaba Gupta to Vineet Bahl and Surily Goel, the young brigade had interesting prints, innovative cuts and out-of-the box themes to woo the front row regulars and international buyers at the ongoing Wills India Fashion Week (WIFW) Autumn/Winter edition. Take a look at the runway hits
Designer of the day
Print story by Masaba Gupta
It has to be undoubtedly Masaba Gupta. She has been making headlines for her quirky prints since some time now. Be it Shilpa Shetty Kundra or Sonam Kapoor, Masaba Gupta is the latest favourite with the tinsel town ladies. The designer opened the show with her collection for Satya Paul and her lipstick print was all over the ramp and the big screens. “The collection represents a young, fun-loving girl, who loves colours around her. There were basically four kind of prints used in the collection — lipstick that denotes every girl’s choice, abstracts that stand for changes in a girl’s life, telephone is for the uncertain wait that every woman has to bear and dripping ink represents the flow of life,” the designer stated about her collection. The line was full of saris in monochromes with a hint of neon, asymmetrical gowns and also some structured dresses. “I have kept in mind the women of every and body type. The designs are highly wearable and it has a lot of variety,” added Masaba and said that she can never do without neons. “They stand synonymous to me now,” she said.
Trend of the day
Frock-style dresses
The designers are finally coming out of their obsession with tunic style dresses and are working on cuts.
It seems this season the fashion houses will be flooded with frock style dresses, well fitted till the waist, frills and volume around the hem and ending just above your knees.
Though the dresses are not meant for every body type but those blessed with an hourglass figure can surely try them out. Masaba Gupta showcased few such dresses in her collection. Even Siddartha Tyltler had one or two such pieces.
If in case you don’t want to experiment with your A-line dresses then it seems you will have to work a little on the length of the dresses. The length has just gone a little below the knees, but make it a point that the dress has a good fit.
Pick of the day
Indian inspiration
The two designers who stole the show with something Indian on day one of the fashion week were Anupama Dayal and Vineet Bahl.
While Anupama’s collection was based on the capital and looked perfect for spring, Vineet’s collection reminded of Bollywood period films with heroines decked up in really short, lose kurtas and broad salwars that almost looked like pyjamas. Bahl mentioned that the collection reflected the Nawabi grandeur and was inspired by the Awadh designs.
It was called Wazir-un-Nisa, a courtesan during the life and times of Wajid Ali Shah. Chikankari was used all over the saris, shararas and the kurtas. The use of jardozi and velvet in some designs made the line look like a wedding collection.
But designer Anupama Dayal managed to grab the eyeballs and won accolades for the Indian collection that can be worn anywhere on this globe. Prints inspired by the Mughal architecture in Delhi were the highlight of Anupama’s collection.
Celeb of the day
Priety Zinta made an early announcement on Twitter that she will walk the ramp for “friend Surily.” So it was no surprise to see the actress sashay down the ramp like a professional model for Surily Goel
Chatterbox
Guest list
Other than the designs the good thing about Masaba’s show was the music. We got to know that the designer selected some of her favourite numbers by M.I.A. and put it together all by herself. “I like the energy and the spirit of the songs,” she commented. The special guest at her show was Mandira Bedi, who was seen in her signature style noodle straps. The actress who is now a common face at the social events, added that she has always loved Masaba’s collection and has quite a few of her designs in her wardrobe.
Saba Ali Khan also graced the first show of the fashion week and was dressed in a sari too. However, we didn’t see Saba after Masaba’s show. Apart from the regular faces at the venue of the fashion week, the other thing that caught the eyes was interesting caricature work by Manish Tripathi.
The artist has created funny portraits of the designers and whosoever crossed the corner surely laughed at the uniform manner with which every designer has been sketched on the paper. We overheard some designers complaining, “I don’t look like that!”