Menswear & Womenswear Show

Gayatri Khanna opened the 3 designer show, with a line of clothes in floral prints and stuck to the prints for most of the collection. Gayatri is known for her elegant dressy signature look, made an effort to break her evening, cocktail dresses image but the effort was quite visible. For the Spring-Summer 2010, the designer has used flowy fabrics mainly satin, georgettes, silk satin, linen, crepe silk and taffeta silk crafted into body flattering silhouettes. The collection had a range of jumpsuits, draped bustier tops, and mini-skirts. Few pieces of one shouldered dress with draped silhouette featured multi-string detailing and hand painted embellishments. The black and white one shouldered tunic with bubble hem and embroidered flowers was well applauded. This was followed by a line up of tunic dresses with cord work embroidery by the young designer Tanvi Kedia. With a girlie feel to the collection, the designs mostly saw pleated long dresses, kaft an gowns and long skirts. The designer has nicely experimented with the Indian handcraft and traditional craftsmanship. Some of the clothes had well knitted and intricate colourful sequenced embroidery work as the neckline.

Abhishek Dutta presented his new collection – Tomorrow land. Asymmetrical hemlines and uneven cuts depict the uncertainty in future and hence the title. Abhishek played a lot of khaki fabric to create his jackets and dresses. He had his models faced masked in translucent black and were accessorized in black leggings and full sleeves gloves. This show witnessed a balanced presentation of menswear and womens wear. Model Pia Trivedi looking stunning in an orange hued dress, was the show stopper.

Charu Prasher had an interesting start to her show. A group of giggling girls in floral dresses came walking the ramp and then Tinu Verghese one among them took over the ramp and started the show. It was a blossoming, flowering and budding season for Charu Parashar and with this the designer is aiming at exploring the feminine and romantic side of a woman. Sunflowers, palm green and rosy pinks ruled the palette. And to suit this floral theme, the models walked the ramp with floral baskets and bunch of roses and lilies. Blooming sunflowers prints presented in an array of dresses in bright yellow colour were quite apt for the spring summer season. Seema and Swapnilhad a mix of both western and Indian silhouettes in their Spring-Summer line up. A season of Romance – the collection is inspired by the charm and beauty of spring and summer. Model Shonali Rosarioopened the show for the designer duo flaunting a white lehenga with the blouse heavily embellished with metallic studs. Most of the garments had a sequence work with silver thread which offered a rich look to the ssarees and dresses. Lisa Hayden looked royal in a black draped dress. The Review: Gul Panag, actor: I loved Seema-Swapan, they had such amazing collection of saris. Both the shows were at either ends of the spectrum; even Charu was great with her Boho-floral pieces. Very feminine! Meher Castellino, fashion critic: Nothing very new but Charu presented some bright colours on the runway. Avigyan Prakash, News presenter: lots of colours loved the collection.