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Charu Parashar presented a collection that used a mix of lace and prints. Aside from the orange dress in Row One with the sheer panel, nothing really stood out. The prints felt dated!
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Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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This was one expansive collection! Plain, printed, embellished and ombré dresses, both long and short. Gilets, Spring coats, separates, swimsuits and cover-ups. There just was so much, can’t help but wish the runway show was just a little edited. That said, the collection is sure to be a commercial success what with its easy to wear and summery silhouettes.
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Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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Two back-to-back events had Upasana pick desi, one more dressed-up than the other. Prefer one over the other?
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Upasana Kamineni
Left: At Amitabh Bachchan’s Seventieth Birthday Do, Mumbai
Right: At An Art Event, Hyderabad
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani, Ragalahari
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Having worked with floral-prints very successfully in the past (Autumn/Winter 2011, Spring 2012), expectations were high from Hemant and Nandita. Titled ‘Kaleidology’, the collection saw extensive use of abstract floral prints.
If you’ve read this blog long enough, you know am a sucker for a good print. And while for the most part they were visually appealing (and some looks did stand out), the presentation tended to get repetitive. It was a little too one note for me.
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Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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Joy Mitra presented a collection that drew inspiration from the colonial India while attempting to give traditional garments a more contemporary twist. I can’t quite honestly say the collection made much of an impression. A lot of the traditional looks seemed like rehashed (and badly executed) Anand Kabra and/or Anamika Khanna designs.
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Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
