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At both Araaish events, designer Surily Goel kept it quite simple by pairing shirt-dresses with flats (Giuseppe Zanotti Toe-Ring Skull Sandals) and a slim tan belt. I like this look, it’s fuss-free and casual without being sloppy.
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Surily Goel
Left: At Araaish, Delhi
Right: At Araaish, Mumbai
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Spotted at the Fashion Week, Bina Ramani taking in her daughter’s (Malini Ramani) show and Neena Gupta at her daughter’s (Masaba). And both lovely ladies wore their daughters’ designs to show their support. Awww. Aren’t moms the best?! 🙂
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Bina Ramani (Far Right) And Neena Gupta (Far Left) At Lakme Fashion Week 2010
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Let’s hand it to the man, Manish knows just who his audience is and what his audience wants and sees nothing wrong in showing collection after collection of just that. Manish Malhotra has it down to a science, ladies and gentlemen. Besides the expected voluminous anarkalis and sheer saris, there were harem pants, salwar-kameezes and some western silhouettes in various shades of reds and blues mostly, those being the colors of Aircel, the sponsors of the show.
Yes it was repetitive. Some of it very pretty. And before the ink dries (or it’s equivalent in the web world), half of Bollywood would be spotted in it. So to speak.
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Closing out LFW was Malini Ramani. Like her last collection, the Gypsy collection inspired by Lakme’s winter color palette was also divided into four themes.
Mirror and shell embroidery on black and tie and dye fabric dominated the first segment, Mystery. Bliss consisted of minis, maxis covered in colorful prints that from far looked like intricate embroidery. Cosmic went more tribal in nature featuring feathers, shell and coin embellishments. The last one, Nirvana, was presented by the Lakme models Lisa, Amrit, Indrani and Shraddha who wore black and red creations that were heavy on shell, mirror and tassel work.
The designer didn’t foray far from her usual offerings of maxis, full-sleeve dresses, sarongs but the fact that Malini sticks to her signature design aesthetic without letting it go stale always stands out. Love the infusion of her inspiration (the world) into this line.
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Bliss
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Bliss
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Cosmic
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Nirvana
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For her collection, Neeta Lulla drew inspiration from the work she’s done spanning two decades. With both western-wear and Indian-wear, Neeta covered a whole gamut of silhouettes. And used in abundance were nets, pleating, crystals and a whole lot of rosettes. A whole lot of rosettes.
We’ve had enough celebrity sightings (in Ms. Lulla’s clothes) to know by now that it’s only a matter of time before we see some of these off-the-runway. Sigh.
On an aside, for your reading pleasure, a snippet from the P.R note:
The show stopper was the beauteous Bollywood star Sridevi in a sensational silver will-power fish tail gown bringing to end a fantastic show.
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