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Have a favorite? I can tell you who wasn’t mine… As lovely as Sonali looked neck-up, she lost me over the color and the overwhelmingly floral outfit. Divya too didn’t quite make the cut; there just was sooo much going on with her look.
P.S: Tabu is in Anita Dongre Timeless.
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Neeta Ambani, Tabu, Sonali Bendre And Divya Dutta
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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To promote her upcoming movie, Ms. Sherawat made an in character guest appearance on a TV show. And she did that in a fresh off the runway Anita Dongre lehenga. You like?
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Left: Anite Dongre Winter/Festive 2010
Right: Maliika Sherawat On The Sets Of Na Aana Is Des Laado
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani, Bharatstudent
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While, I loved the solid pieces from the recent Anita Dongre Timeless collection, wasn’t a big fan of this print. On the runway, the Amrapali jewellery helped the look but without it, it’s barely striking. You like?
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Left: Anita Dongre, Winter/Festive 2010
Right: Mallika Sherawat at Dandia
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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For her showing, Anita Dongre presented designs from both her labels, Interpret as well as, Timeless.
Anita Dongre Interpret showcased western silhouettes (top row) and though the styling brought a lot to these dresses, the outfits themselves (the solid colored dresses especially) weren’t our thing. Did we really need more ruched jersey dresses in the world?
Anita Dongre Timeless was all about the more traditional Indian silhouettes. In rich and earthy colors and prints, the clothes were easy on the eyes with some very wearable pieces.
The jewelry used for the runway show was by Amrapali. Can you say yummayy!
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Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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Anand Kabra Spring Summer 2010, Lakme Fashion Week
Anand Kabra’s collection titled ‘Kumari’ had to be one of my favorites from day one. I loved how the colors and the fabrics were so soft and feminine and then were juxtaposed with those well constructed cuts, silhouettes, asymmetrical hemlines and embellishments. The play between the ultra-feminine and the understated strength is what won me over. Loved the saris, the cocktail dresses… practically all pieces from the collection.
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Anita Dongre Timeless Spring Summer 2010, Lakme Fashion Week
Anita Dongre’s “Jaipur My Jaipur” was an homage to Rajasthan and it’s rich cultural heritage and so for her Spring 2010 collection, Anita Dongre used traditional Rajasthani weaves and fabrics like luxurious brocades, satin, net, lush velvets and silks in rich and regal colors. If I were to think of this collection independent of it’s Spring/Summer tag, I loved it. There were many pieces in the collection that would work perfectly with the festive season or in a bride’s trousseau. However with all the heavy velvets and weighty embellishments, it seemed rather oppressive for a ‘Spring/Summer’ collection. Contradicting myself though, in a country like India where seasonal tags like ‘Spring Summer’ and ‘Fall’ are pretty irrelevant, I can see Anita Dongre Timeless really being ‘Timeless’.
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Shyamal And Bhumika Spring Summer 2010, Lakme Fashion Week
Another collection that was one for the ‘trousseau’. Barring a few pieces, it was hard for me to get excited about this collection mainly because it felt like we had seen it all before, the colors, the fabrics, the work, the color combinations… Having said that, I loved the lehengas with the velvet dupattas; the contrast between textures made for great visual interest.
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Vivek Karuna Karan Spring Summer 2010, Lakme Fashion Week
An extremely wearable and commercial collection; the pieces from the runway could go straight onto a retail shelf. And for a collection to be tagged with that is quite the double-edged sword. Nothing about the runway was exciting, wearable yes, exciting no. And really, there was nothing to write home about, not about the Jodhpurs and certainly not the dresses. The only dress that stood out was the one that South Indian actress Mamta Mohandas (far left of the pic) wore on the runway. Summery and cheery.
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
