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Lakme Fashion Week Spring 2010: Day Four


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Anupama Dayal Spring 2010, Lakme Fashion Week

Anupama Dayal’s collection “Joie” was joyful indeed with all the colors that she used….electric blue, cobalt, light green, chocolate brown, red and oranges in fabrics like silks, voiles, tissues and satins. There were some playful dresses, colorful tunics and interesting prints. The ones that stood out for me though were the colorful embellished dresses.

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Gauri And Nainika Spring 2010, Lakme Fashion Week

A pinch of Giambattista Valli, a bit of Dolce & Gabanna and smattering of Valentino is what immediately came to mind when I saw this latest offering from Gauri and Nainika. Sticking to their niche, the ladies served up more evening-wear albeit with shorter hemlines and more corseted silhouettes in a palette that comprised solely of red, black and white. The bows and roses were dramatic and the gowns and their styling begged to be tagged ‘old-world’ with that unmistakable vintage charm…all of which that I would’ve whole-heartedly appreciated had I been blind to the International runways. It’s a losing battle I know because it’s only a matter of time before we see these gowns on the red carpet and on many, many tinsel town ladies.

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Mandira Wirk Spring 2010, Lakme Fashion Week

Mandira Wirk’s collection called “Humble Luxe” had a color palette of light browns, faded rust and fabrics like linen, silk and jersey and the pieces seemed very summery and easy. She quite liberally used ‘zippers’ in her clothes that just weren’t functional but also added visual interest to the clothes, quite on the trend! We are thankful that the collection wasn’t just about draped dresses because while they look interesting for about a minute, they get ‘tired’ mighty quick. The sheer tea-stained dresses with smudged coral/rust print had me looking forward to Spring. Even if it has to be the next one.

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Rehane Spring 2010, Lakme Fashion Week

Rehane’s collection was, and I hate myself for using the word, ‘cute’. Girly-girl dresses, shorts, feminine tops in fabrics like silk, organza and chiffon and colors like yellow, cream and red all made up her collection. The use of rose motif was interesting, am glad she didn’t overwhelm the garments with all that print and embroidery. A collection that was definitely sweet without being sickly so.

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At the unveiling of Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 2, model Carol Gracias donned a Spring 2009 Gauri and Nainika gown. Although I love the gown’s silhouette, the print is where it falls short for me. I would have loved to see her in the white version from the same collection. Which version do you prefer?

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Left and Center: Gauri and Nainika, Spring 2009
Right: Carol Gracias at Khatron Ke Khiladi 2 Unveiling

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I have to admit that as much as I am tired of Gauri-Nainika’s same ole designs, I really liked this version on Ramya (also known as Divya Spandana). I also liked that she let the gown stand out and omitted heavy jewellery. Now, if only she had skipped those multiple rings. Definitely, one of the better dressed ladies of the night.

P.S. Thanks ‘saya/preetha’ for the ID! Turns out we’ve featured her before and she shone then too! (see here)

P.P.S. Thanks ‘eclat’.

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Left: Gauri and Nainika, Spring 2009
Right: Ramya at 56th South Filmfare Awards 2009


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Ramya (a.k.a. Divya Spandana) at 56th South Filmfare Awards 2009

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At the 56th South Filmfare awards, Rambha wore a white Gauri and Nainika dress seen first on Deepika last year and seen on also on Katrina/Ash in other different colors (see here). If I weren’t so tired of seeing this dress again and again and if Rambha hadn’t overdone the white, I might have liked this one her.

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Rambha at 56th South Filmfare Awards 2009


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Left: Deepika Padukone at HT City Star Party
Right: Rambha at 56th South Filmfare Awards

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Spotted a Gauri and Nainika dress on Feroze at the Verve bash… You might recall seeing its more grandiose version on their Fall 08 runway…

Not fond of the dress… in either of its versions. It is prom’ish, makes the ladies look dated and that ‘sash’ seems like such an afterthought, both on the runway and off!

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Left: Bipasha Basu For Gauri And Nainika, Fall 2008
Right: Feroze Gujral At Verve’s 75th Issue Bash

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