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Aki`s gamut sets the ramp on fire
Mumbai, July 19: Shock, sensuality and sex hiked into the stratosphere at the fourth Lake India Fashion Week shows on Friday (July 18) where designers sported both young and urban streetwear and fey, fairytale gowns.
Mumbai, July 19: Shock, sensuality and sex hiked into the stratosphere at the fourth Lake India Fashion Week shows on Friday (July 18) where designers sported both young and urban streetwear and fey, fairytale gowns.
Delhi-based designer Aki Narula's expression "Sex Goddess goes
to war and then to a bar", the pelmet mini, just barely
skimming the buttocks -- teamed with stilletos and bare legs
that defy fashionistas felt the hot weather of western Mumbai
city, the venue of the fashion week.
Narula's shocking collection spanned the gamut from day to
nightwear.
The fabrics ranged from muslin and gauze to smooth, flowing
satins, georgettes, silks, Chinese brocades and golds. Each
Aki garment would cost somewhere between 1,000 rupees to 7,000
rupees ($22 to $154).
34-year-old Narula, whose collections always have a hint of
Japanese influences like Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo, used
punk to disco to combat gear to sportswear for this particular
collection.
Narula sent his models down the catwalk in a series of washed-out hues of gold, grey, shocking-green, and vibrant jades and peacock -- with accessories like zippers, leather straps, tap-shaped pendants... Words, sketches, pictures, some even depicting various yoga postures found expressions on pockets and on the outfits themselves.
Narula maintained most of his clothes were wearable.
"In terms of styling there is a lot of utility wear, and the use of fabric was extemely feminine like satins and georgette, brocades and all of that," Narula said after his show.
Narula's show, was one of the few on the first day of the extravaganza, which enjoyed a full house, despite being 40 minutes late. Many of the major international press, buyers and celebrities who fill the front rows and lend an air of glamour and buzz, were all in praise for Aki's ensemble.
"It was interesting, exciting...it is not probably something I will wear but I am sure there are people who will," said Reha Pillai, a former model and wife of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.
Gautam Singhania, Chairman of Raymond Fabrics Pvt Ltd. defended the "Bizzare" collection.
"There is always a market that would wear something like this. Not only in the Indian market but our fashion industry must cater to the needs of the international market as well....I must compliment Aki (Narula) on the creativity he has used," said Singhania.
Nearly 60 Indian designers are slated to showcase their "pret-a-porter" or the ready-to-wear collections at the event that is expected to draw 15,000 spectators.
Some of the big name potential buyers expected to attend the show include luxury conglomerate Moet, Hennessy-Louis Vuitton and British clothing retailgiant Marks and Spencer.
A study by KPMG Consulting has forecast Indian designer wear sales could jump to $216 million over the next decade from just $39 million now. But that would still only be a fraction of the $35-billion global fashion market.
The biggest names -- Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, Meera and Muzaffar Ali, Hemant Trivedi and Wendell Rodricks -- have yet to show.
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Narula sent his models down the catwalk in a series of washed-out hues of gold, grey, shocking-green, and vibrant jades and peacock -- with accessories like zippers, leather straps, tap-shaped pendants... Words, sketches, pictures, some even depicting various yoga postures found expressions on pockets and on the outfits themselves.
Narula maintained most of his clothes were wearable.
"In terms of styling there is a lot of utility wear, and the use of fabric was extemely feminine like satins and georgette, brocades and all of that," Narula said after his show.
Narula's show, was one of the few on the first day of the extravaganza, which enjoyed a full house, despite being 40 minutes late. Many of the major international press, buyers and celebrities who fill the front rows and lend an air of glamour and buzz, were all in praise for Aki's ensemble.
"It was interesting, exciting...it is not probably something I will wear but I am sure there are people who will," said Reha Pillai, a former model and wife of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.
Gautam Singhania, Chairman of Raymond Fabrics Pvt Ltd. defended the "Bizzare" collection.
"There is always a market that would wear something like this. Not only in the Indian market but our fashion industry must cater to the needs of the international market as well....I must compliment Aki (Narula) on the creativity he has used," said Singhania.
Nearly 60 Indian designers are slated to showcase their "pret-a-porter" or the ready-to-wear collections at the event that is expected to draw 15,000 spectators.
Some of the big name potential buyers expected to attend the show include luxury conglomerate Moet, Hennessy-Louis Vuitton and British clothing retailgiant Marks and Spencer.
A study by KPMG Consulting has forecast Indian designer wear sales could jump to $216 million over the next decade from just $39 million now. But that would still only be a fraction of the $35-billion global fashion market.
The biggest names -- Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, Meera and Muzaffar Ali, Hemant Trivedi and Wendell Rodricks -- have yet to show.
Bureau Report