A runway set lit up with chakras, thumping house music and an amazing addition of two folk artists that clapped their instruments throughout the show, Tarun Tahiliani opened WIFW with a bang. The artists eventually came on to the front of the stage as Tarun came to take a bow and started dancing. A very nice touch.
Moving on to the clothes, we saw Tarun Tahiliani's aesthetics transitioning into lighter modes at the Bridal Week last year -- beige, lights and even whites. This has now descended upon his silhouettes that have completely gotten rid of non-necessary largesse -- a benchmark shift we would like to term. The colour palette stayed customary to the FW theme. Black and white, reds, a bit of blue here and there and emerald green. There was an emphasis on layering with beautiful separates that can be worn individually. Kaftans, pashminas, palazzo pants, lungi skirts, dhotis and scarves that are likely to sell out as soon as they hit the boutiques. P.S. notice the menswear influence on the collection with the dhotis and lungis.
Prints and embellishments were key elements throughout the show. The designer used what he called Pleated Enamel, a slimming print, which creates the illusion of drape. More digital prints were seen on skirts, dresses, salwar pants and jackets rating it high on the day to day wearability factor. The clothes make a statement with just the prints especially the jacket paired with the dhoti draped skirt.
When it came to the embellishments, what I found most interesting was that most of the embroidery was usually on the upper half, with the bottom being much lighter and more fluid allowing for movement. A saree inspired long dress with an embellished neck, a peasant dress with zardozi accentuated shoulders and embellished neck line, an embellished tweed jacket paired with a dhoti sari or the jewelled neck corset with a red concept sari to point out a few. Even the outfit worn by Shilpa Shetty, a layered Kanjeevaram puffy draped skirt (or lehenga) worn with a draped corset blouse can be worn so easily by a bride who wants to be comfortable on her wedding day and walk around with ease. Its so much easier when the bottom part of a silhouette is lighter.
Overall, the collection had the perfect contemporary touch making it easy to incorporate the clothes into daily wear and with eveningwear being relatively light. I seriously can't wait for all these clothes to hit the stores. I'm going to be like a kid in candy land! The dhotis, lungi skirts and the opening look (ivory jacket with zardozi shoulders paired with black silk linen salwar pants), LOVE times a million! Click here to see the entire show or scroll down for the video (unfortunately the music isn't the same).
Images via The Fashion Design Council of India and vogue.in
Moving on to the clothes, we saw Tarun Tahiliani's aesthetics transitioning into lighter modes at the Bridal Week last year -- beige, lights and even whites. This has now descended upon his silhouettes that have completely gotten rid of non-necessary largesse -- a benchmark shift we would like to term. The colour palette stayed customary to the FW theme. Black and white, reds, a bit of blue here and there and emerald green. There was an emphasis on layering with beautiful separates that can be worn individually. Kaftans, pashminas, palazzo pants, lungi skirts, dhotis and scarves that are likely to sell out as soon as they hit the boutiques. P.S. notice the menswear influence on the collection with the dhotis and lungis.
Prints and embellishments were key elements throughout the show. The designer used what he called Pleated Enamel, a slimming print, which creates the illusion of drape. More digital prints were seen on skirts, dresses, salwar pants and jackets rating it high on the day to day wearability factor. The clothes make a statement with just the prints especially the jacket paired with the dhoti draped skirt.
When it came to the embellishments, what I found most interesting was that most of the embroidery was usually on the upper half, with the bottom being much lighter and more fluid allowing for movement. A saree inspired long dress with an embellished neck, a peasant dress with zardozi accentuated shoulders and embellished neck line, an embellished tweed jacket paired with a dhoti sari or the jewelled neck corset with a red concept sari to point out a few. Even the outfit worn by Shilpa Shetty, a layered Kanjeevaram puffy draped skirt (or lehenga) worn with a draped corset blouse can be worn so easily by a bride who wants to be comfortable on her wedding day and walk around with ease. Its so much easier when the bottom part of a silhouette is lighter.
Overall, the collection had the perfect contemporary touch making it easy to incorporate the clothes into daily wear and with eveningwear being relatively light. I seriously can't wait for all these clothes to hit the stores. I'm going to be like a kid in candy land! The dhotis, lungi skirts and the opening look (ivory jacket with zardozi shoulders paired with black silk linen salwar pants), LOVE times a million! Click here to see the entire show or scroll down for the video (unfortunately the music isn't the same).
Images via The Fashion Design Council of India and vogue.in
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