KASHMIR

FALL WINTER 14

Rishta by Arjun Saluja

Fall Winter 2014

In 'Between Time' Arjun Saluja's search for the duality of reality leads him to a collection in which multiplicity is explored via motifs, print, darting and panelling, yet all this is unified in simplistic, clean, even monastic silhouettes. Arjun explores a cutting technique that pays homage to the linear and yet rebels from the defined. Wool, georgette, cotton, silks, Jacquard silks and self plaids play the role of 'shell' fabrics that contain the 'duality' of contrast linings.

Josh Goraya

Fall Winter 2014

One of the Hi-5 designers this season was, Josh Goraya who showed his collection, showing the his belief that the streets are cooler than the runway.

“Fashion is not only about red carpets and high profile gatherings, in fact the precise identity of fashion is what you see on the streets every day.” – Josh Goraya

Frou Frou by Archana Rao

Clothes Line, Autumn Winter 14

Frou Frou which means, the rustling sound, as of fabric, is a fashion house launched by Hyderabad based fashion designer, Archana Rao. Though not a very old label in the play, it has managed to get the maximum attention. Her last collection, titled ‘The Nostalgia Shop’ made her the winner of the third Vogue Fashion Fund and became a successor of designers like Aneeth Arora of Pero and Pankaj & Nidhi.

Anand Bhushan

Broken, Fall Winter 14

Anand Bhushan for his fall winter collection takes an inspiration from the anatomy and structures of micro-organism. He has used the microscope for a close study of the tiny living organisms and goes beyond their luminous frame work, and discovers the cracks that have been filled and the fragments that have been glued back. The molecular and atomic structures, DNA strains and spirals, chromosome structure are taken as a form of inspiration and beautifully put together in the form of surface and design.

Kallol Datta 1955

PARANOIA PRONOIA

Autumn Winter 14

How does one manufacture emotions and plant it in our brains? Emotive Parallels to the nerve Functions, Pulses and Pain – Kallol

Kallol is one of the only fashion designers in India, who believes in developing designs, which question our mainstream fashion and provoke thoughts, making one imagine things beyond the cliché. Kallol adds an unusually exciting aura to the ‘boring’ Indian Fashion Industry, presenting looks of international standards. Kallol Datta 1955 Aw 14 comes out as an extension to the designer’s recent installation at KHOJ Studios, an Art NGO. Kallol’s self print, and blood filled lab-beaker prints adds to the dramatic play of panels and seams to form deconstructed volume.