If Narendra Kumar's last show at the Lakme Fashion week was a silent presentation that amazed the audience, then his show at the Lakme Fashion Week was even more unconventional this time; when models walked to taped train and traffic sounds and live readings from romantic novels by eminent stage personalities.
It is impossible to describe Narendra Kumar's collection called when "Love Touches You" in a few hundred words; for each garment was a work of art at its ultimate best, displaying intricate construction and craft with creative designing.
The predominantly western line of women's wear received the master's touches when linen, silk, cotton, mull, georgette and net accompanied by excellent tailoring and a very high standard of finishing resulted in silhouettes and volume of the unconventional kind.
Pushing the design element to its very ultimate limits, Narendra turned the conventional bubble, shirt, skirt, bloomers, and shirts onto a totally untried styling path.
Each garment had several detailing directions which however, blended together perfectly. Smocked and pleated skirts, half collars, side drawstrings for dresses and skirts, a combo of balloon skirt and shirt dress, or a combo of chiffon and appliqué sleeves – the list is endless but the results amazing.
Colours were muted so typical of Narendra's preference so it was beige, brown, dull jade, blue, and saffron embellished with traditional crafts like appliqué, smocking, shadow work and embroidery.
It would only suffice to say that Narendra Kumar deserved every bit of the standing ovation and the shower of red carnations that he got from a wildly appreciating audience.
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