Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week to promote new designers
05 Mar '07
2 min read
Fashion Design Council of India has decided to promote few new fashion designers at this year's Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.
Samant Chauhan, a student of NIFT, Delhi and a winner of the Asian Young Fashion Designer contest in Singapore in 2005 will be showcasing his designs named 'Kamasutra'.
Chauhan has created western street wear with Bhagalpuri raw silk. He has used lots of texturing, interlacing and knits to create a layered look. Along with digital print, the colour palette incorporated mostly pastel.
Zubair Kirmani, who did a course in fashion from Bangalore, will be showcasing an untitled collection inspired by the changing colours of the chinar leaf. The colour gamut he used ranges from greens to oranges to yellows, along with a lot of black and white, mostly on western wear.
Shubhra, who completed her designing course from NIFT, Hyderabad, has titled her collection 'Regeneration'. She tried to bring the 60s style in her creations with checks, stripes and polka dots.
Shubhra has used a lot of wash techniques like pigment patching and splotching in her shift dresses and tunics in earthy colours with fluorescent piping.
Raj Shroff has a bachelor's degree in fashion from Bangalore University has developed a line called Sri Sri Sacred Collection for the Art of Living group, for the overseas market, especially the US and Australia.
Shroff's unnamed collection has a futuristic feel with innovative embellishments using sponges and metallic springs. He will present women's wear, ranging from jackets and jerseys to skirts and dresses.
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