Lakme Fashion Week 2018: Gen Next showcases monochrome with burst of colours
Seasons mark the change in time and as a reprieve from the withering grey winters, the Gen Next designers opened the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Spring 2018 with panache.
The students of INIFD presented their collection at the fashion extravaganza, which provides young designers a platform to showcase their talent.
Five labels – Anvita Sharma and Asit Barik, Ayushman Mitra, Padma Raj Keshri, Mohammed Mazhar, and Helena Bajaj Larsen – opened the fashion week.
The show began with Mazhar’s minimalistic, simple and understated designs in the form of white dresses, shirt dresses, pantsuits and skirts.
His collection was a tribute to the washermen and had steam press motifs.
“It’s a multi-inspirational story. I believe the ‘dhobis’ indirectly contribute to fashion industry, but with changing times their significance is declining. I wanted to bring that to attention,” he said.
Anvita and Asit’s collection had long shirts with high waist checkered pants, uneven jacket flaps with checks in light grey and black giving an edgy look to the clothing line.
Rife with stripes and buttons, the collection is gender neutral and wearable.
The designer duo said, “We draw our inspiration from the human anatomy and don’t discriminate between genders and body types.”
Keshri’s label brought forward kimono-esque dresses with flaring dupattas, blue …read more
