Thematically fashion is moving towards an era where minimalism and comfort will soon overturn the need for flirtations with sequins and glamour as the fascination with sexy fades making way for functional clothing
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Mapping the Silk Route
Roopa Pemmaraju works with Phulia artisans and courts slow fashion by creating hand spun luxurious silks and jacquards that will withstand the test of time this SS’19
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Bound by love
Australian designer Cassandra Harper makes a head-spinning U-turn from block printers of Jaipur whom she has worked with for more than a decade to explore the endearing ikats of Telengana, at LMIFW as the globe trotter, who has lived in Cambodia and Phuket brings to India a fresh perspective.
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Hand Made in India
If there is an apt synonym for Caroline Poiner it would be ‘incredible’, as this lithe Australian has provided livelihood to thousands of artisans, specially women from the most backward and poverty-stricken areas of the country with her organisation Artisans of Fashion.
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The silent world
With environmental degradation, plastics reaching Antarctica, Aneeth goes back to simpler times giving us a moving picture of underwater life as her show comes as a breath of fresh air both literally and metaphorically!
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Memory on Cloth
Jaipur succulent visuals and poetic candour can be seen in Swati Vijaivargie’s rendition of Shibori.
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Peaceful Paisleys
From the culture soaked bylanes of Old Delhi to the catwalks of the treacherous fashion world, Siddharth Bansal is an interesting conundrum of ideas.
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Denim by Design
Two fabrics, one man-made (denim) the other organic (Chanderi) meet to form a different kind of artistry in Amita Gupta’s narrative.
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The Republic of Bihar
Her cultural identity finds a place in her approach to fashion as Pallavi Singh celebrates colour through the leitmotif of festivals sans a catchy melody or frenetic beat.
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