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Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna, Sanchita, Amit Aggarwal
Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna
Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna showcased their collection at WIFW A/W 2010 with the dramatic embroidered black skull shaped masks worn by models strutting the ramp creating suspense and a sense of awe and expectancy at the same time. The collection called Shadow Lines was truly an amalgamation of attitudes and personalities, both modern and classic. It showcased a woman who is a mixture of courage and modesty showing shades of being bold yet innocent, independent yet insecure. The duality of this urbane woman is captured through lines and silhouettes, fabric and cut, style and substance.
The collection was strewn with a sombre colour palette of black, charcoal, greys, midnight blue splashed with occasional touches of sage, gold illuminating the dark mood. An illusion of shadows was created through light playing around with layers, drapes, pleats and unexpected sheer fabrics. The molten metallic feel almost takes one back to the age of the warriors with shades of gunmetal, silver and gold.
Fabrics were specially treated to suit the winters with sand satins, textures on knits, surface treated silks and antique metal sequins. To snugly drape the silhouettes, chiffons and georgettes were cleverly waffled and twisted. Frays were razer cut adding an innovative, feminine and modern touch. Once again fitted trousers, sharp jackets, tops and asymmetrical dresses were showcased making the collection new, safe yet modern.
Sanchita
Sanchita’s collection at WIFW A/W 2010 was amalgamation of eight different stories. The first story started with cellular shapes that cluster and pull apart creating a world of pictorial forms glamorised with ripped muslin twists, plaits and other regalia trimmed with glittering jewels.
The focus of the second story was plotting sustainable alliances, with soft and ambiguous blotches of shibori dots, embracing the imperfections of strangely unfamiliar crystalline structures, weaving the irony of unfinished raw cut chiffon.
This was followed by the third story with sumptuous leather handcrafted to the complex cartography of the pagodas in Myanmar, accented with tab like vestiges of military, adding shoulder emphasis, edge with jersey and silk.
The fourth story was all about constructed pyramids with vintage crystals on Isle stencil motifs distorting the rigidity of lacquered pagoda mirror cocoons.
The fifth story used mythical motifs from East Asian animism, exquisitely crafted in faux blacks, vintage gold and bronze threads.
The sixth story played around plump swatches of wool viscose and bursts of gathers held together with micro crystals at random.
The seventh story was Samoan tattoo motifs engraved in vintage crystals and mirror on an obscuring chiaroscuro of time and space from Ian McKeever’s assembly paintings.
The last story was inspired from Geisha figurines rendered in lifelike motifs, seamlessly melded into one another, swaddled around lightly padded coats.
The colour palette was an interpretation of the Indian culinary fantasies in the vivid juxtapositions of tarragon, cayenne, rose mary, pepper corn, mustard, cardamom, poppy and dill creatively used on dresses, skirts, tees, jumpsuits and revisiting a few classics. The collection was beautifully accessorised with powerful feminine shoulder covers, ballet shoes and bejewelled boots.
Amit Aggarwal
Amit Aggarwal’s collection at WIFW A/W 2010 explores forms constricted in space over a period of time and the possibilities that surface when they are released from their confines. They disperse to mould themselves into new shapes, creating patterns where they collide, intersect and radiate.
In a style that is distinctive to the brand, the collection explores features arising out of the tension between opposing contrasts. The look, emphasising on the underlying architecture found in nature, blends structure with fluidity. The inspiration were interpreted through draped tunnel dress, fringed sleeves, asymmetrical dresses, peplum skirt, tunnel draped top, peplum jacket, pleated tapered trouser and radial pleating creatively placed on the garments.
Textures are created with intersecting geometrical patterns and progressions, using silk-wool blends, ribbed silks, leather, mesh and tapes.
The colour palette ranging from chocolate browns, blacks and charcoal greys form the base colours while emerald, plum and mustard highlighted as accents. Overall, the collection was creatively executed with intricate detailing showing the designer’s craftsmanship with an interesting use of digital prints to catch attention.
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