Ludhiana Fashion Week begins

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 14

Fashion, glamour, vibrant colours, dazzling models, lavishing garments marked the evening on day-1 at INIFD Ludhiana Fashion Weekend.

“Ludhiana Fashion Week is a conflux of budding designers whose collections are showcased on the ramp of most awaited Fashion Show of the town,” Amardeep Lall from INIFD said. “The collection and the work of the students actually validate the high standard of education imparted by the institute and the encouragement given to the students to achieve their dream and live it on the platform” she said.

The dazzling models showcased the alluring collections in the various rounds of

‘A Beautiful Mess’- the dazzling collection by designers Disha Maini and Manika Dhamija who unfolded the bewitching mess and used it as an embellishment in the garments.

‘Andro and Gene in the Pink City’ collection showcased the work by budding designer Gagandeep Kaur. She had taken androgyny as her theme, experimented its characteristic on the back ground canvas of the folk culture of Rajasthan. Papyrus take-off, the collection by Kamaldeep Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur Jyoti Shah, Deepika and Shiavni was blended of two themes, the airport and origami which are the Japanese art of paper folding.

Desi Mademoiselle, the collection by Tavleen Bajaj was a confluence of two fashion cultures contrived in aesthetic fashion and style extravaganza- ‘Desi’ meets ‘Videshi’.

Marionette-by Gaganjot Kaur was adoption of motifs derived from Indonesian painting technique Wayang to create garments with western silhouettes. The collection included gowns, tunics, formal pants and capes in beautiful hues such as red, yellow, sea green, blue colours.

Virasat-E-Graffiti-by Kritika Verma, Anshu Gupta, Richa, Tabassum and Varsha had designed sarees with a twist of graffiti and Punjabi fonts.

Drape me Mirror- collection by Diksha Kapoor and Haneet Pahwa took inspiration culture of Gujrat- rich line of handicrafts and traditional embroidery like Abhala Bharat Embroidery- Mirror work lended an exquisite glitter and charm to the garments.

Vermin spelt- Collection by Sahil Vinayak, Hema, Siamranjeet and Urvashi was another name for ant and wheat which was the main inspiration force for their collection. The budding designers of the INIFD had shown unbounded and limitless imagination and contrived it into their designs.