Fashion parade

Payal Singhal’s stylish confluence of fashion

Art, tradition, heritage and global history have been constant inspirations for designer Payal Singhal and for Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2019, her collection called ‘Qo’shillish’ (meaning Confluence in Uzbek) was a grand merger of various cultures and influences. Payal’s clever amalgamation of Indian folk art with transcontinental techniques and crafts appeared to be a Renaissance Meets Mughal Art story.

Opening the show with a lehenga and a tie-up blouse, Payal moved the creations to curved asymmetric kurtas, one-sleeved slim maxi gypsy blouse with low crotch pants sporting attached dupatta and then, brought in a sari with frilled pallav and skirt. 

The scalloped hemline of the lehenga added a feisty touch while the tasselled pallav or dupattas were feminine offerings. Stopping the show was the lovely Mouni Roy, who glided down the ramp in a heavily embellished lehenga choli and dupatta.
 

Classic cut by Ashish Soni

Grado brought on the ramp at The Studio during Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2019, the very sharply tailored and styled collection by Ashish N Soni. From the popular men’s wear silhouettes, the collection moved to innovative flared trousers, shorts and one-button or double-breasted suits, which covered the full gamut of corporate, resort, casual, sports and ethnic wear genres. Talking about the collection, designer Ashish Soni said, “I am glad to be associated with Grado fabrics at their first-ever show at Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2019. I think the fabrics are absolutely stunning and the drape is impeccable. I look forward to more of such collective unity between fashion, style, comfort and aesthetics.”