Vinglish Woman

Sabyasachi Mukherjee

The living room of the bespectacled woman is beautifully cluttered — full of memories of a joyous and an adventurous past. While paintings,cuckoo clocks,vintage candle stands,wall-mounted antelope heads,vases and fat lamps paint a happy picture,the eyes of this lonely woman tell another tale. This was Sabyasachi’s story for the finale of the PCJ Delhi Couture Week on Sunday night. While the soul of the collection,titled “New Moon”,was truly Indian,it had a strong global appeal as Sabyasachi juxtaposed Indian silhouettes with Russian needlepoint work,boutis from the French countryside,chintz from the UK and kantha from Bangladesh. Models came down the set in lehengas,saris,ghaghra skirts,sherwanis,anarkalis,kurtis,churidars and tweed trousers in signature Sabyasachi colours such as blood red,black,off-white,salmon and nude shades. It’s a collection that can easily be misunderstood — it lacked the band and baaja associated with a couture week finale,as the models walked to dirges and the clothes stayed away from bridal wear. Still,it was a befitting finale for the simple reason that the clothes did all the talking. Louder than Sridevi’s English Vinglish.