FITTING FINALE

Trust Tarun Tahiliani to come up with one of the most dramatic grand finales weve seen in recent times. With lush carpets,grand chandeliers and an elaborate stage set,the designer pulled out all stops to take his adoring audience back to old world glamour.

Trust Tarun Tahiliani to come up with one of the most dramatic grand finales weve seen in recent times. With lush carpets,grand chandeliers and an elaborate stage set,the designer pulled out all stops to take his adoring audience back to old world glamour. TT showcased his mastery over the drape with his classic sari gowns. The ombre saris and fringed kurtas got an edgy look when paired with handworked boleros and beautifully structured corsets. The swirls of fine Bhagalpuri silks and delicate tussars held the audience in sway,with fashion fiend Queenie Dhody going so far as to give the designer a standing ovation.

Tahilianis homage to the glamorous woman was a fitting end to a day,which saw some serious femme fatale fashion. The silhouettes for Chaitanya Rao and Preeti Chandra were flirty with the fabrics,gauzy,sheer and floating. Hawaiian wraps,teeny-weeny bubble skirts and floral printed sun dresses gave the collections a sunbathing-on-a-Caribbean-beach look. One young designer who continues to appeal is Rimzim Dadu with her intricate cutwork and metal mania. Our special favourite was the sequined cutout grid jacket,but theres something so S&M about her cagelike metallic dresses,slipped casually over a sensuous pleated jersey gown. Dadu kept it real,but glamourous,with burnt sequin and asymmetrical tops paired with shorts and floral cut-out organza mini dresses.

Fashionistas on a budget were waiting with bated breath for Narendra Kumar Ahmed and Wendell Rodricks collections for Westside. While Naris line of jeans,oriental pants,drawstring skirts and brightly printed shirts for Westside is sure to appeal to the college crowd,those looking for effortless glamour will make a beeline for Wendells Bossa Nova collection of raw cotton shifts,georgette dresses and sensual silk kaftans in solid colours. But setting our pulses galloping like wild horses was the hot pink goddess gown that left little to the imagination.

Raakesh Agarvwal was fashions enfant terrible of the day with his rock chick-meets- Goth girl look.

The cuts were sharp and brutal,the silhouettes uptown and swingy and the end result,absurdly glamorous. No minimalist look for this designer who had his models sparkling with constellations of sequins and crystals embellishing boxy short jackets,gold-tasseled blouses and curtain-like dresses with swags of silk twisted into voluminous pleats.

Not far behind was Kallol Dutta who seems to enjoy turning fashion on its head with his pillow case-like dresses and bedsheets masquerading as shifts. With dragonflies and cockroaches camouflaged as floral prints and baggy silhouette,there was nothing feminine about the line. Dutta said he was aiming for the carefully careless look. Mission spectacularly accomplished. There is something distinctly sexy about his defiantly lackadaisical clothes and something fashionable about his very eschewal of fashion.

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FITTING FINALE

Trust Tarun Tahiliani to come up with one of the most dramatic grand finales weve seen in recent times. With lush carpets,grand chandeliers and an elaborate stage set,the designer pulled out all stops to take his adoring audience back to old world glamour.

Trust Tarun Tahiliani to come up with one of the most dramatic grand finales weve seen in recent times. With lush carpets,grand chandeliers and an elaborate stage set,the designer pulled out all stops to take his adoring audience back to old world glamour.