Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2019: The art behind the fashion

Four emerging designers banded to the Studio at LFW together, for a curated showcase of live art and intricate forms of fashion craft

Curated By: Forbes India

Published: Feb 4, 2019

With a collection called 'Blackout/Whitewash' that echoed minimalism, BOBO CALCUTTA by Ayush

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With a collection called 'Blackout/Whitewash' that echoed minimalism, BOBO CALCUTTA by Ayushman Mitra created a fashion fantasy at The Studio during Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2019 inspired by the designer's paintings. The collection protested the blacking out of truth and white-washing of the false.

Trademark prints were juxtaposed with intricate beaded and sequined embroidery. Inspired by Ayushman

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Trademark prints were juxtaposed with intricate beaded and sequined embroidery. Inspired by Ayushman’s paintings that depicted scenes of contemporary revolutions, each silhouette was unconventional, just like the painting that hung above as their inspiration.

This was Helena Bajaj Larsen’s second showing at Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2019.

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This was Helena Bajaj Larsen’s second showing at Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2019. For the Franco-Indian-Norwegian designer, prints are the focal point of her collection. Working on the theme 'Art and Fashion', Larsen staged the usage of various dyeing techniques.

Yadvi Agarwal’s label, Yavi’s, was edgy and intriguing--the collection takes its essence

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Yadvi Agarwal’s label, Yavi’s, was edgy and intriguing--the collection takes its essence from Impressionism, and uses waste fabrics as its central element.

Offering a range that was flamboyant yet eccentric with structured moulding and handmade texturing,

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Offering a range that was flamboyant yet eccentric with structured moulding and handmade texturing, Yadvi Agarwal showcased silks in one-thread embroidery.

The model faces were studded with dried-painted flowers, depicted the designer’s inspiration,

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The model faces were studded with dried-painted flowers, depicted the designer’s inspiration, while their hairdo was made in a nest-like structure.

Inspired by the Rig Veda, 'Aquesthetic' by Ajay Kumar Singh, for his label ‘Ajay Kumar

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Inspired by the Rig Veda, 'Aquesthetic' by Ajay Kumar Singh, for his label ‘Ajay Kumar’, was an opulent collection with a melange of narrative prints.

In palettes of aqua blue, turquoise, emerald green, coral red and seashell-white, Ajay Kumar's c

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In palettes of aqua blue, turquoise, emerald green, coral red and seashell-white, Ajay Kumar's collection blended nautical elements and handloom fabrics with local digital prints.