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

Feb 04, 2019, 15:53 IST1 min

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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.

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

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This was Helena Bajaj Larsen&rsquos 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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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