[1]If New Moon is a romantic fantasy tale by author Stephenie Meyer, designer Sabyasachi’s finale collection titled “New Moon” is no less than a femme fantasy minus the vampire. At the recently concluded Delhi Couture Week, Kolkata-born master engineer of clothes and every fashion lover’s favourite designer, Sabya wrote an intelligent epilogue in khadi.
To display the classy collection, a replica of an old English cottage was erected complete with teak tables, candle-stands, aged tomes stacked together, large mirrors and china adorning the walls, vintage trunks, antique lamp shades, flower vases and photo-frames. The ramp was around 20 feet wide and the models had to take an entire round of the runway to be seen from both the sides.
Sabya, the brand ambassador of Indianness across the globe, has mostly stuck to black, brown and beige as they define “Sabyasachi sensibilities”.
However, his latest collection sees him play with bright red, bottle green, flame orange and indigo blue.
The designer employed tulle, silk, khadi, velvet and net along with intricate embroidery, zardozi, handblock prints, kantha and needlepoint to craft ghaghra-style skirts, blouses, salwar kameez, jackets, dupattas and saris.
Who said layering is for winter? This time both Anju Modi and Sabya declared through their voluminous ensembles that layering is going to be seen in all seasons. Resultantly, layers and layers of dupattas, Pashmina shawls and muslin Jamdaani safas were made to accompany cotton petticoats, opulent jackets.
Sabya also coaxed bijou bodices to make love to churidaars, waistcoats to partner with sporty lehenga skirts and sequined vests to espouse comrade trousers.
Tell him that every bride aspires to get married in a Sabyasachi creation but not many can afford them, he blushes and reveals that his economy line — yes it exists — vanishes as soon as it hits the shelves and suggests we bribe the store girls to secure a few pieces.
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[1] http://archive.asianage.com/nidhijpg-713