Dorothy Perkins presents Spring/Summer 2015

Dorothy Perkins

UK’s most famous high street brand Dorothy Perkins announces the launch of its Spring/Summer 2015 collection, available exclusively on India’s leading fashion destination, Jabong.com. The spring summer collection of Dorothy Perkins embraces the key trends for the coming season with a return to the seventies and Sports Luxe.

Dorothy Perkins

The collection will be available on Jabong.com for its discerning customers from March. Jabong.com believes in bringing the latest and best trends forward for the customers. The latest summer collection from Dorothy Perkins is inspired by the 1970’s.

Dorothy Perkins

The dresses are longer, the skirts are A-lined and the trousers are cropped. Materials are a mixture of textures with knits and crochet, leather and suede – the chocolate brown suede shorts and jacket are key drifts. These rich textures are combined with denim – one of the star fabrics for spring summer.

Dorothy Perkins

Colours are a combination of muted pastel shades with pops of coral and indigo. Soft ruffle detailing and feminine prints, which take inspiration from the orient, create a seventies romantic bohemian look. Oversized peasant blouses are teamed with button front denim skirts and bell bottom jeans, matched with high platforms and felt hats creating a classic seventies silhouette.

Dorothy Perkins

For SS15 culottes are in pink leather and trousers are loose and wide – creating a new elegant shape. A fresh and modern feel updates this season’s Sports Luxe trend. Clean, simple lines create the look for the utility nineties inspired collection. Minimal boxy, cropped jackets in a variety of fabrics and textures – from neoprene to sheer and mesh – mixed with the cigarette trouser creates a sleek look.

Dorothy Perkins

Asymmetric tops and tunics add to the new season silhouette. Colour for this collection is exciting with poster paint shades of blue and green. Colour blocking leads the way – whilst the all-over whites we’ve seen in past seasons have returned. Florals are big and bold and are on full looks – on dresses and across short suits.

Arjun Khanna for Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014

Yuvraj Singh and Arjun Khanna

Red, amber and green embraced the ramp for designer Arjun Khanna. Orange/white traffic markers lined the ramp, which was converted into a two-way street with zebra crossing. Twenty-eight helmet-clad men marched down the catwalk and the scene was set for an almost martial like fashionable attack from the designer who can make a difference in men’s wardrobes. The surprise element of the show was Yuvraj Singh, who left the audience spellbound with his sexy moves on the ramp!

Freddy Daruwala for Arjun Khanna

Arjun Khanna’s men’s wear has always evoked great responses at fashion weeks. There is style, construction, detailing and above all drama in his collections. His rock star biker boy inspired ensembles, had colours, fabrics, fashion and much more on the runway. It was a part rebellious, but a very avant garde look for the coming season that Arjun wanted men to wear.

Arjun Khanna

High end couture techniques were merged with ultra-contrast fabrics. So leather, suede, light-weight wool and corduroy were creatively combined in one jacket. Texturing techniques and superb tailoring was visible for the crisply edited line of 30 garments. Cropped jackets, trousers and shirts were offered in masculine colours of the season. Black was seen in ten shades along with brown, olive, blue and bursts of off-white while hints of red were thrown in occasionally.

Arjun Khanna

Embellishments had a marked Indian feel with quilting, dori and cord work used to highlight the garments. Metal additions like zippers, rivets and chains added to the strong but fashionable look of the masculine collection; while detailing on trousers was intricate and innovative. Keeping the trousers to mainly white, Arjun sent in an occasional red, black and white print, or dark manly shades. The jacket lengths never moved below the hips, with lots of lacing on back, arms, sides and hemlines of the jackets. Crazy slogans like ‘Biker Bundi’ or “Indian Drifter” further pushed the fun element of the collection.

Anita Dongre for Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014

Anita Dongre with Niladri Kumar

Inspired by the crafts and textiles of India, Anita Dongre’s ‘India Modern’ bridal collection presented by Taj Mahal Tea was a stunning offering at the fashion week.

Anita Dongre

Once again dedicating the collection to her mythical muse ‘Nayantara’ who is the ideal Jaipur bride, Anita drew ideas from the grand architecture of the Mughal era for her designs but aimed them at the 21st century bride.

Anita Dongre

To the pulsating beat of ace musician Niladri Kumar and his band, the ‘India Modern’ wedding collection started on a festive note with foot tapping melodies. A regal picture was painted by Anita as flowing bridal lehengas were given a modern twist. Subtle detailing and layering were merged cleverly with complex embellishments like gotta patti, dori and hand embroidery.

Anita Dongre

The rich fabrics brought to life the grand creations like lehengas, cropped tops, structured jackets with ornate pants and stylish couture gowns. The colour card was perfect for bridal wear as jewel tones of ruby red, peacock blue and raani pink gave the creations an opulent touch, while soft naturals like cream and flesh offered delicate options.

Anita Dongre

The first segment featuring jumpsuits, kurtas and tunics in black and white with gold work was a serene start to the show. Jumpsuits had gold edging, white or black shirt kurtas were teamed with embroidered pants. Cropped jacket had wrapped long tulip skirt, while a trio of gold, white and black embroidered kurtas made a dramatic entry.

Anita Dongre

Crinkle skirts or kurtas were striking on the ramp with just the right touch of embellishments. Long elegant front slit covers skimmed the floor with ornate trousers as the perfect complement. Lehengas were paneled and shown with simple gold cholis. Bandhani appeared for dupattas and long skirts. A sprinkling of gowns appeared in rust, beige and white with gorgeous gold work. Asymmetry appeared often for the kurtas that had cropped fronts that moved into elegant long backs.

Anita Dongre

Anita ended the show with a quartet of orange, blue, red and beige paneled lehengas with very ornate hemlines, cholis and dupattas. A trio of ecru jackets was teamed with raani pink, red and fuchsia glittering long skirts. Men’s wear had Anita’s controlled styling as a black sherwani or white one was textured cleverly.