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.

‘Walk on the wild side’ by Pallavi Mohan

Pallavi Mohan

‘Not So Serious’ by designer Pallavi Mohan presents joyously seditious Spring/Summer 2015 collection. The collection weaves a story around sensuous sheer that flows off the body with a wide array of fabrics—chiffon, silk organza and Georgette. Fine quality and textured embroidered mesh, cottons, knitted and bonded fabrics add a different floating dimension to this line of outfits.

Pallavi Mohan

Interesting mix of pastels and light colours are used for guidance, evoking a calm appeal that is soothing and thriving. Taking its signature style to more edgy this time, ‘Not So Serious’ brings forth fresh, subtle colours—white, acid green, elusive peach, dusty pink, aqua and nude.

Pallavi Mohan

The design elements using patching and high-needle technique dictates delicacy, inflicts refinement, unfold volumes and gives rise to thrillingly juxtaposed silhouettes showing movements turning up the volume with structural shapes in a range of different forms and having a sporty yet romantic appeal to them.

Sonaakshi Raaj for Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014

Known as the ‘Sari-gown Specialist’, Sonaakshi Raaj presented her opulent line of Red Carpet creations called ‘Rebel with a Cause’ at the fashion week. The show stopping entry was made by Malaika Arora Khan in a post-box red lacy embroidered gown with a layered luxurious tulle flounce.

Malaika Arora Khan

Her finely crafted couture gowns reflected a luxurious style with some edgy detailing. Selecting colours that will glow in the dark as the wearer glides down the celebrity carpet, Sonaakshi had oxblood red, nude, charcoal and metallics on her fabrics.

Sonaakshi Raaj

Interesting drapes were an experimental move that Sonaakshi loves to undertake. The fluid fabrics added to the charm of the flirty sensuous silhouettes of the garments and detailing was meticulously added to highlight the construction.

Sonaakshi Raaj

Making a dramatic entry was the peach sari-gown with drop-shoulder glittering blouse, followed by a halter gold mesh creation. Jumpsuits in gold had beaded tassels, while the sharply cut, white embroidered one-button jacket worn with side slit pants was ideal cocktail wear.

Sonaakshi Raaj with showstopper Malaika Arora Khan

An interesting innovation was the red pant-cum-sari, the churidar draped sari, beaded body suit teamed with a dhoti-sari, poncho over corset and draped skirt and the textured top with a blue tulip skirt. Embellished boleros added variety to the collection, Jodhpur pants had body-con blouses and the black Grecian sari gown with dazzling gold work was stunning.

Amit Aggarwal for Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014

Amit Aggarwal and Sushmita Sen

Amit Aggarwal left the audience spellbound with his cutting edge designs at the Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014. Sushmita Sen walked for him as the showstopper; she looked remarkable in a black outfit that had eccentricities of mesh-meets-peplum-meets-metallics.

Sushmita Sen

“I feel very sexy wearing this and that’s what Amit’s collection is all about. When I first saw his collection, I asked him, which is the showstopper outfit because all his outfits looked marvelous. I am so proud of him,” says Sushmita.

Amit Aggarwal

Amit’s collection had tribal influences weaved in modern techniques; stripped tattoos and structured jewellery, redefined the core spirit of androgyny. The outfits were traditional in a contemporary way.

Amit Aggarwal

Futuristic and experimental, his designs had subtle hints of femininity. “The whole idea revolves around a woman who lives life on her own terms and that’s where Sushmita fits in like a glove,” smiles Amit.