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.

Shubhika Davda for Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014

Shubhika Davda

After her ‘ROAR’ collection last season Shubhika Davda took the audience on a fascinating journey through a collection called ‘Frozen’ from her label ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ at the fashion week.

Shubhika Davda

Shubhika started with a glittery beginning when the lights dimmed and the models shimmered on the ramp under pale blue strobes. It was a bejewelled line of accessories as well as apparel that defied concepts and once again proved that Shubhika can push the design envelop to its limits. Frosty blue, silver and lilac hues came together to create magic on the catwalk.

Shubhika Davda

Crystallised, beaded and sheeted mirrors, coins and suede were turned into stunning pieces. Adding excitement to the show were cute frock jackets, trench coat dresses and tulle capes, which added a touch of elegance. The silhouettes were sexy, seductive and very high octane glamour – something Lady Gaga would just love to wear for her concerts.

Shubhika Davda

Back packs sat on high waist belts, while towering zippered footwear glittered on models’ feet. Acrylic suitcases were given blossoms as décor and finally Shubhika brought in Snow Globes, as shoes with snowflakes swirling in them, which definitely created a fashionable storm.