Miniature-styled paintings translated on clothes—Tarun Tahiliani

Tarun Tahiliani at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015

Master couturier Tarun Tahiliani showcased his latest collection at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015. For the first time ever, his show didn’t have a show stopper; nonetheless, the pomp and glory of the sets and his outfits left the audience spellbound.

Tarun Tahiliani at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015

The collection was unveiled at DLF Emporio Mall, instead of the customary Pragati Maidan venue. The set was bright, colourful and magnificent with the London-based Singh Twins’ paintings, neatly hung around to create a magical ambience. In fact, Tahiliani’s collection was inspired by the Twin’s paintings.

Tarun Tahiliani at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015

“I went into a trance when I first saw their work. In a way, I suppose I responded in entirety to their Past Modern work—a series of vivacious, detailed paintings with Asian and Western influence and global iconography using traditional techniques from Indian miniature paintings. It was a breathtaking, fresh, and scholarly take on patterns and layering; with such wit and flair, I could not wait to put together a ready-to-wear collection,” avers Tahiliani.

Tarun Tahiliani at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015

The collection portrayed Tahiliani’s signature drapes and cuts—easy, flowy and very chic. Silhouettes like tunics, shirts, saris and draped lehengas were reinterpreted in a sudden outburst of colours that ranged from peaches to bright limes and indigo blues to orange ocher.

 

Best of two worlds come together

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Tarun Tahiliani and Whitcomb & Shaftesbury collaborate to bring forth traditional Indian wear that shall have fine tailoring of a custom made suit. The Savile Row based company is known for its bespoke services, master-cutters and tailors. Adding this expertise to Indian design, the sherwanis, bundis and bandhgalas shall now fit like a glove.

Tarun Tahiliani

The designs have reached perfect unison; unusual single-breasted froggings with a tailcoat back – the handmade bespoke sherwani symbolizes both Indian roots and British style.

Tarun Tahiliani

The asymmetric sherwani in merino wool with a zardozi embroidered collar is a luxe, modern take on the stifling arcane version. The streamlined tailoring provides a leaner statuesque quality and the lush shade of rust red gives it flair and elegance at the same time.

Tarun Tahiliani

Classic tuxes and bandhgalas in super fine cashmere and the finest of satins provide understated yet established elegance. Black satin bundi with textured velvet flap and metal chain detail paired with crepe dhoti is a new benchmark in men’s fashion and sartorial identity.

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The fabrics used are directly sourced from Holland & Sherry and Scabal. The former has been a source of premium woolen cloth for more than 150 years and a favourite of the tailors at Savile Row.

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Scabal has been providing and innovating with fabric since 1938 from its own mill in Yorkshire and has the distinction of making the “finest wool ever made or softest on the planet.” The finest cloth is then treated at the hands of the finest tailors in the world. Thirty five measurements are recorded that even take your posture into account, on the basis of which the fabric is cut ‘one way by hand’ and a ‘baste’ or rough model is prepared for your first fitting.

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The attention to detail is obsessive: lapels and collars are hand padded; edge tapes, hems and linings are felled by hand. Button holes are hand stitched with a silk thread to ensure longevity. The shoulder pads are kept minimal, not to provide a certain silhouette but to lift the coat off the shoulders.

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A large sleeve is fitted into a small armhole that moves with the rotatory cuff; the detail of making a jacket is almost like recreating the anatomy. The fit is like second skin and it moves like one, stretching and contracting with the movement of the body as it has been custom-made to fit the contours of your body alone.

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The buttons used on the traditional ensembles are real jadau or vintage sourced by the Indian side of the collaboration. Even the pocket squares available with each ensemble are pre-made in a puff fold freeing from the hassle of learning a three-point fold from a three-stair fold.

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The colour palette ranges from moody black and white with a surprise of moss green and rust. Luxurious brasso velvets, indulgent silks and satins make up this bespoke offering. For aficionados of traditional clothing who do not want to compromise on either the fit and finish of western wear or the grandeur and opulence of Indian garb, this collection has revised Indian style on par with international fashion and leaves no stone unturned to deliver undiluted luxury.

The Modern Mughals by Tarun Tahiliani

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Tarun Tahiliani, partners with World Gold Council – Tarun Tahiliani for Azva, Swarovski and Diageo – Johnnie Walker Platinum Label 18, to unveil his new couture collection, the ‘Modern Mughals’, at the sixth edition of the Tarun Tahiliani Bridal Couture Exposition 2014.

Tarun Tahiliani

Tarun Tahiliani

“We are happy to be back at the Tarun Tahiliani Bridal Couture Exposition, unleashing a new collection for all the Indian extravagance about to be unfurled in the coming year – hand draped, tucked, embroidered, woven and fitted like a second skin, these clothes set new standards for this studio,” says Tarun Tahiliani.

Tarun Tahiliani

Tarun Tahiliani

The exposition is an ideal event for people to wander at leisure to view this year’s stunning array of garments. It is a must visit for anyone who is planning a wedding or is looking for something to wear at a special occasion.

Tarun Tahiliani

Tarun Tahiliani

Art often gets way laid between creating and curating. Those who make beautiful objects need cognizance when they look in the artistic mirror of a credible connoisseur looking back. Da Vinci had the Medici family, Shakespeare had the royal court, Tansen had Akbar – patrons with impeccable taste that transcended art form, geographies, religion to put beauty at the forefront.

Tarun Tahiliani

Tarun Tahiliani

As the wheel of fortune turns and the powers of the world get reshuffled, ‘taste’ is not the monopoly of the royalty anymore. The modern day aesthete is a perfection seeking curator and for their impeccable tastes is Tarun Tahiliani’s Bridal Couture Exposition.

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