 |
|
|
The Trend
Today: Fusion
Fashion
As western designers are looking for inspiration from the
east, Indian designers incidentally are concurrently
incorporating western cuts into their own designs.
Even renowned
international designers are looking more and more towards
Indian inspired trends in fashion. You can’t go to a Neiman
Marcus or Saks nowadays without running into at least
something influenced by Indian culture.
Who can blame them? After all, India is known for its
extravagant silks, vibrant colors, lush embroidery, and its
undeniably exotic flavor. European and American designers are
taking full advantage of what India has to offer with respect
to the fashion and interior design industries. In a seven
billion dollar textile industry, India booms with lavish
materials and its intricate, detailed-oriented fabrics.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Fall 2004
dress by Prada $2,900. Gold brocade embroidered silk
dress with side pleats.
2.Fall 2004 gown by Jean Paul Gaultier. Silk Sari-like
gown with vivid tulle trim that extends into a train.
3 & 4. Some more Indian inspired creations.
5.(r bottom) One-shouldered dress by Indian designer,
Hemant Trivedi helped Lara Dutta win the Miss Universe
title.
|
|
|
As western designers are
looking for inspiration from the east, Indian designers
incidentally are concurrently incorporating western cuts into
their own designs. In India alone, fashion varies within
cities so there are a number of trends and styles one can
choose from.
The seamless melding of European cuts with Indian fabrics
seems to be the newest wave of the fashion world, and it’s a
trend that I feel hasn’t even peaked as of yet because of
its recent foray into the high-end couture market. Because
they sport practicality, clean cuts, unmatched elegance, one
of a kind uniqueness, and afford the wearer the opportunity to
literally ‘wear’ fragments of their culture, fusion
designed dresses are rapidly gaining popularity among a wide
variety of people. The strength in this fusion trend lies not
only in the fact that Indo-European inspired silhouettes
compliment and flatter the female figure, but also in the
immense versatility offered the designer when experimenting
with Indian fabrics. For example, a simple cashmere top over a
ghaghra skirt or a choli top with a narrow skirt highlighted
with a pashmina scarf will assure the wearer that they don’t
go unnoticed. Combining the ethnic flare embodied by
traditional Indian fabrics with the glamorous look of an
evening gown has proven to be an effective combination and it
will be exciting to see where this trend takes us in the near
future.
Christine Preetha Philip, is the Designer of ChuChu
Couture.
|
| CLOSE
WINDOW [X] |
|
|
