Berlin Rendezvous

Aneeth Arora and Kallol Datta get a GRAND RECEPTION at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. Bazaar goes BEHIND THE SCENES with the two.

SNIP & TUCK

Kallol adjusts one of his creations during the model fittings on Day 2, maintaining “what my label has always been known for—clothes with an emotional connect”.

PHOTO FINISH

Aneeth admires the Berlin street style of a passer-by, captured in her favourite camera, the Canon EOS 550D.

MODELS IN WAITING

For Aneeth’s show it was all about interaction—“i told the models to be themselves, interact with the audience, and play with the clothes,” she says.

MAKING THE CUT

‘FAN’CY FOLDS

Kallol always carries a fan in his luggage, whenever he travels: “I get hot when I am under stress, and a fan keeps me cool under pressure,” he says.

CCT After preliminary castings in India, Aneeth and

Kallol step off a 15-hour flight straight into secondary model

castings in Berlin.

FIRST FACE

A makeup artist painstakingly draws pink hearts on all the models’ faces for Aneeth’s presentation.

CITY MAVENS

The designers rock the city, posing for the customary touristy pics at Alexanderplatz in central Berlin.

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SRIKE A POSE

Models pose on Day 4 on white squares at a pyramidal set-up planned by Kallol. He wanted to keep the audience’s attention with what he calls a static “domino effect”.