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FASHION FINESSE
Event to mark HT City’s 8th anniversary was awe inspiring
Hindustan Times’ La Finesse fashion show witnessed the confluence of Indian ethnic and western wear. The best of fashion under a roof presented a mix of sarees, lehangas and wedding gowns displayed by 32 ramp scorching models. In all, over 150 apparels by four designers were displayed at the event organised to celebrate HT City’s eighth anniversary, at Lucknow’s Golden Blossoms resort on Saturday. Designers Samant Chauhan, Richa Mishra, Sadan Pande and Pallavi Madeshia Yadav presented a bouquet of hi-fashion garments. The milky white ramp was decorated with green curtain and plants. The event opened with Nusrat Fateh Ali’s song Woh Hata Rahi Hai Parda Sarka Ke Chupke chupke as the model entered the stage draped in ghoongat (veil). Samant’s heavily embroidered ethic garments comprised of lehangas and sarees. The beige colour cotton silk lehanga with detailed gold zari work left the onlookers in awe.
The beat changed to fusion music and as they switched to Indo-Western wears. Male models in sherwani teamed with skirts all in white tone. The female models, in centre parting hair, sported crop top with lehanga and the collar styling were noticeable. The designer used floral dresses on guys. He showcased asymmetrical cuts on royal top cut and caprilength pants for men. Towards the end came the prêt line.
Next came, Fab Creation by designer Richa, a doctor by profession and entrepreneur running IIFT Next fashion institute. Her dresses had a striking play of colours. She presented Summer Collection while were in pastel mono tones and light embroidery work. Her dresses were high on flower decorative and were light wear — perfect for this weather. The designer herself was wearing floral print on white base. Delhi-based-Lucknowite Sadan’s were more men dominating. He dresses how in single colour simple dresses could be made designer with cuts and stitching even without any embellishments. His men kurta with pleats and blazer with a zip impressed. There skirts, sarees and gowns were high on sheer and were shimmering with mild decoration. In line with the Illuminate theme, cuts of the dresses combined with golden work. The headgear of female models were noticeable.
In the grand finale, Pallavi’s 60-dress collection The Book Of Opulence drew inspiration from Greek goddess personify luxury, style and wealth. Her colourful flowing dresses which largely comprised of gowns where heavy on work. She created a radiant combination of the sensuously demure with dazzling silhouettes, cascading embroidery and a ravishment of frills and draping. Her dresses had hand crafted flowers, new leather textures, plumetis, sequins and beading.
The colour tone she used
included cyan, lime green, honeysuckle, imperial purple, rosewood, old gold, iris and more. The choreography during the showcase was noticeable. The designer walked the ramp with her showstopper daughter Zuri.
Soon it was time for celebration and what better way to do it with opening the bottle of Champagne. Chief guest and social worker Mukesh Bahadur Singh did it with style making it a night to be remembered for long. Conceptualized by Talent Factory and managed by Aakshara Communication, the event was directed by Ketan Bhatia and Pranav Hamal.
The Lucknow fashion fraternity had a great time at HT La Finesse show on Saturday evening. The summer wedding season is here and the crowd got nothing less than an amazing showcase by the different designers.
Kalpana was one of the spectators and talked about Samanth Chauhan’s designs, “They fit the summer bride perfectly! They are cool, are in pastel shades and shouts summers! Even after being Bridal outfits. I think this is what fashion is all about good experiments”.
There were young women looking up to the couture dresses and fashion enthusiasts. “Fashion is your style, the all designers’ works are mesmerizing and it also speaks a lot about their style,” says Fareha Rahman, a student. She was impressed by Pallavi’s showcase that had 60 dresses.
People from all walks of life gathered together to appreciate fashion and this industry. The crowd was itself a fashion bonanza. The encounter of different styles and cultures were perfectly complimented by the ‘high on fashion’ crowd.
“I really enjoyed these creations and the different colours today,” said another fashion enthusiast Priya, a student. “The dresses were very sophisticated. I enjoyed the cuts and colours of Sadan Pande,” she added.
The fashion show atmosphere was filled with glamorous music. Decoration elements were all over the place. The ambience was kept very artistic, designed with vivid and minimal colors.
“Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxury — the practical with the desirable. What you wear is how you present yourself to the world. Shows like HT La Finesse are giving the fashionable Luckowites a direction since last many years,” says chief guest and social worker Mukesh Bahadur Singh. The show was anchored by Mallika.
The partners of the event were Golden Blossom Imperial Resorts, IIFT Next, Himalaya Institute of Technology & Management, The Grand JBR, Taaps, White Pepper, ISUZU, Tata Motors, D’Eden, Galaxy Studio, Bombay Hot, Club Momentz, Shadi Mantra and, Tajpuria: The Wedding Lawn.