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NANDITA THIRANI 

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ANURADHA THIRANI 

CAPTIVATED ALL FASHIONISTAS @ LAKME FASHION WEEK W/F 2012 

Nandita Thirani captivated all fashionistas at Lakme Fashion Week Winter Festive 2012 by showcasing vibrant collection ‘Lotus Flower’ co- designed by her daughter Anuradha Thirani.

The Fall/Winter Collection was inspired by the Lotus Flower, one of the nature’s most beautiful creations where the flowers remarkable simplicity and elegance made it one of the best examples of divine ideation passing into concrete form.

Nandita and Anuradha Thirani creatively played around with the color palettes found in variety of flowers tempered by neutrals like black, white and nude. The silhouettes were well defined underlying inspiration and meticulously handcrafted embellishments keeping the collection timeless and wearable.

On this occasion Anuradha Thirani shared her style mantra "Do your own thing, be true to yourself and keep it real but don’t be scared to take a step outside the box.”

Model Sheela Tiruchi was the muse for Nandita Thirani who wore her ensemble and dazzled the ramp. Celebrities like Poonam Dhillon,  Padmini Kolhapure,  Maria Goretti & VJ Keith were seen cheering for the designer. 

AARTI VIJAY GUPTA DOODLES 

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LAKME FASHION WEEK WINTER/FESTIVE 2012

Aarti Vijay Gupta graduated from the prestigious NIFT, Mumbai, bagging a position in the top 10 finalists of the CIAE International fashion awards. She launched her label in 2009 by debuting at the Dubai Fashion Week as the “Emerging Designer” and has never looked back since. She has covered many fashion weeks in India and abroad including the Bridal Asia Week at Abu Dhabi and IRFW.

Her strength lies in the contemporary functional clothing. She has also styled celebrities like Riya Sen, Geeta Basra, Himesh Reshamiya , Vaiabhavi Merchant and many more. AVG has a flagship store in Mumbai and a franchise store in Hyderabad. Currently based in Mumbai, the Label retails out of stores in London, Kuwait, Canada, South Africa and Dubai. Coming from the retail corporate world, future plans include more franchise stores across the globe. 

The black  lines on a plain white crisp paper  juxtapose into a composition of broken lines stating confusion in initial stages. This gradually ends into a perfect assortment of straight, curved and broken lines developing into a croqui and fashion figures. The initial stage of deriving a sketch more popularly known as a “Doodle Sheet” includes rough derivation of stick figures, faces, hands finally developing into a croqui and then the proportional 10 head figure which is taught at the early stages of sketching. 

All that she had learnt and imbibed during these classes is the medium of transferring ideas on to a paper.  That’s exactly what she has put into the collection, saving pages from Doodle back way back from college and executing them through digital printing technique onto pure white fabrics such as Dupion silk ,Tabby silk and Crepe silk treating them as the paper.

First ensemble is a high raised neck structured shift dress with  rough illustrations of faces on silk teamed up with a paneled godet jacket to get the correct flow in the garment. The print on the jacket is a 10 head figure block used for getting the right proportions. The dress is a two piece ensemble which can be worn with or without the jacket depending on the occasion and purpose.

Second ensemble is a jacket jump suit in crepe silk with structured jacket top and flowy pants depicting the rigidity in initial sketches ending to easy flow of full fledged fashion figures. Print consists of 10 head body figure and stick figures in action .its best suited for an evening wear in monochromes black and white.

Aarti Vijay Gupta

On her collection for Lakme Aarti Vijay Gupta says " I love ma doodle book. All that I have imbibed during the sketches, drawing rough derivation, that's exactly what I have put into my collection".

NANDITA THIRANI 

ALL SET TO CAPTIVATE FASHIONISTA 

@ LFW - A/W 2012

INTRODUCING 'LOTUS FLOWER' 

Nandita Thirani welcomes you to Lakme Fashion Week 2012, Winter Festive show . This show is different from her previous collections in the sense that it is co-designed by herself and by her daughter Anuradha. 

The Fall/ Winter collection has been inspired by the Lotus Flower , one of the nature’s most beautiful creations .The flowers remarkable simplicity and elegance makes it one of the best examples of divine ideation passing into concrete form.

The collection is Experimental Couture . The colour palette revolves around the colours found in various varieties  of the flower tempered  by neutrals namely black , white and nude. The silhouettes go a step further in defining the underlying inspiration and the meticulously handcrafted embellishments along with the wide choice of fabrics act as key catalysts in keeping the collection timeless and wearable .The shoes worn by the models have been provided by Spirited-Soles , Handpainted shoes and the jewellery from Kusum’s Collection by Nishi Murli - Jakarta , Indonesia.

Nandita Thirani, is a veteran for over 15 years in the Indian fashion industry and a well known name in India and abroad. The Kolkata (Calcutta) based being from Kolkata couturier, comes with a rich and varied experience in fashion. Nandita is the owner/director of a highly successful fashion export company. She mainly retails under two labels “Contradiction by Nandita Thirani.”, which is her Western Prêt line, and "Nandita Thirani" that consists of Bridged, Couture and Bridal wear.

Date- 6th August, 2012   Time- 4:00 pm Venue- Talent Box Grand Hyatt –Mumbai