A little dot here, a cluster of flowers there, a hint of mythology and lots of colours, young and upcoming designers chose the path less travelled as they showcased their print-filled winter-festive line at the Lakme Fashion Week here.
Prints, which have more of a summer-spring vibe, dominated the collections of Ajay Kumar, Jebin Johny and Sidharth Bansal, besides Kriti Tula, who also embraced the colourful impressions on her designs.
Inspired from the balances of life, like ups and downs, harmony and disharmony, blacks and whites, Kumar's all menswear line was anything but dull. The sumptuous use of prints accentuated the looks of the male models, who sashayed down the ramp in their colourful attires, which mostly consisted of pantsuits.
"I think prints are here to stay. It is the next big thing. I know prints are considered to be a very spring summer thing. But I don't see it like that. For me it is for every season and you would see me using it a lot. I think prints are the next big thing," Kumar told PTI.
His prints were edgy without looking over-the-top with the employment of flowers, elephants and other motifs.
For Kochi-based Johny, a dance enthusiast, his childhood obsession with Kathakali and his failure to learn it, prompted him to take it up as the story of his new line. He mixed the Indian classical dance form with Japanese dance Kabuki to form abstract prints for his winter-festive clothes.
"Prints work for me. I love them and I have used it in full bloom in my collection. For me prints defy all seasonal barriers. It is evergreen. Helps me tell the story better," he said.
Hindu mythology found space in youngster Bansal's collection, laden with heavily printed jackets. Other silhouettes like skirts, dresses, blouses, also received ample dose of eye-popping colouful prints in the form of dots, fruits, flowers on the canvas of white.
"For winter and festive, the most apt colours are darker ones like greys, maroons. But I chose to do a more colourful line, using white as the base colour with lots and lots of print. It is all about how you style. Garments can be worn in all seasons."
Tula's line consisted of mainly straight line, geometric prints featuring colourful vertical and horizontal line across all garments, which included pants, shirts, jackets both long and short.
