Big B at LFW
Now that's what we call as festive!
Day 3 of the Lakme Fashion Week saw a fabulous splash of festive colours, something that the previous two days couldn't pull through. And along with some brilliant designs came stars who we thought would give a skip to LFW this season.
On Sunday, when Ganesh pandals in the city drummed beats of traditional Ganpati songs, some 'not-very-famous' but have 'fire-in-the-belly' designers were all set to showcase their worked-upon collections.
I've always believed that the younger ones take the theme more seriously than the senior ones. Perhaps that's why the Winter/Festive theme came alive on Day 3 and how...
THE SHOWS:
Masaba Gupta: This girl opened the show on Sunday. Purvi Doshi and VJ Balhara followed. Masu (as Masaba is lovingly called by her pals) created a sensuously-woven and wearable collection. She chose a peppy number of 'Choli Ke Peeche' song, made famous years ago by actress Madhuri Dixit's dhak-dhak moves. Incidentally, Masaba's mom Neena Gupta had sung this song on-screen in the film Khalnayak. Net sarees, lovely blouse cuts which show the collar bone, anarkalis and more. Now, if the price points remain affordable, Masu's line will sell. We spotted Jackie Shroff too at the F-row.
Nachiket Barve: Yes, we all knew he's got detailing and texturing in his blood. But the way he picked a common subject like the 'magpie' bird and weaved an entire story around it only made us wonder and yonder further about his craftsmanship. So, when audiences were thinking about Sunday going sans Bollywood attraction, Nachiket pulled off a coup when Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya walked in to cheer him for his show. Jaya wore Nachiket's creation of a black saree with panelled border. Big B came for a LFW show, for the very first time.
GOSSIP: We hear that two biggie designers (one gentleman and one lady) who are showcasing on Monday and Tuesday respectively are feeling the jitters because Nachiket got the big stars to his show. Not only were his designs worthy, the star attraction (who wear his clothes often) was tremendous.
Let's see if someone else can out stage the Big B effect at the LFW.
Comments
While the former did nothing new (even his velvet embroidery was like Arjun Khanna's), the latter had her models look like bar dancers from a seedy night-bar.