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The GenNext show at the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2011 was absolutely rocking

Over the years, one of the most anticipated shows at LFW, held in Mumbai, is the GenNext show. This season too, presenting 8 designers (many of them duos presenting a label), mentor Aki Narula brought forth a fabulous collection forward on the ramp.

Apart from the design students, interestingly, a non-design student Nikhil Thampi debuted on the ramp. Shall I say, this young lad had a commendable effort to display. Aki Narula says, "I understood Nikhil's sensibilities because I myself am from a non-design background. Nikhil put in hard work and I am happy with his collection."

Menswear and womenwear celebrated inspirations from punk rock, Himalayan terrains, sequined beads, flowy drapes and winterwear, all aptly labelled, with various lines. Bright bold colours to the fore, many designs were also understated. In short, the entire show was worth every moment in the F-Row.

The GenNext designers included Farah Sanjana (London School of Fashion), Mohammed Javed Khan, Shashank Raj & Prajwal Badwe, Siddharth Arya (from LS Raheja Technical Institute of Fashion), Theresa James and Roger Price (a cute duo from Blanche Macdonald Centre of Applied Design in Vancouver), Thinles Chosdup and Niranjana Adhya, Urmi Ghosh from NIFT, Kolkata.

Girl with the Blue Scarf says: Good news is that if you like sporting designerwear, go for the GenNext lot, their collections are affordable, great to wear and full of new cut and looks.

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Anonymous said…
Great show young bunch.
August 22, 2011 at 1:34 PM
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