India Couture Week 2022
Last Updated on August 9, 2022 by Sagarika Kapoor
Some of the biggest nights in Indian fashion took place over the last week of July 2022. Manish Malhotra presented his latest collection celebrating 10 years of Mijwan in Mumbai. At the same time, in the national capital, India’s most extravagant fashion event was taking place. The FDCI India Couture Week 2022 took place in New Delhi from July 21st to July 31st 2022. After a two-year-long break, however, the event returned to the runways with style.
The featured designers showcased everything from bridal couture to avant-garde fits. So, the entire occasion consisted of experienced designers who pushed the envelope. Additionally, they explored their craft and extravagance. As a result, they aim to show the audience new areas of fashion that are rarely entered. The key names included A-listers like Tarun Tahiliani and Anamika Khanna among others. Finally, let us see the highlights of India Couture Week 2022.
Glitter and Glam From Indian Couture Week 2022
India Couture Week Opener: Tarun Tahiliani
The Painterly Dream was Tarun Tahiliani’s latest collection. It was a celebration of sophistication and fit on pastel hues and earthy tones. However, we also saw everything from colourful lehengas to sindoori saris. The menswear showed tailoring and smart draping. We saw a collection rooted in Indian heritage. Further, it featured complex handwork like chikankari, pichwai and kashida. As a result, they gave the outfits a timeless and global appeal.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
Rahul Mishra
The Tree of Life collection drew from Mishra’s childhood memories. He drew on his memory of watching the women in his family worship trees. So, the collection had full of emotions and nostalgia. It also had modern-day silhouettes and complex embroideries. The embellished scenes featured dense forests with ancient architectural remains and natural vegetation. Additionally, the application of metallics added a modern-day feel.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
JJ Valaya
Valaya presented an ode Spain in his bridal collection Alma. Markedly celebrating 30 years the collection was a festival of diversity. The collection took inspiration from the flamenco dancers and matadors of Spain. The lehengas and sherwanis had details inspired by them.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
Varun Bahl
The charm of forests inspired Varun Bahl’s collection “New Leaf”. The collection had delicate embroideries on modern silhouettes. This gave Indian couture a global appeal. The show stoppers were the embellished exotic flowers on the outfits. Additionally, the designer played around with his signature patchwork embroidery. He also created texture with beads and embellishments. As a result, each garment featured patches like beads, sequins and crystals. All the additions served only to highlight the natural scenes. However, the vegetal motifs shined further on textiles like silks and velvets.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
India Couture Week 2022: Anju Modi
Anju Modi presented her collection “The Road Less Travelled”. Inspired by architecture, poetry and literature the collection featured at India Couture Week. So, it showed how taking the more challenging path offers us an opportunity for growth. The collection featured kaftans, lehengas and fluid separate for women. Additionally, menswear included Nehru jackets and angrakhas. The outfit’s colour palette was of neutrals with metallic embroideries and floral clusters. So, this line-up caters to the young brides who have a clean aesthetic and vision.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna
The designer duo made their couture debut with the collection named Fibonacci. Here, the dramatic fabrics met with pattern techniques. Evidently, Fibonacci’s sequence of irrational numbers served as inspiration for the techniques. The cutwork application created sculpted silhouettes softened with sensual glamour. The outfits from the line-up were full of jewel tones and blacks. The fabrics included opulent textiles like embellished velvet, silk and chiffon.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
India Couture Week: Dolly J
Inspired by Jazz, Dolly J’s Meraki collection tapped into the collective appeal of music. The genre’s emotion and peacefulness tapped into her mind’s artistic reflections. Obviously, this created a spectacle worth waiting for. The set for the show also took inspiration from a classic New York-style Jazz bar. It was complete with velvet drapes and a grand piano. Further, singer Shreya Bhattacarya set the mood with her version of jazz songs. A signature scent by Dolly J further deepened the mood. Markedly, it consisted of notes of cocktails, honey and wood from cigar boxes. The colour scheme was of molten gold and iridescent silver for lehengas and gowns. Additionally, metallic deep yellow, maroons, charcoal and jewel tones were also a hit.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
Suneet Verma
Suneet Verma presented his Sitara collection at India Couture Week 2022. It was a dramatic representation of the romance of traditional Indian couture. So, it stepped into the universes of whimsical, modern and demure with great craft. The featured lehengas had abstract geometric motifs. Additionally, the motifs were on a spectrum of reds and metallic hues, blush pink and baby blues.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
Siddharth Tytler
Siddharth Tytler’s collection at India Couture Week 2022 paid homage to “Shan Shui”. Basically, the Chinese term refers to the art genre of landscapes. The collection incorporated elements from Shan Shui artworks. So, the elements included motifs, stitches and colours inspired by mountains and water. Additionally, the collection consisted of gowns, separates, cocktail dresses and bridal couture.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
Falguni and Shane Peacock
Falguni and Shane Peacock presented their collection “Love Forever”. The collection took inspiration from French tapestries and Renaissance art. Art Noveau elements and Indian architectural details also combined to form the collection. Additionally, the structured lehengas were full of appliques and crystal work. Further, the line-up had a palette of champagne, ivory, blush, reds and metallic greens.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
India Couture Week: Kunal Rawal
Kunal Rawal celebrated 15 years in the industry with his collection “Dear Men”. The collection featured fluid, androgynous silhouettes for men for occasion wear. Additionally, the gender-neutral kurtas and sherwanis were structural masterpieces. While, some of them changed colours in the sun, others glowed in the dark. With this collection, Kunal Rawal borrowed influences from traditional ethnic wear. He then incorporated them into innovative cuts with eye-catching fabrics.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
Amit Aggarwal
One designer you can count on to push the envelope at Indian Couture Week is Amit Aggarwal. And he did that with his Pedeis collection inspired by the fluidity of time. So, the vibrant collection featured futuristic designs. Additionally, it seemed to blur the lines of time and humanity. Aggarwal also incorporated new-age materials with traditional techniques. Further, this mix created armour-like silhouettes that flowed like water on the body. The highlight of his show however was the inclusivity of models walking the runway. We saw everyone present, from trans models to ones who are on the curvier side.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
Anamika Khanna
Anamika Khanna’s “An Experiment” hit the nail on the head when describing her collection. She chose to see the event as a platform to experiment and challenge design boundaries. The collection showed silhouettes and cuts similar to an Indian goddess. It crossed with the idea of a warrior princess. Khanna included shapes that were a nod to the divine feminine. Additionally, she paired with deconstruction and various patterns. We also saw references to tribal India but seen through the lens of modernity.
Source: Fashion Design Council of India
These were our highlights from India Couture Week 2022. We saw tons of inspiration for brides and grooms for the coming year. For any queries related to wedding styling, contact us at Styl Inc and our expert stylists will get in touch with you. Stay tuned to the Styl Inc blogs for more fashion tips and tricks.
Until next time.
Keepin’ it Styl’ish
Signing off,
Shravani Priya
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