Celebrated designer Nida Mahmood, known for her elegant
style presented her exclusive collection entitled ‘Bombay Bioscope’ on the
opening day of Wills Lifestyle fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014, which added
further glitter and glamour to the show.
Nida’s collection was an attempt to narrate another new
visual story through a tricam of three distinct styles Line Art wire-framing
Constellations, 3 Dimensional Triangulations and Angular Crystallized Forms
come together.
Her collection was a manifestation of the larger-than-life
grandeur of Indian cinema. Primarily a digitally designed collection, it
spanned within 3 major design languages essentially revolving around line art.
Using line art as flat wireframe constellation patterns to 3- dimensionalising
into triangulated crystalized forms to random angular shape formations, the
collections were an interesting mirror imaging of intensely intricate designs.
Embroideries in the collection were essentially textural
lending delicacy to the light weight fabrics that have been used extensively.
Use of Colors in her collections ranged from dull greys to
murky greens to a happy palette of various shades of fuchsia, lime green,
turquoise and inky blues, to shades of purple, a dash of red and several shades
of yellow and neutral flesh tones.
The major silhouettes were variations of the mullet in
shirts, skirts and dresses. Shoulders are prominent in the collection. Be it in
terms of sharp shoulders in summer jackets or as textural embroidery
highlighting the shoulder.
Moreover, plenty of breezy summer silhouettes were seen in
the collection. A lot of tucks and pleats and subtle dart manipulations add to
the stylization of the collection. Collars have been given importance.
Fabrics used range from handlooms from various parts of
India, to several kinds of fine count power loom cottons and rayon, light
weight silks and georgettes and some lycra based fabrics.
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