India Fashion Week, AW '13

We've seen New York, London, Paris and Milan but now it is India's turn.  Indian Fashion Week or WIFW as it is better known, brought us the usual visual feast of colour and texture as East meets West and the traditional meets forward thinking design.  A fabulous source of inspiration for us here at Andara as we get to work designing next season's product range.

Shivan and Naaresh

Pia Pauro

Rana Gill

Rana Gill

Rana Gill

Tanvi Kedia

Samant Chauhan

Urvashi Kaur

Alpana and Neeraj

Shantanu and Nikhil

Ekru

Preeti S Kapoor

Preeti S Kapoor

Soltee for Sulakshana

Soltee for Sulakshana

Kavita Bhartia

Mynah Reynu

All images sourced from Fashion Design Council of India

Got the hump

Like many women, we have recently been lusting over Caroline Issa's new capsule collection for LK Bennett.  Her limited edition range of shoes and bags are both striking and delicate, and are apparently inspired by traditional Thai embroidery.  However, we couldn't help noticing the distinct similarity between her collection and a Rajasthani camel.  We have long been inspired by the traditional tassels that they adorn their camels with in Rajasthan and now we can adorn ourselves in a similar fashion. Awesome.

Caroline Issa for LK Bennett.  

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Pink is the Navy Blue of India

The Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur contains one of the most impressive palaces in Rajasthan and is one of my favourite buildings in India.  It is quite simply, breathtaking.  A perfect setting therefore, for the beautiful photographs of Norman Parkinson which currently reside there in a stunning exhibition. 

Norman Parkinson was Vogue's star photographer in the 1950's and when they suggested that he went to India for a photo shoot,  he jumped at the opportunity.  He instinctively knew that the readers of Vogue would want to see not only the fashion, but also the country and so he embarked on the project with the plan to take typical western style fashion photographs whilst making sure that the colour and texture of India also played a starring role.  His instincts were spot on and the marriage of the two worked perfectly with the clothes blending in beautifully to their surroundings.  The results, which you can see below, are truly special.

All images from tasveerarts.com