Designer duo Ekta Jaipuria and Ruchira Kandhari presented an elegant,
royal-inspired collection in Mumbai, Friday (22 AUG. 2014.)The show was for their Ekru label, as part of Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014.
"We wanted to imbibe the cultural feel in our clothes and as you know the royal family of India would dress very elegantly with very beautiful drapes and textiles and embroidery like, you know, the forte of that time, so we wanted to retain that and get that feel into our collection," explained Kandhari.
The Indian fabric Ikat was extensively used in the collection, along with Chanderi, handloom cotton and silk.
Colors like fuchsia, red, yellow and lime were teamed up with darker tones of bottle green, wine and navy.....
Anarkalis (an umbrella-like Indian tunic), tunics, lean kurtas and draped creations formed the collection.
Designer Kandhani said that the duo was inspired by the elegant drapes of royal Indian textiles.
