The 14th edition of FDCI India Couture Week.

By WeddingPlz
September 1st, 2021
Events & Exhibitions
6 Min Read

The 14th edition of FDCI India Couture Week, narrated the rich legacy of crafts through metaphorical storytelling. Witnessed 19 top couturiers, present their fashion films and displaying their mastery over compelling storytelling at the second digital edition of FDCI India Couture Week 2021. The event was held from the 23rd-29th August 2021, featuring the following designers and their art.

Day – 1 of the 2nd digital edition of India Couture Week began with Manish Malhotra.

Nooraniyat – The Bridal Edit by Manish Malhotra, celebrates brides in their original spirit and emotions that emanates their individuality in entirety. It is engulfed in the sheer grandiosity of the signature Manish Malhotra veil in bridal vermillions with intricate zardozi, badla and modern
sequins.

Day – 2 featured Siddarth Tytler, Suneet Varma and Gaurav Gupta

Couturier Suneet Varma showcased his stellar couture collection, “Noor”

The collection takes inspiration from young love, stolen glances and the importance of celebration in life.
Comprising of the brand’s signature craftsmanship, the collection saw menswear and womenswear in pastels and vibrant shades.

Couturier Gaurav Gupta showcased his stellar couture collection, “Universal Love”.

The women’s wear collection saw designer’s signature sculpted silhouettes in Neptune blues, cosmic greys, asteroid pinks embellished with sprinkles of shaded glass in blue and gunmetal, patterned embroidery. The menswear was in stark black & white, night teal and neptune blue with lines run across jackets forming new constellations detailed with sharp metallic accents meticulously sculpted on velvet tuxedos and exaggerated flared trousers.

Couturier Siddartha Tytler debuted his couture collection, “Ambrosia”

The collection saw anarkalis for both men and women; exquistie lehengas; sherwanis in cotton silk chanderis, silk taffeta, silk organza, silk tissue and gorgettes.

Day – 3 with Pankaj and Nidhi, Dolly J and Amit Aggarwal.

Couturiers Pankaj And Nidhi showcased their couture collection, ‘Afterglow’.

Solemnised for their ‘fresh and crisp sensibility’, the designers bring a candescent collection for celebrating special occasions and destination weddings. The collection saw grand silhouettes with intricate textures with statement sleeves and shoulders. The collection symbolizes a new dawn with a longing for a bright future and with stellar craftsmanship, to create pieces that are timeless and radiating an effervescent beauty.

Couturier Dolly J Studio showcased her couture collection, “Ah-lam”.

This collection has a palette with a mix of pastels and jewel tones with intricate handwork of silver and gold threads.
The designer has highlighted liquid silver fabric which has specially been woven for this collection with signature silhouettes and crystal encrusted belts.

Couturier Amit Aggarwal showcased his couture collection, “Metanoia”.

Innovating with technique, the collection saw hand painting through marbling pattern over discarded PVC and hand woven polymer. The process of hand painting has been applied in gradient over tulle and silks. The collection highlights the use of the brands signature metallic polymers which has been used for intricate pleating, 3D hand embroidered thread work and metallic cording in detailed silhouettes which are structured yet fluid, hope, acceptance and new paths.

Day – 4 showcased Ashima Leena, Amit and Shantanu Nikhil.

Couturier Ashima Leena showcased her couture collection, “Nazm-e-Mahal”

The collection combines delicate hand embroidery with meticulously curated woven textiles with the designer’s signature silhouettes inspired by maharanis in palaces in the Mughal era. With this collection, the designer aspires to reflect a poetic flow in volume, layers, and impeccable garment construction which characterizes the unique beauty of ‘Nazm-e-Mahal’

Couturier Amit GT Official showcased his couture collection, “Scintilla”.

The collection celebrates nature through brilliant blooms, scintillating constellation, dew drops, snow fall and the colours of the sky. The designer depicted these elements through water lilies and other blooms, birds, constellations
and fireworks in signature brushstrokes detailed with linear hand embroidery.

Couturiers Shantanu Nikhil showcased their couture collection, “Oasis”.

The ceremonial Couture collection stands out for its splendour and unapologetic glamour. Oasis is, in essence, the designers’ response to the need of our times—beauty to those deprived of it, glamour to those missing it, power to those feeling helpless. The colour palette travels from gold to navy, reds to blacks, punctuated with multicolour couture prints developed in-house and transferred onto the most luxurious fabrics. In both men’s and women’s wear, one could see contrast linings that add a hint of fun, as well as the new cityscape-inspired motifs that become emblematic of the global lives we embody now.

Day – 5 with Reynu Tandon, Varun Bahl and Falguni Shane .

Couturier Reynu Tandon showcased her couture collection, “Zuri – Beauty lies within”.

The collection is inspired by the abundance of creativity in nature and the unique benevolence and beauty from natural bliss. This gives the collection, a feminine personality, colour and variety.

Couturier Varun Bahl showcased his couture collection, “Memory/Mosiac“ at Couture Week.

Memory/Mosaic, an ode to the timeless journey of couture and its ever-evolving forms. Crafted with pieces from the designer’s past collections and up-cycled, each ensemble is different – carrying its own history, its own poetry – much like its wearer. The collection is interspersed with refreshing bohemia and joyous abandon along with the designer’s signature floral decadence, the collection welcomes the audience to experience a passage of time – both forward and backward.

Couturiers Falguni Shane Peacock showcased their couture collection,“Love is”.

‘Love is,’ is inspired by the monument of love – Taj Mahal. The details of the collection seek to translate the visionary saga of love by borrowing from the beauty of Taj Mahal. The collection Love is, has been crafted completely by hand to showcase the distinct handwriting and talents of a cluster of about 250 craftsmen from the FSP-adopted villages of Malihati, Islampur, Midnapore, Kharagpur and Marhtala in West Bengal with the couture signatures of Falguni Shane Peacock. The intricate detailing juxtaposed against the backdrop of the Taj Mahal presents a mesmerising tableau of Indian craft traditions and couture expertise to the world at a time when the spotlight on travel and conscious support towards artisans is shining brighter than ever before.

Day – 6 had collection from Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna, Tarun Tahiliani and Anamika Khanna.

Couturiers Rohit Gandhi Rahul Khanna showcased their first ever couture collection, “Alchemize”.

The collection is a profusion of opulence with embellish rich fabrics like velvet, duchesse satin, and chiffon in a harmonious palette of wine, grey, sapphire, and with mostly tonal arabesques or floral embroideries. What is brilliant to see in these pieces is the evolution of craft for they have mastered to execute impeccable fit with careful construction skills.

Couturier Tarun Tahiliani showcased his couture collection, “Artisanal Couture”.

The Artisanal Couture’ collection, is a stunning set of six discrete capsule collections, each of which showcases his brand’s signature ‘India Modern’ design aesthetic. Each of these smaller capsule collections – Chikankari, Pichwai, Rangrez, Cocktail Goddess, Pakeezagi and Bridal that make up the larger presentation have unique techniques, story and designs that appeal to the audience. The designer has played with different shapes and cuts of blouses that feature embellishments and textures in mirror jadau work, jaalis or dori, gota patti, pearls, sequins, cut dana and lifted resham flowers, along with embroideries such as zari, Zardozi, dori embroidery, and much more.

Couturier Anamika Khanna showcased her couture collection at FDCI’s second digital edition of India Couture Week.

This collection is an emotion, a way of rejoicing beauty. It is an acceptance of what is, and a celebration of what we are given. This way we pay homage to the most intricate crafts of India, take from there , the spirit of what was and what will be for eternity.

Day – 7 or the final day had designers Kunal Rawal, Anuj Modi and Rahul Mishra presenting
their couture.

Couturier Kunal Rawal showcased his couture collection “Vision Quest”.

The collection entails a variety of never seen before silhouettes such as the Kurta Kaftan for men, which creates the most fashion‐forward contemporary style. The classic Bandi has been redesigned with fresh new cuts and design details such as back buttons, making it a must‐have essential. Apart from this, for the first time the label is introducing a patchwork Sherwani that has been created out of leftover fabrics and consists of the signature micro motifs which are an extension of the brand. Focusing on the growth of a modern‐day man, the collection promises an innovative and modular perspective towards designs that provide an impeccable match to the present‐day
occasions, bringing forth the journey of deep‐rooted traditional wear to a modern‐day luxury
concept.

Couturier Anju Modi showcased her couture collection “The Eternal Story”.

The Eternal Story’ pays tribute to the power of generational legacy. It shows how love and prayers; as well as personal values, and cultural traditions in the form of family heirlooms, flow from the fountain of feminine grace, nurtured from generation to generation.

Couturier Rahul Mishra showcased his bridal couture collection “Kam-Khab” which is a collection of garments developed at the designer’s atelier during two lockdowns, through the breaking and rebuilding of hope, resilience and the fluctuating strength of love. When sometimes, a khaat (embroidery frame) would be abandoned for months to remain, and be resumed later by a different person. Much like a garden after the process of seeding—soaking its sun and water. Each sapling taking its own sweet time to produce flowers. And the clothes, emerging out of a different verse of the same poem, each tell a different part of the same story.