HT Style Awards 2015 :Red Carpet Looks

The HT Style Awards 2015 was held on 26th March in Mumbai. Here are some of the looks from the Red Carpet. Do you have any favourite?

Amit Aggarwal A/W 15: Of the Bindi ( बिंदी ), waste reallocation and being futuristic :Amazon India Fashion Week

Architectural shapes, myriad textures and mixing of organic and inorganic material have always been Amit Aggarwal’s forte. For his latest collection, the designer took inspiration from Bindi, a small red dot worn as a forehead decoration by women. Amit translated the Bindi into varied patterns and prints which in turn evolved into structural shapes in the garments.

The Fairy Tale World of ‘Anju Modi’: After all, we all want to live happily ever after, NO? : Amazon India Fashion Week A/W 15

Anju Modi transported us to a world of fantasy with her fairy tale inspired Autumn Winter 2015 collection. The collection breaks the monotonous and stressful life of routine and deadline, free from all the inhibitions, and celebrate the idea of a world filled with hope and happiness.

Nikasha’s 70s inspired French Boho Chic winter story: Amazon India Fashion Week: Autumn Winter 2015

Titled ‘Ruby’, the collection depicts passion & has a Japonisme trend through the almond blossom print. Ochre & red signify the magical colours of the dawn and dusk sky, and also explains the landscape of the collection. Taking inspiration from the iconic style of Loulou de la Falaise, a fashion rebel of the 70s and Yves Saint Laurent’s muse, the collection had a strong essence of French inspired bohemian chic.

Amazon India Fashion Week 2015 starts with a heavy dose of 'FASHION PILL' by Rajesh Pratap Singh: Clinical Fashion Statement

Rajesh Pratap Singh opened the Amazon India Fashion Week-Autumn Winter 2015 with a heavy dose of fashion pill by choosing a very unusual theme titled, ‘Because Medicine is the best laughter’, inspired by the health care professionals and hospitals. Making a clinical fashion statement, the collection was inspired by the designer’s experience from the past in the hospitals. The runway was arranged like a hospital ward with beds, white bed sheets and drips, and the models wore nurse caps, face masks, retro hairstyle and geek glasses, which further added to the theatrics of the collection.

Can ‘Make in India’ really work, when we have moral police brigade as the custodian of our arts, crafts and even fashion shows?

On Sunday evening, the Lakme Fashion Week’s grand finale show by Anamika Khanna was supposed to be held at Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai. However, a group of MNS workers (Read: goons), protested against the fashion show on moral grounds, tore down curtains and even threatened to vandalise the venue of the 143-year old museum, if the fashion show was not called off. Considering the security issues, at the very last moment the organisers decided to shift the finale show back to the Palladium hotel, the main venue for the fashion week.

‘My World of Glass’ by Aartivijay Gupta: Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2015

Titled, ‘My World of Glass’, the collection was inspired by the intricate artwork of mosaic glass. The designer depicted the beauty of Moroccan mosaic art by bringing in nature to the collection. Images of trees, fish, owls, parrots, and peacocks were all a part of her mosaic story.