Celebrated Fashion Brand GENES - Lecoanet Hemant present its edgy-cool Spring/Summer 2016 collection at the Ritz Carlton Bangalore

On a beautiful summer evening, April 14^th, the luxurious Ritz Carlton, Bangalore in association with Volvo Cars, food, wine and travel connoisseur Jyotiee Balani together with Indo-French designer duo Didier Lecoanet & Hemant Sagar played host to an exclusive preview of the Spring/Summer 2016 Collection by GENES – Lecoanet Hemant. The event witnessed the who’s who of Bangalore social circle such as Manoviraj Khosla, Prasad Bidapa, Pavitra Halkatti, Sajai Singh, Karin and Stefan Berglin enjoying a fusion of fashion, a display of Volvo’s latest luxury car model, delicious appetizers and wines at the lawns of The Ritz-Carlton, Bangalore.

Live installation by Arjun Saluja for his Summer’16 collection ‘HAQ’ : Lakme Fashion Week

Titled HAQ the collection by Arjun Saluja drew attention to lives of the underprivileged. The show note read:  "They ask for their Haq to live, outcast by the bible of your concrete ijungle. All they do is take a sad song and make it better. They are the catchers in the eyes."

‘Magma’ by Amit Aggarwal : Lakme Fashion Week S/R’16

Capturing the visual raw beauty of the molten liquids - ‘Magma’, the collection revolved around colours, surface and form. With a hint of psychedelic, the designer beautifully narrated the transition from the natural landscape to a colorful world full of paint.

“Paradox of lotus sutra” by Ajay Kumar: Lakme Fashion Week S/R’16

Titled “Paradox of lotus sutra”, Bangalore based designer Ajay Kumar’s S/R 2016 bright summery collection was all about floro-geometric prints and more prints mixed with bright patterns. With lotus motif as the protagonist of the collection, and with a hint of geometric illusion, the designer offered bold pieces ranging from smart blazers and fitted trousers to tunic shirts.

“Indica Emporia” by Wendell Rodricks : Lakme Fashion Week S/R16

Titled “Indica Emporia”, the collection explored the possibilities of 20 iconic Indian garments to see how they could be converted into contemporary modern wearable pieces. In other words Wendell Rodricks created a fusion of twenty Indian costumes – for example a modest garment like ‘dhoti’ was converted into a ‘dhoti jumpsuit’ with a sari. 

Wendell Rodricks celebrated the vast emporium of Indian textile in this stunning presentation: Lakme Fashion Week S/R’16

What a stunning presentation by veteran designer Wendell Rodricks at the Lakme Fashion Week S/R'16. The day 2 of the fashion week was declared as Sustainable and Indian Textile day, where Wendell celebrated the legacy of hand -woven textile through his collection titled "Indica Emporia".

‘A petticoat’ by Archana Rao : Lakme Fashion Week S/R’16

Titled ‘A Petticoat’, the collection was a coming of age story of a popular fictional character called Lolita. Taking petticoat as the protagonist of the collection, Archana brought the inner-wear in the forefront in an innovative manner.