Stylish, funky and trendy

There was no amateurship in the designs of the graduating batch of 2009 of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), that were showcased at the graduation collection. High on content, the designs were emblematic of thorough professionalism.

The graduation collection saw the students of the fashion design, accessory design and textile design come together. The creations made it clear that students’ sense of aesthetics and creativity was unmatched.

The textile and accessory exhibition sported some of the funkiest designs that would accessorise your home and interiors like none other. Twenty three-year-old Namratha Patil’s works are inspired by Frida Carlo’s music. She has divided her series of works into four parts: the princess diaries, the green escape, the royal collection stems from the Indian bridal collection and the velvet message that springs from the stories of the years gone by. Nisha Jyoti Sharma’s love for nature and the environment manifests in her work. She has designed foldable and portable furniture. She reasons that one could carry these chairs wherever one goes. The collection includes breakfast tables, peg tables, and coffee tables.

The fabrics used for designs, for the fashion show, were drawn from materials as vast as silk to products such as straw. Students proved how both scrap and luxury cloth could be woven into a brilliant product.

 The show opened with Prachi’s high school collection that had funky flowing skirts to waist coats and smart tops. Gayathri Shet’s inclination for Madhubani art shone through her collection as well. She did well to blend Madhubani art into her contemporary creations.

Deepak chose to use recycled stuff in his collection. “Scrap must be treasured rather than thrown away” was his tagline. In Christina’s collection, the traditional lungi had undergone a transformation. She had brought the eastern touch and the hillside mood into her design.

Anil Kumar’s Rangeela Grandpas wished to transform the dressing sense of grandfathers. Bright colours and funky designs ruled his work. This collection was modelled by none other than grandpas themselves who walked the ramp.

Pranav Pandey’s pieces showed how happiness can be induced into ripples of melancholy.