One may have seen women dressed in silk, wooly collections or cotton attires taking to the catwalk in a fashion show, but this was for the first time that an entire collection of knitwear was displayed on an Indian ramp. The event was the just-concluded India Runway week Season 7of the Indian Federation for Fashion Development (IFFD) that saw knitwear taking the centre stage.
The event saw models sashaying down the ramp showcasing Deblina and Atul’s (D n A) collection titled Arabesque entirely made up of eco and skin-friendly bamboo yarns. Leaving grand platforms like Amazon, Wills and Lakme behind, IFFD stole the show by becoming the pioneer in incubating and presenting a label with a twist of innovation using knitwear as the sole technique of knitting design into every loop with bamboo yarn Bamboo, which creates only 30 per cent carbon footprint as compared to cotton, is being envisaged as the fibre of next decade.
The show was an interesting mix of full-length dresses knitted in intricate floral motifs and flaunty drapes and fall. The range of shrugs and capes showcased with the contemplating enlarged sleeves and spiral falls in knits stylised the models who symbolised our inner goddesses. The knitwear low crotched pants in filligary motifs couples with the intricate handwork on the entire leg length was a perfect complement for the light weight feather design jacket showcased.
The tempered jodhpuri pants, which came in strategically placed pleats was a riot along with the balloon sleeves floral design knitwear cropped top. Shrug got a new dimension with the enlarged bottom ravelling created in the rose knitwear.
Knitwear slouch pants in floral and peek-a-boo motifs with boxy fit hand knitted structured top was an interesting Arabesque. The floral jacket made in 3D was first of its kind, noticed on an Indian ramp. Show stealer was the final larger than life ‘Elizabeth gown’ that would be a perfect dress for a cocktail party.
An interesting amalgamation of nature’s gift bamboo, skilled by innovation, the designer’s interpretation of motifs and the silhouettes was plainly flaunting to hold ones breath for the entire duration of the show and left one asking for more at the end of it. At the end of it all, one wondered when they would wear apparels made of skin-friendly bamboo yarns.
