Chivas Fashion Tour 2007 - Bangalore

The world’s leading premium brand Chivas Regal brought together 12 of India’s leading designers for the first Chivas Fashion Tour that started in Mumbai on October 5th . The tour came to Bangalore from New Delhi with a spectacular showcase of designs and will end in Dubai on November 23rd. The Bangalore leg of the Chivas Fashion Tour was held in association with the Leela Palace Kempinski.

In Bangalore, Wendell Rodricks, Tarun Tahiliani, Manish Arora and Shantanu & Nikhil showcased their collections over two days.

Wendell Rodricks
The Wendell Rodricks signature style is unique in India, blending ancient Indian geometry with a relaxed Goan attitude. Using natural Indian fabrics, cut in a linear line, the silhouette is sheer, layered, draped and fluid.

The Wendell Rodricks Lounge Lizard collection for the Chivas Regal Fashion Tour is inspired by and aimed at the young lounge reveler. All over India, the concept of a lounge or club has emerged as an integral part of entertainment.
In the relaxed yet energetic ambience, clothing is young, sexy, sporty and yet cocktail. Using a colour palette including black, aubergine, deep olive and silver, the Lounge Lizard collection by Wendell Rodricks uses diverse fabric woven or treated with a technological edge: Velvet is woven with lycra. Organza is heat treated to form pleats. Silver is infused with stretch that does not ‘crack’ the silver

Shantanu and Nikhil
Kajal, black and smoldering, sensuous and innocent, defining wherever it goes is the theme of the collection Shantanu and Nikhil present.
The black smokiness and shadow play of kajal defines the look of the collection. Inspired by the intricate mass of colour that is black, the designers display a series of moods and moments which range from sensual to powerful to demure. The look represents the many different facets of this colour.

The silhouettes are modern with drapes that define the form. Delectable Indo-westerns, sensual saris and lehengas with defining drapes are the bulk of the collection.

Tarun Tahiliani

Tarun Tahiliani founded his design studio in 1990. His distinctive signature has since evolved as a fusion of textile detail, refined luxury, and meticulous tailoring. TT (as he is affectionately known) creates couture, diffusion, prêt-a-porter and accessory lines, which are Indian in their sensibility, yet international in their appeal.

But for the Tahiliani muse to attain such effortless chic, her designer first needed to explore the history of Indian Fashion -- which essentially entailed the embellishment of textile and the masterful way these endless, dreamy lengths of cloth were draped, tied, twisted and pulled over the body.

The clothes are worn by lovers of luxury around the world. Aishwarya Rai to Goldie Hawn to Jemima Khan to Minal Modi to Saif Ali Khan among many others.

Manish Arora
Manish Arora’s Spring/Summer 2008 collection draws its inspiration from the POP Art movement of the late 1950’s mixed with the defining silhouettes from the 1970’s. Each season, Manish Arora cleverly interprets fashion that is drawn from his Indian roots and modern international trends.

This season there is a myriad of inspirational references, including the Classical Indian Dancers, Gods, Parisian life, Toys, Indian and Japanese comics, disco and fluorescent colors that all collide to create a collection that is glamorous, wild and playful.

Key silhouettes include floor grazing dresses, capes, bell bottom pants, layered tops with unique shoulder details that add a youthful and edgy feel to the collection.