Pearls Infrastructure Delhi Couture Week and Blenders Pride Bangalore Fashion Week concluded just recently. There were many latest designs and a line of designers at the two events, and some terms were found common on the fashion ramp, while some terms are illustrious for some or the other talented designer of fashion industry.
Why do designers use these terms to get fashionistas violently tizzy? Lets take a closer look at some often-used fashion words...
Silhouette
Definition: View of garment consisting of the outline and a featureless interior.
Application: Almost everyone applies the term in certain occasions; 'will the heavy silhouettes suit me?'
Designer Match: Ritu Beri, J J Valaya, Tarun Tahiliani and Pria Kaataria Puri.
Kitsch
Definition: Artwork where there is deliberate usage of elements that may be thought of as cultural icons.
Application: Designers are totally-over their kitsch clothing phase.
Designer Match: Aki Narula and Monapali
Avant Garde
Definition: Pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm of the status quo, primarily is the cultural realm.
Application: Avant-garde art movements like Neo and Cobra is fascinating
Designer Match: Arjun Saluja, Monapali, Nitin Bal Chauhan and Kallol Datta
Plagiarism
Definition: Use or close imitation of the garments of another designer and the representation of them as one’s own original work.
Application: It is not the same as copyright intrusion.
Designer Match: There's no end to the list. It's the mixed pattern that most of the designers work-on.
Goth
Definition: Garments subscribing to the mood and aesthetic of the Goth subcultures; dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion.
Application: Goth fashion icons like Jesse Randhawa and Bela Lugosi. Their superior dark application gives a gothic look.
Designer Match: Alexander McQueen, Nitin Bal Chauhan and Kallol Datta
Drape
Definition: Manner or style of letting fabric hang or fall.
Application: The unadjusted drape of sari makes one look more clumsy instead simple and subtle pleats works better.
Designer Match: Gaurav Gupta, Pria Kataaria Puri and Sabyasachi Mukherjee
Vintage
Definition: An elegant seeming euphemism for 'old' clothing
Application: Thrift stores find vintage clothing.
Designer Match: Ritu Kumar
Green/Vegan Fashion
Definition: Clothing manufactured according to organic agricultural and cruelty-free norms
Application: Vegan flats are newest summer and monsoon splurge
Designer Match: Lecoanet Hemant
Showstopper
Definition: A deplorable act that wins applause so prolonged as to take away the essence of a fashion show
Application: At times designers have many such showstoppers lined-up in their show
Designer Match: Many designers follow this expression; to name some - Manish Malhotra, Archana Kochhar, Pria Kataaria Puri, Neeta Lulla, Ashish N Soni, J J Valaya, Abhishek Dutta and many more
Fashion Show/Week
Definition: A fashion show is part of the fashion week or any private show by the designers or other organizers. A fashion week is a B2B event with focus on business and media coverage
Application: Till date there are 27 fashion weeks in India (figures still increasing!)
Designer Match: Undefined, it changes with the shows
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