Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week is an avante garde show, largely focused on the non-traditional, casual wear market, so there is little to review by way of bridal fashion. It is nice however, to find at least one show, and let's face it, we Indians love nothing like a pretty bride. Enter Rabani and Rakha, whose formal wear show was not only a delight for me as a bridalwear blogger, but from a general fashion perspective, it was arguably one of the best shows of the week.
Fusion has a tendency to go awry in the wrong hands, with just a tad too much of everything by the time the designers put the show down a runway. In the hands of Rabani and Rakha, the right elements are treated with a deft hand, creating gowns that could walk down any runway, into any reception, anywhere in the world. It's not just the colours, which are muted, since designers like Vera Wang and Elie Saab are opting to go the colour route in their own collections, but also the treatment of the embroidery, which is increasingly concentrated closer to the neck and hemline, and the lace, a la Victorian style, as well as the fabrics, with diaphanous tulles and buttery silks.
