Actors Karisma Kapoor, Kalki Koechlin and Saba Azad dazzled in metallics as they walked the ramp for ace designer Sanjay Garg, who opened the 2023 version of Lakme Fashion Week in partnership with FDCI right here.

The designer, recognized for his fearless use of colors, textiles and imagery for his label Raw Mango, a go to model for a lot of celebrities, introduced his new assortment ”Children of the Night”.

For the gathering, Garg drew inspiration from the world that comes alive after darkish and used hues of gold, silver, black and greys. There had been occasional pops of pink, yellow and electrical blue too.

The designer stated all of the clothes had been constructed from materials that had been handwoven on a loom by native weavers.

”I don’t like my consolation level and that is what everybody has been saying, ‘Oh, the place had been the saris?’ I feel saris are all over the place. I’ve finished saris and I wished to query myself,” he stated, including that the gathering represents a wedding between disco appears and conventional handlooms.

Kapoor, Koechlin and Azad walked the ramp alongside the fashions. Koechlin regarded resplendent in a silver-black off-shoulder sari robe, whereas Kapoor and Azad donned shimmery pantsuits.

Garg stated he does not imagine within the idea of a star present stopper in a vogue present and thanked the three stars for supporting his imaginative and prescient for the gathering.

“I used to be like why a star has to cease a present, why cannot they be the circulate of the present? And that’s precisely what he has finished, in all probability for the primary time in India. So nobody stopped the present however they had been very a lot within the circulate. And I did inform them, ‘Will you assist me do that’, as a result of all the things is turning into leisure and I’m not right here to entertain on the vogue present. ”I’m a fan of all of them however I haven’t got to indicate my love that a lot in public. I feel we should always change the phrase celeb showstopper. We ought to name it a star flowing present because it’s finished all around the world,” the designer stated.

Kapoor stated she has been avidly sporting saris designed by Garg for a very long time.

”When he requested me to stroll, I used to be floored by his whole idea as a result of on the finish of the day that is vogue and we’re right here to assist that.

”For the younger era, even me if I can say so, it’s all about transferring with vogue and make-up. But to deliver Sanjay in a Western method, regardless that he has woven these materials and introduced in glitter and glamour, I feel it has been an important mixture,” she stated.

Azad stated she was amazed to see how Garg crafted her gown from Gotta cloth with silk.

”He stated disco and handlooms, which is all the things to me. I’m a musician and I make disco as a style. So that is final,” Azad stated.

Koechlin stated Garg’s clothes had been all easy but elegant.

”It is at all times really easy sporting this. I can dance as it’s stretchy however it’s also very horny and fashionable. He does that actually nicely. Also the actual fact it’s all Raw Mango, he makes use of uncooked materials and you are feeling that whenever you put on it,” she added.

The Lakme Fashion Week X FDCI will run until October 15 at Pragati Maidan right here.

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