Sakshee Pradhan’s 

Spring Summer Collection 2013 

Wills India Fashion Week

Diana Penty walked the ramp for Sakshee Pradhan

The very spirited fashion designer, Sakshee Pradhan showcased her Spring Summer Collection 2013 on Day 2 of the much awaited Wills India Fashion Week at Pragati Maidan on 7^th October, 2012 . Adding to the fashion extravaganza, the designer who boasts of design which she likes to keep chic, feminine and luxurious featured modern looks.

Participating second time in the fashion week, Sakshee represented her collection, inspired by the little sparrow who had set off her wings to migrate from the frost into a land far away, and has now returned to embrace the onset of spring and enjoy the breezy summers of 2013. To add the extra fervor to the show, the gorgeous, Diana Penty who got her much deserved glamour from the movie cocktail, sashayed down the ramp for Sakshee as her show-stopper. The salmon pink gown seemed to agree with the actress. The collection was a perfect blend of innovative silhouettes, summary fabrics and spring colours, setting the right tone for the upcoming season.

The designer’s collection captures the onset of the vivacious spring going into lazy summers with a range of silhouettes that are in vogue with an edge. Using flowy crepes, satin and net in powdered salmon pink merging with the subtle undertone champagne pink sequins, the collection that finishes it with the celebratory brasso print.

Offering elegant and stylish looks, Sakshee’s collection unites together an essence of the sparrow as she returns from the gloomy winters only to be greeted by the chirpy spring summer '2013.

Gustav Klimt's Paintings Inspired 

Drashta Sarvaiya

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Lakme Fashion Week W/F 2012 

Showcasing SS 2013 Collection 

Young and Vibrant fashion designer Drashta Sarvaiya’s muse was Gustav Klimt’s paintings for her Lakme Fashion Spring /Summer 2013 Collection on 4^th August at Grand Hyatt. For this season Drashta chose to portray Klimt’s primary subject of female body in nude and semi nude forms.

This unique collection showcased riots of colors like white, nude, yellow, mauve and purples, peaches and blues. Beautiful representation of female body in nude and semi nude forms immaculately drapped dressed in nudes and white being Klimt’s canvas before he began his paintings. Drashta also entrenched a floral-motif light-weight brocade to capture the richness of Gustav Klimt's paintings along with his love for nature, specifically flowers. Double georgette and crepe were also a part of this season's summer collection.

Drashta excitedly explains her collection, “I've worked on peplum and have created different versions of it for various silhouettes.  The key silhouettes consist of dresses, trousers, tunics, shirts and skirts. klimt's use of gold leaf and the opulence were iconic during his golden phase. Therefore, embellishment on the designs is done with crystals in difference hues with gold & flowers. Raffia embellishment took taken centre stage to recreate thick stroke like trexture on various surfaces. ”

Drashta’s Show witnessed many popular faces like Geeta Basra, Poorna Jagannathan, Hard Kaur, Achla Sachdev, Sagarika Ghatge, Sapna Bhavnani cheering for Drashta in high spirits.