Known for his artistic cuts and invigorating designs, ace couturier Tarun Tahiliani’s collections are avante-garde and reflect his distinctive creativity. The designer is all set to showcase his Russian folk art inspired collection at the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2015.
Here’s an excerpt from the interview:
1. Tell us about the collection that you are going to be showcasing this time at Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2015
Sunset colours in rusts, oranges and reds to violets and dark blues define the Autumn/Winter 2015-2016 collection. Patterns that reinterpret the vim and vigour of Russian folk art and craft energise the collection. Hints of geometric patterns peek out from sleeves, lapels and linings to enhance layering, fringing, applique and new techniques of draping in a range of kurtas, dresses, sarees, jackets, shirts, skirts and more.
Style is like second skin, something you bask in and wear lightly. It shouldn’t be work, it should be you. Easy glamour though, is not easily attained. Perhaps now, the democratization of fashion has really begun. So it’s exciting as we distill our ready-to-wear line down more and more with contemporary everyday needs and allow the couture greater flights of fancy – and thereby bring logical offerings to the marketplace of fashion. This season, we decided to tone down the palette for fall and do easier silhouettes that allowed an easier draped soho style – with the addition of easy capes and capelets, jumpsuit sarees and all the TT offerings.
2. How different is it going to be from the one that you showcased at the India Bridal Fashion Week?
The show at Lakme is all about our ready-to-wear separates and has no bridal wear. I always believed, from the very beginning, in the power of pret in fashion because it is separate pieces that people can imaginate in their own way. It’s much more difficult to be very creative in a pressed way and it’s also more interesting to have a wider reach and younger market, which pret allows which reads the pret fashion in their own way. So for me the experience is not new, I’m all for it. I love pret and you know pret can be very luxury too. This is clearly a winter collection with a choice of colours. So this collection has quite a varying mix, and this is a collection that takes you to dinner or an event at a very understated level to more casual wedding festivities. Of course you can always dress them up or down.The thread that runs through the entire collection is the ease with which the garments can be mixed and matched. Easy separates allow dhoti pants and lungi skirts to be paired with capes, tees and tunics. Saris and kurtas worn in contemporary unison with gilets and capelets become edgy style statements. The collection embodies the young, hip and happening Indian who although rooted in the past is a global citizen and has an individual sense of style and attitude. The wide array of separates gives her the opportunity to make her own decisions, dress herself in the way that she chooses – in a range of drapes, dhotis, kedia jackets, wraps, tunics and skirts.
3. How would you define a Tarun Tahiliani bride?
They are women who have their own identity, and personas. They love quality and fit, and know that style is not just what one wears, but ‘how’ one wears it. They live in their heritage and yet are modern. Each bride is unique and it’s their individual personality that should be reflected in anything she chooses to wear.
4.Since destination weddings are the order of the day, how does this trend influence your bridal design?
Wedding wear is all about individual taste. Comfort is very important. If you’re going to be in an outfit for hours, you need to be comfortable. Each bride and groom is unique, and it’s their individual personality that should be reflected in anything they choose to wear. As for destination weddings do keep the weather in mind while shopping.
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