Chennai Fashion Week- Day 1

Kudos to Storm fashion and Galatta cinema for bringing a fashion week to Chennai. Kimaya, M.A.C , Jimmy Choo and now a fashion week, our city is definitely on a roll. The choreography and Koena Mitra hardly did anything to the ‘not so exciting’ colour palette of Pria Kataria Puri’s 80’s inspired opening collection. With relaxed silhouettes and abstract prints the collection was wearable but definitely lacking in imagination. Delhi based Chirag Joshi’s three lines, the very chic Cotton Couture, prismatic Flora and Fauna and Kamasutra (very interesting, indianised interpretations of the LBD) are perfect for Chennai. Nothing OTT, but very sleek and stylish. Ishita Singh did justice to fusion wear (a much abused term nowadays). Her floor length skirts with suspenders and embellished waist coats and showstopper Genelia were both contagiously effervescent. Jason and Anshu’s line was vibrant with fruity hues. The Sri Lankan designer Yolanda Aluwihare and our city’s own Sidney Sladen gave us the high energy drama that we were all looking for and something that the other showings had greatly lacked. Looking forward to Day 2