From the sublime to the ridiculous!

I'm on a roll here....a blog roll I mean. I figured while my Internet was up and behaving, I may as well do another post!

OK, so I am all for India getting ahead and showcasing its proud ancient heritage to the world. We're really making our presence felt in the world of design, art, politics, textiles and fashion. So when Lakme had its annual fashion week in Mumbai last week, its biggest fashion event, the papers were all agog. And I did my share and googled to see what had happened.....

Here are some pics from that week with my added (unasked for) commentary beside it....

OK, so this is nice. Pretty girls in lovely saris, a bit defiant looking, but still lovely!

 A model in a Satya Paul sari.....sublime and still lovely!

Accessories by Malini Agarwalla. Chunky, bold and blue. Still nice......

A touch of folk music to add the local flavor....lovely

and a creation by VJ Balhara...probably my favorite

Then things began to get a bit dramatic...but still within the boundaries of "nice" with Manish Malhotra's outfit

 and Anita Dongre's work...which, by the way I usually am a fan of

And then it started to get a bit bizarre....with Masaba Gupta's take on the turban. Really? Turban? No....

 Eina Ahluwalia's creation...what is this? Sari? Dhoti? 

 and Sabyasachi Mukherjee's nightwear???? I mean when does one wear this?

 .........and gold accessories

And then this sort of sealed it for me....I gave up! I mean what were they thinking? Or more specifically what was Pria Kataria Puri thinking?????

So there you have it....glimpses of Indian fashion. I say we stick to what we're best at...which is gorgeous saris, lovely churidars and kurtas. If we want to get creative let's tweak the fabrics and the designs and even maybe even experiment with adventurous ways of wearing them, but lets stay away from the other stuff and leave that to those who are experts at them!

And my final comment - I mean no disrespect..no really I don't! Just my 2 cents worth!