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This week London's Victoria and Albert's Museum unveiled "Fabric of India". This is the first international exhibition to explore the rich heritage of Indian textile. And at home in India, fashion too has finally starting to value the importance of textile. For a long while Indian fashion was more about embellishment and embroidery, and less about fabric, fit and to some extent function.
Opening Amazon India Fashion Week yesterday in Delhi, was Sanjay Garg, a textile designer whose brand Raw Mango has given the woven a new modern context. Weave is the basis of everything he does, but he reinterprets motifs and colour with a fresh feel of contemporary chic. He ensures his weaves have an easy drape giving them fit and function.
This collection was all about "Mashru" weaves, and was the second tailored line Sanjay Garg has presented on the catwalk. And he showed a maturity, in terms of his finish, and also his understanding of shape. This about a new Indian minimalism. It was clean and simple and very demure. High necklines and long sleeves proved there is a sensual side to being covered up.
What a start to #AIFWSS16! #SanjayGarg plays beautifully with the indian palate. @TheFDCI https://t.co/vyOYXeei5j
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Mashru dates back to the 16th century. The word Mashru comes from the Arabic word for "permitted by law". Muslim men at that time were not permitted to wear silk, which was seen as unnecessarily decadent.Bollywood divas cheer for #Sanjaygargs mashru magic #aifwss16 @soha_ali_khan_ #indianfashion @minimathur @konkonas
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@SanjayGarg reinterprets Mashru, a mix of silk and cotton, and creates magic on the ramp. We couldn't get enough of the grand embroidery, and clean, geometrical cuts. Here are our favourites! #rawmango #runway #simplesilhouettes @thefdci #AIFWSS16
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#SanjayGarg , a happy man with the best of Bollywood showing his designs all the love! ?? #aifwss16 @thefdci #amazonloves #amazon
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