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IN FASHION: The return of Lolita
Nadya Mistry held her second Lolita fashion presentation, at one of her outlets’ recently.
The concept of these Lolita showings remained the same as that of their predecessors, that of highlighting and celebrating the “real” woman, who is comfortable with her shape and body, never mind the grapevine or what the stringent dictates of the fashion industry may be.
“Yes this show had the same concept, but Lolita has grown up and is a bit more sophisticated,” explained Nadya. “The Lolita collection is still targeted towards the 15-28 year olds who have a very positive body acceptance. But while designing, I kept in mind my clientele and the affordability factor.”
The show was divided into three capsule collections: ‘White Lies’, ‘Colourama’, and ‘Black Magic’ which included Nadya’s ode to manhood, the recently launched men’s wear collection under the label, Mistry Man. Fabrics were used accordingly, with a melange of chiffons, nets, tie-dyed crepe, silk and Shanghai. White was embellished with multi-coloured zardosi on the bodice, while black was presented in a chundri-like pattern of grey and magenta crinkle net. Fusion was the main element in the collection with an intersperse of ethnicities: black and gold polka dot cheongsams were easily dovetailed with intricately worked kurtis and denim tie-dyed crepe mini skirts paired with parrot green twinsets. Frilly, sleeveless, black and oversize grey polka dot kameezes with a sliver of cobalt, magenta and lilac frill at the hem; and the slinky black jersey kameezes were embellished with exotic floral sequin embroidery.
Mistry Men were afforded a versatile wardrobe including Batik-like gradated Russian crepe three-quarter shirts. Jewel-toned jamavar pants, body-hugging grey jersey shirts and slim grey pleatless trousers.
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