Pria Katria Puri's "KASHMIR KI KALI" - LIFW-S/S,Mumbai 200708

SPRING SUMMER COLLECTION 2008:
“KASHMIR KI KALI ”

PRIA KATARIA PURI COLLECTION IS INSPIRED BY THE BEAUTY AND THE HERITAGE OF THE OF “KASHMIR”.

BEING OF KASHMIRI ORIGIN AND HAVING A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE VARIOUS EXOTIC ELEMENTS OF THE LAND, HAS INSPIRED HER NOT ONLY TO DESIGN CREATIONS FOR THE COLLECTION, BUT ALSO TO ADOPT A PLATFORM TO ADVOCATE THE BETTERMENT OF THE SITUATION IN KASHMIR TODAY. IT IS A COLLECTION IN WHICH HER HEART PLAYS A GREAT ROLE. THE COLLECTION IS A CULMINATION OF BEAUTY AND FASHION WITH A HEART .PRIA HAS SOURCED WORK FROM EMBROIDERERS IN KASHMIR BY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE BEAUTIFUL LAND.

COLOUR STORY:
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE LAND, A COLOUR STORY IS INSPIRED BY THE NISHAD GARDENS AND SHALIMAR GARDENS OF SRINAGAR, FULL IN BLOOM WITH EXOTIC FLOWERS IS A PATTERN IN THE CREATIONS DESIGNED FOR SPRING 2008.

THE COLOUR STORY RANGES FROM DAFFODILS TO SUNFLOWER YELLOWS TO MARI GOLD AND POPPY FLOWER ORANGES A BLEND OF HUES CULMINATE MAKING EACH PIECE A WORK OF ART. A VARIETY OF OFF WHITES OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS AND LILY’S TO FUSIA OF THE DAHLIAS, BLUES OF THE BLUEBELLS AND NAGIN LAKE, RUSTS AND GREENS FROM THE CHINAR LEAF, AND EVEN BLACK AND GREYS FROM THE MIDNIGHT SKIES OF KASHMIR SHINE IN EACH DESIGN AND CREATION.

EMBELLISHMENTS:
THE EMBELLISHMENTS ARE VERY SUBTLE, YET DETAIL ORIENTED AND ESSENTIAL EVOKING THE ANCIENT YET ARTISTIC KASHMIRI ELEMENT.

FROM KASHMIRI TILLA WORK IN 18 CARAT ANTIQUE GOLD TO SILVER IN PAISLEY MOTIVES, AND COLOURFUL RESHAM IN SILK, WOOL AND COTTON THREAD IN FLORAL PATTERNS CREATE A GARDEN OF PARADISE ON THE ENSEMBLES. THESE EMBROIDERIES HAVE BEEN SOURCED BY THE KASHMIRI KARIGARS WHO HAVE PASSED THE ART OF FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP FOR CENTURIES TO THERE KIN.
METALLIC DELICATE PIECES OF JEWELLERY ARE ADDED AS ACCESSORIES, ENHANCING THE SILHOUETTE, IN FORMS OF BELTS.

SILHOUETTES:
FEMININE AND FLOWING DRESSES PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE COLLECTION. THEY ARE IN SENSOUS CUTS, YET BREEZY AND RELAXED MAKING THEM PRACTICAL AND WEARABLE THROUGH DAY INTO EVENING.

SKIRTS IN BIAS, UMBRELLA AND RUFFLES DANCING AROUND THE KNEES ARE TEAMED WITH FITTED BLOUSES STYLED IN PIN TUCKS AND PLEATS AND IN DRAPE STYLES.
A FUSION OF FASHION COMES TOGETHER WITH CHURIDAR PANTS AND COORDINATED THEM WITH RELAXED TUNICS AND JACKETS.

STRAPLESS, HALTER. NECKLINES CREATE A STREAMLINE EFFECT AND RUFFLED SLEEVES ADDING VOLUME TO CREATE A CLASSIS MODERN FEEL.
ORIGAMI RUFFLING IS SEEN AT THE HEMS OF SHIRTS, DRESSES AND SLEEVES TO CREATE A GLAMOROUS FEEL.

PRINTS N FABRICS:
PRIA’S PRINTS IN THE COLLECTION ARE INSPIRED BY KASHMIR KI KALI--------FLOWER OF KASHMIR –THE PAISLEY.

FABRICS SUCH AS SILK CHIFFON, SILK GEORGETTES, SILK JERSEY, SATIN, CREPE, EGYPTIAN COTTONS, BANARSI COTTONS, MALMAL, AND SILK PASHMINA MAKE THE PERFECT CANVAS TO PORTRAIT THIS COLLECTION. SOURCED FROM INDIA ITALY EGYPT.

BELTS IN TILLA WORK AND METALLIC PIECES ARE USED TO ACCENTUATE THE WAIST.
MADE FOR THE SENSOUS, INDEPENDENT, WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE, THIS COLLECTION DELIVERS THE TRUE ESSENCE OF KASHMIR; EXOTIC, BEAUTIFUL AND MEMORABLE AND MESMERISING.