J J Valaya returns with an eclectic collection 21st Oct 2004
16.09 IST
By ApunKaChoice Bureau
One of India's most dynamic fashion designers, J.J. Valaya , has returned to fashion scene after a year’s gap with a severely edgy, yet resplendent collection aimed at global market.
Valaya’s latest creations were displayed at a show called Ethnosphere at the Le Meridian Hotel late Tuesday night.
Valaya’s new creations are far removed from his characteristic ethnic style. The outfits in Ethnosphere included short skirts in faux leather, the chunky beaded accessories, the knits and the tartans. The clothes were in a variety of colors – mauves, sea greens, rich brown, burgundy, blacks and grays.
The collection was described as containing “the magic of the rainforests, the colors of whispering crickets and smell of jute-sacks laden with spices.”
Valaya’s new style stretches from leather bustier with saris to reversible long coats to that lime green sari with a swathe of golden haze embroidery.
The turbaned designer seems to have derived inspirations from Mongolia (evident in the hair of the models worn in flat, ironed ribbony bits) to the old British Raj, from mystic fakirs to the Mughal and Roman empires.
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J J Valaya returns with an eclectic collection
