It went fantastic! I thought it was brilliant, the garments all looked beautiful in their own way and were definitely portrayed well by the gorgeous models!
My duty for the day technically was to be part of the photography team. Well it was “technically” assigned to this girl from my year and I was added along to it (as some people recommended me) “if she gets tired, you can click the pics” sort of a deal I was told. I decided to not let that interfere with my genuine interest and love for photography and clicked as much as I could, and to the best of my ability, and also it was a mini war field out there with all the other press photographers and all. Such a cool experience. Tiring but I loved it. :] I got some amazing snaps and I was so thrilled with how it was going…but as always some sort of mini disaster did strike, my card got full (I probably shouldn’t have taken all the rehearsal pics before), nevertheless I did have 2 other cards which were full with old pictures…and then I had to delete and click..delete and click…you see, it got a little messy and I missed about 5 garments or something. Never gonna happen again!!
Here’s how I’m gonna go about this post… I’ll write something about each collection and then add a few photos. There were about 109 garments which is why I’m only adding a few. For instance, in the case of 1st years I’ve added just one garment from each group. Enjoy the show!
The show started around half past 7 at the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Sea Princess @ Juhu Mumbai, they showed a small video clip on the 2 huge screens at either sides of the room, clips showing the faculty at our institute as well as an intro on our 3yr students of design. Then the show started off with first year’s first group- “Palace”. Generally the whole first year collection was inspired by our trip to Rajasthan. Candice started off the show…. this model can really make anything look good on her. You’re just about to see why. Group members: Pooja Mistry, Shezeen, Mehraaz, Ariba and Jeemol.
The second collection is black with mirror. (the group that I’m a part of). Other group members: Jigar, Farhine, Janki, Ekta and Sanjana.
The penultimate collection of the first years was the “Desert” group, the group members: Niharika, Jyotipriya, Aeishwarya, Gazal and Saloni.
The last group from our year, the “balcony”: group members: Tanzeer, Jennifer, Saraie, Pooja Parekh, Krisel and Trisha.
Next up were the 10 garments, designed by 2 of our patternmaking short-term course students- the whole concept being “larger than life”, and the pictures shout out just that. Again, Candice kicks it off…
Then the 2nd year students collections- which were 3 garments each, inspired by Pondicherry. As many cultures are present in Pondicherry, you can see a variety of cultures; victorian, japanese, etc in their collection. [this is sort of where my camera messed up)
Last but not the least… the 3rd year students of Mod’Art present their collection, four students each having 12 garments, in their own style.
Started off with Devkey’s collection, which was more of couture and chic creations. She believes in “revolutionizing the classic chic.”
The second one was Amanjot’s. It was all coats and a fusion of dark colours and patterns, which sort of portrayed a confident, sexy woman’s wardrobe…
Next up, Vatika Gupta. The whole dark concept and the mix and match of various fabrics and patterns definitely made it stand out, kudos to her creative style. Her quote: “the uglier, the better”.
And the show ended with Devang Lal’s collection. Bright colours like orange, pink, purple induced with blacks and whites, his collection was fresh, I thought. His quote: “Scissors make magic.”
Awards were given out at the end of the show, and Vatika Gupta bagged the best collection of the year award (which I believe is probably the most important award that she could get at this point, congrats!) From second year Shloka got the award for best collection, whereas, the award for the best design of 1st year goes to Ekta Singh. Well deserved win to all, and my best wishes.
Notable guests at the show and the ones who were called to give out awards: Super model Carol Gracias, Actors Kunal Kemu, Gauhar Khan and big time celebrity; Indian fashion designer, Gavin Miguel!
Host of the show, model Shamita Singha!
Well there you go, that’s it. What more can I say? The show was a hit.
For more information on this Paris based institute visit here: http://www.modart-india.com/
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