29 March,2010 06:50 AM IST | | Shweta Shiware
A runway wide enough to eat into the legroom that front row usually enjoys, a slice from Mumbai's Dhobi Ghaat with laundered muslin shirts (these we were told were sourced from each of the other participating designers) hanging in the backdrop.
Deafening hoots, and then an announcement: Wills Lifestyle presents Rajesh Pratap Singh.
Models Sapna, Bhawna, Carol marching at close distance, bathed in shades that represent the festivities in Indiau00a0- vermilion and peacock blue.
Rajesh Pratap Singh At: 9.30 pm
Shimmering sequins and geometric checks making love to jacket lengths torn between symmetry, worn with drapes wrapped like chhotu lungis and fitted pants.
At the fashion week finale, Pratap took cutwork to a new, classier level, with pop colours peeping out from under wispy fabrics; leather punched into holes, and fragmented prints on the black outer layer.
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A band of singers clad in all-white, trooped in, enveloping the backdrop with their melodic renditions of Pink Floyd, setting the mood for models to take the final bow. Simple and soothing.
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Always Pratap. "It's a simple finale and I am doing what I usually do," said the fiercely reticent designer after the show.
