Hyderabad designer Anand Kabra has worked on the saree drape, offering it with a spunky spontaneity of an evening gown. PIC/ SHADAB KHAN Design er Anand Kabra, 45, uses the word u201c closureu201d often when discussing his homecoming collection showcased on Friday at Lakmu00e9 Fashion Week ( LFW). u201c The show is a metaphor to finding closure; letting go of what once was. Iu2019ve matured as a designer, hopefully with a better understanding of myself, and about the business of fashion,u201d he laughs.

A permanent fixture on the fashion week calendar since 2006, Kabra was never known to fuss over starry front rows or showstoppers. He enjoyed pulling apart the clichu00e9s of dressing, and in doing so, had presented an anarchic take on the saree, which proved to be groundbreaking in influence. u201c I rebelled with the saree,u201d Kabra says. Long before the six yards found the fame it is currently grooving on, Kabra had rid the saree of its conventional unwieldiness, giving it an unfettered, intrepid sting. With the lehenga- saree combo, he replaced awkward antiquity with razor sharp lines, and used hand- embroidery and surface textures minus opulence.