'Krishna' was a Joy to watch

Watching Joy Mitra’s collection was a real joy and the bliss doubled when actor Koena Mitra walked in as the showstopper.
It was an enviable autumn/winter collection put up by Joy Mitra. There was cheering for perhaps all of his designs, that the models carried off with panache. He ensured that all elements of Indian culture and contemporary Indian fashion blended perfectly well.And what’s more, both style and wearability seemed to have been given equal importance. “My effort this time was to showcase fashion that simply creates cameos of real people enveloped in the aura of love,” said Joy.
Theme: It was a different theme that worked sheer magic. Having dedicated his work to Lord Krishna, Joy called his theme ‘Rekindling Krishna in Me,’ weaving his whole show into a story dedicated to Lord Krishna and his love, Radha.
Collection: The collection comprised of a good range of Indian as well as Indo-western dresses. Everything right from smart chic dresses that are most wanted for a party to long frilly kalidaar skirts, short skirts and dresses matched with same sized jackets and sarees, made it a spellbinding collection of sorts. Indian tradition seemed to have gotten redefined as the same suits and sarees, so much a part of Indian tradition, looked classier than ever before.
Making a new style statement were the duppattas and scarfs in vibrant colours draped around the neck of models with most of their dresses, suits and even sarees. Leggings seem a common style statement this season with Joy making a good use of it.
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Silhouette: Flowy form with contemporary silhouettes created a spunky and chutzpah collection. There was a lot of layering as well.
Detailing: The collection saw an emphasis on the use of natural fabrics and dyes to create a class of apparels for formal, casual and cultural occasions. Heavy use of kalidaars and frills made the much needed impact giving sensuality and womanhood a new meaning. Kalamkaris, ajraks and block prints made for most of Joy’s designs.
Embellishments: The collection seemed quite wearable with the highlights being the embellishments and interesting surface texturising like the use of coins placed at vantage points.
Colours: The colour palette ranged from blacks, coffee browns, rust maroons, dark greens, gold and reds.
Fabric: Georgettes, chiffons, cottons, velvets, silks, and wool. Along with this, Banarasi brocades that showed up here and there in his collection, was a sheer delight.
Accessories: High heels and designs made by raw threads, which models carried in their hands for show, did work their magic. Joy made a good effort of using dupattas and scarfs as accessories too, though they passed well as part of model dresses too.
Showstopper: Actress Koena Mitra appeared as Krishna’s Radha in colours of raas leela - majenta, green and golden shimmer on a ghagra and choli. Showstopper Koena speaks: “It’s after almost 4-5 years that I’m walking the ramp this season. And it feels so very great. I simply loved what Joy created for me too and the character that I was portraying on stage – Radha.” So is that her style statement in real life too? “Oh, I’m very unpredictable with clothes. One day you could see me in shorts, and the other day I’d be like this - dressed in the most traditional of clothes. I like having fun with clothes. Though mostly, I reserve the ethnic wears for occasions like weddings, for events like the red carpet you’d mostly find me in gowns or a fusion look.
Glitzy first row: Perhaps it was the Indian theme, just like Masaba had in her collection too, that pulled both Masaba and mother Neena Gupta to put up an appearance in this one.
Rating: 9/10
arunima.srivastava@indiatimes.co.in
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