Nothing
says girly like a bit of dramatic frills and ruffles. As a departure
from her usual urbane and sedate self, Sara Shahid played with
colour, structure and ruffles for oomph, glam and totally nailed
girl fun with her 'Colour me Sublime' collection at the PFDC Sunsilk
fashion week. This top in deep plum is sexy meets edgy meets sophisticated
without going overboard on the ruffles so the look is sleek instead
of plum pastry. Like all interesting style statements, ruffles
too have the tendency to go off, so play with them with caution.
Ofcourse there are many who would relegate ruffles as a thing
of the past, as a relic from the gentleman's wardrobe of the Victorian
era, but there's a certain structured look that ruffles create
that can add visual volume to detract attention from a not so
flattering part of one's body, to adding that extra vivacity to
accentuate certain assets.
While Sara Shahid has opted for drama, the king of couture, Hasan
Sheheryar Yasin, goes to the other end of the spectrum with an
almost nude white and the most minimalistic ruffles possible to
offset the glitz of the black and gold mukesh palazzo pants.
Deepak Perwani takes a cue from structured volume and sets off
his printed cape with a pale white blouse accentuated heavily
on the front with a clustered ruffle around the upper half for
drama in an other wise free flowing silhouette.
The flower power hit fashion in New York when Ralph Lauren outfitted
his English roses in multi-tiered gowns akin to a flamingo dress,
while Zac Posen transformed a simple white dress into a layered,
statement-making frock, and Jennifer Lopez, in her usual avatar,
presented flirty dresses with a dash of sass.