Victor & Rolf's influence on designers...

(Left to Right) - Victor & Rolf Spring 2009 Ready-ToWear, Alexander McQueen Spring 2010 Pre-collection,Valentino Fall 2009 Haute Couture,Victor & Rolf Spring 2009 Ready-To-Wear

However much one might argue about the cut and construction of a dress its final redemption lies in its recall factor, after gazing at zillions of clothes on the runway, if one can still nail a dress by its designer off the runway, then I guess the designer has done his job well, maybe thats the reason why identifying which designer's creation a celebrity is wearing is more often a child's play! Most of the high end designers have something unique in each of their collections which gets imprinted in one's memory so much so that however differently a dress might be accessorised and worn it still stands out testifying its creator's work!

Now before I dither off further you might be wondering whats the point of all this rambling! Well I'm just recounting my experience with regard to Victor & Rolf's Spring 2009 Ready-To-Wear collection. Though the collection was slim with just 21 looks still the paucity in variety was compensated in more ways than one by the futuristic designs comprising the collection namely the Swarovski crystal-banded dresses accented with candy-striped rills of organza, and geometric patterned black and white tights. Seems like the collection has impressed not just me but the designer fraternity in general to such an extent that I could find simpler versions of the mentioned dresses in Valentino's Fall 2009 Haute Couture and Alexander McQueen's Spring 2010 Pre-Collection!

Now the question is, am I too impressed by Victor & Rolf to conjure a nonexistent connection or do you also feel the influence of Victor & Rolf in Valentino's and McQueen's collections?

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John Galliano's Fall 2010 Inspiration

After John Galliano's journey through the Silk route and his brief flirtation with Russia, its only so natural for the curiously inclined to wonder where his imagination will land him next? And the answer is the once magical exotic land of snake charmers, elephant mahouts which had now transformed itself into a receptacle of "outsourced" jobs.With a population close to a billion plus and the entire bourgeois' aspiration squaring on a career in information technology as a passport to a five figure salary, its only so natural that software jobs come to India by the millions.Without further digression from the topic, the current economic downturn in the US and Europe black holing all spending habits, its the emerging markets like China and India that hold sway for the luxury markets.The new emerging rich of India cannot wait to flaunt their ever more newly acquired wealth.

In addition to the economic compulsions, India is a land of diversity with as many as two dozen spoken languages, each state having its unique culture, cuisine and clothes.So whether its the Kancheepuram silks of Tamil Nadu, the mundus of Kerala, the chikan embroideries of Lucknow or the cotton sarees of Bengal, there is never a dearth for design inspiration and as for translating all these to the runway, who else but John Galliano, with his expansive imagination, can do better justice?

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