Bollywood designer tutors students

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, March 28

Star Bollywood designer and exclusive stylist of Salman Khan, Ashley Rebello, who is currently working on the upcoming Bollywood movie with Salman Khan, ‘Bharat’, was at International Institute of Fashion Designing (INIFD) to conduct a styling workshop with students to teach them the art of fashion design. He gave them his creative inputs for their design portfolio.

Winner of Stardust Award for Best Costume Design for Salman Khan’s look in Bollywood blockbuster ‘Sultan’, he has also designed costumes for more than 60 feature films, both Indian and international. He has worked for Bollywood hit films, such as ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’, Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, ‘Dabangg’, reality TV show ‘Bigg Boss’. He has more than 100 advertising commercials to his credit.

Star designer and INIFD mentor Ashley Rebello shared the intricacies of his designs for his project ‘Bharat’ and others with INIFD students.

INIFD student designers have also assisted mentor Ashley Rebello for the movie.

In this specialised workshop, Ashley spoke on the global fashion trends of today.

Young designers of INIFD — Parnika Bansal, Bharti Kapoor, Heena Tangri and Muskan Gaba — showcased their collections that they presented at Fashion Scout during London Fashion Week in February.

Based on unique concepts and themes, their collections spoke of high fashion based on international trend forecast and fabrics that will be in vogue in the coming season.

Executive Director Mona Lall said INIFD, Ludhiana, had been participating in all seasons of London Fashion Week since the time this opportunity was brought home by the INIFD Corporate.

Impressed with the immense talent of design students at the institute, Ashley said, “It is a matter of pride not only for INIFD but for the whole country that the young aspiring designers have established a mark at London Fashion Week for six consecutive seasons and also in New York Fashion Week for three consecutive seasons.”

The young London Fashion Week designers could not have asked for more when Ashley Rebello complemented them for their designs and gave away awards to them as a testimony of his appreciation.

Young designers and their collections

Parnika Bansal: Thalaivaa Creations 

Inspired from Indian handicraft Kalamkari, which is considered to be a depleting art, Parnika Bansal, believes in revival and gave it a new life and a new style by blending hand and machine embroideries and printings on silk fabrics on western silhouettes, keeping the global trend forecast in mind. The patterns and motifs were same as maintained in ancient technique of Kalamkari. She aptly named her collection Thalaivaa Creations.

Bharti Kapoor: Florick 

“My collection is all about techniques. Each look has a combination of three-four techniques, such as knitting (which was done from scratch), digital printing (the floral and camo prints) and bead work (made out of recycled plastic). My collection takes techniques that are second nature to India, but have been created in a unique and modern way through elements of sportswear, electric colour mixes and prints.”

Heena Tangri: Whimsical Dream 

“In my collection Whimsical Dream for London Fashion Week, I have used Pichwai paintings and art of Taj Mahal as the inspiration. The use of heavy satin, net fabrics and georgettes made my collection look royal. I had used techniques, such as Zardosi, tila work, pitta work, katdana, bead work and thread work to show bond of embroideries from different religions. The silhouettes were inspired from Pichwai paintings and had a blend of flowy and vintage touch,” briefed Heena Tangri.

Muskan Gaba: Royal Enigma 

“My collection is inspired from Rani Padmavati’s royalty. All my motifs are created from the jewellery she had at that time and some of the Islamic floral work, which was done on the walls of Chittor Fort (Rani Padmavati’s residence). Fabrics, such as silk, organza, brocades and satin have been used in my collection. Embroideries, such as ‘dabka’, ‘gota patti’ and zari have been done. Adding prints with the blend of dark and light colours adds elegance to the collection. The silhouettes are concoction of structured and flared garments, which reflect the richness of Rajput era,” said Muskan.