One of the nicer collections we have seen at Lakme Fashion Week this season, is Mineral by Priyadarshini Rao. Combining textures and different prints, has always been her forte, and she didn’t disappoint us with the profusion of choices which she showed on the ramp.
Working around a natural colour base, as well as some strong neon options like orange, green, mustard, purple, yellow and lemon, Priyadarshini played with a variety of fabrics and motifs, mixing the sheer with opaque, and working around innovative silhouettes.
For instance, I particularly loved this net drape worn over trousers! It was whimsical and stylish, adding that dash of surprise to what would otherwise be just another ordinary blouse-trouser combination.
Priyadarshini went all out exploring material by using crushed textiles, which were teamed with pretty romantic lace and crochet, or cool summer materials like cotton, net, denim and linen.
Layering seemed to be Priyadarshini’s forte. For example, she added lace gilets over puff sleeved blouses teamed with denim shorts, and matched baggy harems with loose tunics. The tiered mini in blue, the slim lace skirts, the ruffled belts at the waistlines, pencil skirts (some with tonal embroidery), and drawstring blouses were some of the many separates, that were styled perfectly in layers of three and four garments.