Colours and craftsmanship define fashion designer Sanjay Garg’s latest summer collection. Garg, who belongs to Rajasthan, is well known for the revival of Chanderi textile. On display at Ogaan store in Hauz Khas village, his work is inspired by everyday women he saw in Rajasthan, who wear lehengas in a very effortless way. The collection is intended to go back to the beauty of hand-woven textiles using traditional material in contemporary forms, something his label Raw Mango is known for. The collection is easy to wear and summery. It is for those who don’t follow any trends, but believe in a mix of both traditional and modern outfits. “For me the trend is to kill the trend,” remarks Garg. “My clients are more from academic field. Usually trend comes from celebrities to masses but in my case it is going reverse,” he elaborates.
Garg’s tunics are such that people can wear them in different ways. They can go with jeans as well as a heavy dupatta to give a traditional look. It’s more of an Indian collection with a global appeal.
The collection comprises full tunics and kurtas to lehengas, trousers and saris in light cotton and organza silk, with elegant patterns. He has used thin silk and tissues fabric. What one usually finds is very thick silk and tissue which are not drapable but in this collection Garg has used a special fabric (thin silk and tissue) which he and his team has developed and that is easily drapable and flowy.
The entire collection comprising sharbati pyjama, motangi lehenga, chakori lehenga, mogra odhani, imarti kurta, Kasturi sari, Padmini jacket, nohar blouse is developed using the peculiar kadwa brocade technique of Varanasi on lehenga, pyjama, sharara and kurti in cool greens, gold, cream, bright pink and blue colours.
