How designer Rohit Bal interprets maladies
The collection is not among his very best but wonderfully met the bar that he has raised for himself
New Delhi: Call him a lotus lover, as in the man who blooms when lotuses surround him. Or a Kashmiri whose heart beats for his homeland. In love with layered meanings of life, designer Rohit Bal can look seductive in a dark velvet suit as he can appear cheeky if someone attempted a sassy cartoon of him. He is a restive soul who exhibits his vulnerability in the way he holds a glass of wine (red) or dances on the ramp (he always does)—almost in abandon but not quite. He seems to celebrate the pain of pining and not just because Lag ja gale ke phir yeh haseen raat ho na ho (Lata Mangeshkar for Woh Kaun Thi, 1964) played as a part of his soundtrack that also reveled in some Asha Bhosle numbers. Bal’s romantic urgency is palpable. It perhaps explains why his costumes have a fairy tale appeal, an authorial signature—beautifully layered, finely finished, intricately crafted, each mounted like a piece of art. You want to dream of them more than wear them.
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Some say that Sonam Kapoor herself chooses the garment she wears as a showstopper. I have no clue but we can definitely say that whoever chose what she wore did not pick up the best piece from this collection. Imagine Sonam Kapoor in a multilayered long gown with an Elizabethan collar and sleeves plaited with cream lace (instead of the lehnga and chunni she wore) and we could have called this fashion tale a midsummer night’s dream.NextMAds
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First Published:27 Jul 2013, 07:07 PM IST
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