Every fashion season senses an intense feeling of déjà vu with a few designs shockingly resembling each other. Looks like invention in fashion is too much to ask for. In an era of ‘see now and buy now’ most designers take the easy route, ripping apart last season’s designs. Taking short-cuts and making ‘originality’ an archaic concept, designers have reduced style to merely deliveries of merchandise, more than anything else. Having said that, it seems only fair to give designers the benefit of doubt. Perhaps these are mere random coincidences.
Alexander McQueen’s Plato’s Atlantis outing and Asa
Asa Kazingmei may have opted for another silhouette, but the colour palette and surface texturing are strikingly similar.
Renyu Tandon and Valentino
The tribal print look completely inspired by Valentino SS14. The treatment and execution may have been different, yet they look uncannily similar.
Sahil Kochchar and Carolina Herrera
The cutwork finale gown at Sahil’s show instantly brought to mind Carolina Herrera SS15 gown minus the colour. He made it high-neck while Carolina’s was off-shoulder.
Quirk Box and Aartivijay Gupta
Quirk Box’s artisanal prints brought to mind Aartivijay Gupta’s saxophone and piano print-on-print looks.
Nikhil Thampi and Viktor & Rolf
Nikhil’s outfit was his own but the entire presentation had an unmistakable Viktor & Rolf vibe circa 2007.
Pankaj & Nidhi and Sabyasachi
The colour blocked striped separates reminded us of Sabyasachi’s tennis blouses also featured in his campaign.
Karn Malhotra and Balmain
The blingy striped evening pieces sprang to mind Olivier’s Balmain army.
Shantanu & Nikhil and Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla
The ruffles seen at Shantanu & Nikhil runway brought to mind an Abu Sandeep ruffled gown seen on Deepika Padukone.
Rajesh Pratap and Aniket Satam
The gold foil work at Rajesh Pratap reminded us of designer Aniket Satam’s LFW line where he had used the foil work with splashes of indigo.
Pallavi Mohan and Dries Van Noten
The feathers and stripes combo at Not So Serious by Pallavi Mohan had a strong resemblance with this gray feather and jewel-embellished wool top.
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