In continuum

Tartan, Gingham, Tattersall, Madras, Glen... the international runway is flooded with these assortment of check prints. These are very much in vogue even though they've reduced to a trickle here on the Indian ramp Either covering the whole outfit or playing peek-a-boo in patches. Like Tahweave's turquoise outfit of an organza silk cape over a handwoven cotton-and-silk halter-neck silhouette. Or Mohammed Mazhar coat and skirt in red, black and white as an ode to the rafugars.

The Greek peplum and Gujarati kediya are silhouettes that women conscious of wearing a body-hugging outfits are unwilling to part ways with. The ruffle, also a shield/saving grace for that post-festive paunch or post-baby bump, kept popping up in various runway collections. Model Lisa Haydon dazzled in this blouse-lehanga from Mishru's Supernova collection that blend aari and zardosi embroideries with glass bead scatter. Or this patch-work layered outfit from Urvashi Kaur's Akara collection in organic fabrics and traditional weaves.

Pleats so fine that you can blink-and-miss or assume it's a print if you're not blessedly hawk-eyed. Actor Prachi Desai wore a Julie Shah scarlet red floral embroidered creation – a one-shoulder micro-pleated blouse with a flowy split skirt, while Amit Aggarwal's designs exhibited his trademark metallic razor-sharp polymer strips in wavy and twisted silhouettes, especially scooping the arms and neck.

Remember the revealing black Versace gown Elizabeth Hurley wore to the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994, and the storm it created because it was only held together by safety pins? A heavily inspired creation popped up at Monisha Jaising's show for Lakme. Many inspired by the Angelina Jolie's 84th Academy Awards' leg-show in, again Versace, popped up this season. Like this lehenga from Punit Balana's Gulabi Chowk collection in Sanganeri hand-block prints is as high as it can get!