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 New Delhi, Oct 11 : New Delhi
boy Ashish Gupta is the rising star of London's fashion scene.
Gupta, on whom the spotlight fell this London fashion week, has
several claims to fame. One of his dresses was worn by Sarah Jessica
Parker in the "Sex and the City". Jerry Hall comes to see his clothes,
and his was one of the most exuberant lines on the London runway this
year.
Gupta, 29, was born in New Delhi, studied at the legendary Central St.
Martins in London - which has produced names like Alexander McQueen -
and has celebrities like Elizabeth Jagger and Sharon Stone donning his
clothes.
He has been declared one of the top new generation designers by the
British Fashion week. This is a man who designs in London, has
workshops in India where he gets intricate hand embroidery done, and
sells in London and Toronto.
At the London fashion week, Gupta showed a highly applauded collection
of cheery, bright greens and oranges filled with snazzy scissor
embroidery and coupled with printed tights.
His work is said to be inspired by eccentric elements like neon
billboards and poster campaigns to the character Alexis Carrington in
the TV soap "Dynasty".
What has been noticed is his unique sense of effervescent humor at a
time of rather labored fashion statements and carefully cultivated
style definitions.
He used scissor embroidery on bright colored trench coats, shiny
kilts and that flash of light-hearted inspiration - the Minnie Mouse
T-shirt.
In effect, Gupta is what Indian fashion needs to be - vibrantly ultra
chic but with hints of Indian elements - like the hand finished
textures and embroideries.
His clothes have been called "Pop African with a sprinkling of
Bollywood glitter" mixed with a bit of "vintage Americana".
Most importantly, Gupta is bringing to Indian fashion a new face of
coolness that it has always sought but never had. (IANS) |
