There’s a strong separatist streak in Abhishek Gupta’s creations. His garments are not aimed at the masses, but for the man who is intense, one who doesn’t like to go with the flow, and largely does his own thing.

The collection was all about conveying an attitude of being off-center and raw edginess, comprising of cheeky T shirts with an understated sense of humour, suits that weren’t quite serious, sporty jackets, and exquisite modern sherwanis.

Gupta’s T’s had a distinctly retro feel to them, largely due to the quirky prints of dollar bills, comic book characters, calligraphy, and oriental motifs. A sense of nonchalance prevailed in the colour palette, with browns getting teamed with oranges and azure blues, and maroons pairing up with lime greens and cornflower.

The suits appeared randomly deconstructed and then playfully reassembled, with seam detailing that was liberating in its execution. Various kinds of jackets and coats were also part of his repertoire, made of wool, felts, cottons, denims etc and bearing detailing like rib panels, zippers, raw seam finishes, and defiant appliqués of marijuana leaves.

The sherwanis also attracted much attention - they were lean and quilted, and in hitherto unimaginable colours like cobalt, and red. On the whole, these Indian jackets were contemporary and trendy. The quilting was finely detailed and well patterned, as were the slimming silhouettes.

The pants that were created to go with these were both easy fitted and lean, and often made of gold-shimmer denims. Like the mojo of music, Gupta’s collection was definitely deep and in a league of its own.

India Syndicate