Chiffon, crepe and silk don’t usually co-exist with Jung, Freud, and Nietzsche. But in the case of psychoanalyst-turned-fashion designer Nikasha Tawadey, they manage to, “Women inspire me and that is perhaps what made me change my path.
The complex interplay of roles we play and relationships we nurture as well as the pressure to always look good is a constant juggling act that becomes an inherent part of who we are,” says Nikasha, who is here in the city to showcase her latest collection Rani at Evoluzione today.
The collection, that is inspired by traditional silhouettes works with a range of fabrics including silk silk and cotton chanderis, woven benarasi, silk georgette, chiffon and hand woven mul mul, is perfect for the modern Indian bride, believes Nikasha.
As with her other works, colour is the defining element of the collection, “Colour is king, or in this case the queen. The potency of a garment lies in its colour — no amount of embellishment or volume can substitute this,” she says. “In this collection rare colour combinations like jade and mango or scarlet and turquoise come together with precious handcrafted embroidery using vintage sources and contemporary placements, and archived romantic prints including the jasmine bud, cherry blossoms and siuli.”
For Nikasha, this collection is completely in keeping with her quest of simply making a woman’s life more beautiful, “I want to create garments that are impactful, functional and very high on the comfort factor. Everything a woman needs today to make her life beautiful and though that sounds easy, that’s not,” she says. The free-spiritedness and comfort of global design is married to evergreen textiles and silhouettes, creating clothes that are, “ easy to wear, look effortlessly good and have a point of view transcending history, cultural roots and the changing landscape of the Indian woman,” she says.
On future plans, “Our journey has only just begun and I hope that in the years to come our women just get more beautiful in every way. Each collection comes with it's own destiny- this one has travelled all across the globe from Australia to America, UK, Singapore, Thailand and India. When you have a point of view geographical boundaries have no meaning.”
