Calling Neeru Kumar a fashion designer would be reducing her work. The veteran designer has, for the last couple of decades, been working with fabric – weaving and textile design. Her garments are therefore known as much for the fabric as for the design, giving each garment a contemporary twist
Kochi gets a chance to try her line of garments, Tulsi, which will be showcased at Collage, Panampilly Nagar. The designer, over phone, spoke to The Hindu Metro Plus about what fashionistas in the city can look forward to. “This line has a whole range of garments that are wearable. There is something for everybody. A whole lot of textile techniques have been used in the design of the collection.”
Neeru completed her graduation from the National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad) in 1980 and has ever since been working with textile, marrying contemporary with the classic. For the collection, which will be on show here, dyeing techniques such as shibori have been showcased. “Shibori creates beautiful patterns and we have a whole range of saris in shibori.
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Linen saris, using fine quality linen, hand-woven saris, kurta sets…a lot of interesting work will be show,” she says adding that “the collection would appeal to the Indian sensibility. This is for someone who is willing to experiment.”
Tulsi’s Spring/Summer 2014 collection suits the demand of our climate with kurtas, kurti, shirt dresses, tunics, tops, kaftans, dupatta’s, stoles and new styles which make interesting co-ordinates with leggings, chinos, cropped pants, churidaars, palazzos and even denims. The saris are made from fabric specially woven by Neeru’s weavers in Delhi.