LFW: Masaba creates ‘Wanderess’

On the first day of Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014, designer Masaba Gupta showcased her bold, beautiful and quirky collections titled ‘Wanderess’ with Bollywood diva Shilpa Shetty as her muse. Flaunting her curves, yummy-mummy, actress, Shilpa Shetty sashayed down the ramp in a slinky black printed cut-out gown with an attached dupatta drape. Wanderess is inspired by renowned poet Roman Payne’s character Saskia. Going for the vintage 1960’s look, the colour palette was lavish use of yellow and neon hues and created a splash of Goan flavour. Gupta’s fabric choice was scuba, satin, jersey and crepe for the trio of prints.

Her other ensembles were a blend of flared minis in beige, slinky gowns with multi prints, long sleeved, thigh length jacket with flared pants and cut-out sari gown, took the audience back to the era of 60’s. Trapeze printed top with bell sleeves, attached dupattas for skirts, bell bottom style shararas, long sleeved tail-coat cholis with printed saris and drop waist maxi were other additions showcased through the show.

Known for her quirky fashion sense, Gupta was also recently roped in by Women’s International Cricket League (WICL) to create women’s cricket apparel. Her design label Masaba will be associated with WICL as the official sporting apparel design partner. Gupta is also the Fashion Director of luxury brand Satya Paul.