LFW Winter/Festive 2012 | Nimish Shah's classic designs had off-beat detailing

Bringing to the forefront simple separates, Nimish Shah’s collection had expert off-beat detailing at Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012.

 

Cleverly blending oversized baggy shapes with lean silhouettes, Nimish used great fabrics like organic cotton, khadi, wool and silk along with romantic touches of chiffon and crépe de chine with interesting discreet geometric and abstract prints.

 

The inspiration was the retro fashion advertisements that urged the designer to create the feminine midis, softly constructed jackets, some skirt suits and hand knits. The highlights of the show were the shawls and cable knit mufflers, as well as the mini sweaters, the overlapping brown skirt, the white pin tucked blouse, drop waist dress and the long sleeve cropped tops.  The soft jackets were teamed with sleek skirts and the mosaic print blouse was ideal day wear. The perma pleated mustard skirt dress, the black and white knit cardigan worn with fitted pants and the blouse was a great combination. The colours were deep and dramatic as brown, burgundy and mustard added chic touches to the garments with matching wedge shoes in black, brown and burgundy.

 

For clothes that speak a language all their own, Nimish Shah’s collection for his label Shift tells a great fashion story.