Spring Summer 2014 – EPIPHANY

Parent Category: Fashion n Modelling

Posted in: Apparels on Monday, 07 October 2013 05:32

Published on Monday, 07 October 2013 05:32

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The season sees the return of paradox paradigms as Paranoia trilogy comes to an end.
Body is either austere or bejeweled. Vulnerable pearl bondage of last summer evolves into armour. Protection is still a contraption.

Silhouette is long and linear. Often layered with light weight jackets, shrugs and wraps cropped at waist or ankle. Wrap is a key word in dresses and jacket shapes, and translated as overlapping crisscross lines on the surface. A balanced asymmetry in cut and texture is layered below fragile organza transparency. Color palette is neutral with a lot of greys and stark black and white. Dip dyeing (ombre) is engineered for a technical print like appeal. The story ends with serendipitous handcrafted flower clothing in signature elastic tape construction.

(Epiphany SS14 is third collection in Paranoia Trilogy.)


Ritesh Kumar   

Fashion designer Ritesh Kumar sharpened his design skills and trained in Italy before moving back to India. He started his own label in 2009. The dialogue between international aesthetic and experimental use of Indian craft is the core of his design sensibility. Artisanal techniques are reinterpreted to create an innovative brand which synthesizes primordial and progressive. Lines are marked by a strong sartorial foundation and an inherent sense of eclecticism. Informed by post-modernism, Ritesh Kumar identifies with a global audience which values the intricate beauty of the handmade and unconventional use of traditional craftsmanship. Each product conveys emotions of freedom, equilibrium of opposites, obsession with detail and layered thoughts.
 
Career highlights include: shortlisted for the India Vogue Fashion Fund (July 2013), winner of the Young Designer Award by Grazia India (April 2013), nomination for the International Woolmark Prize (India region, 2012), selected to represent India at the Japan Fashion Week (Tokyo, 2010), finalist at World of Wearable Art (New Zealand, 2010 and 2011), chosen as the hottest label of the year by Elle India (June 2010). He has been awarded scholarship for Masters in Fashion Design at Domus Academy, Milan, which he completed in 2005, and for the most creative graduating collection at N.I.F.T., New Delhi (2003).
 
Label Ritesh Kumar retails in India from New Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Nagpur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Goa. Internationally it is available in premium designer stores spread across Canada, France, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan.