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Tarun Tahiliani brings 'lightness' to Indian bridal wear

New Delhi:  Fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani's finale show at the India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW), which saw model-actress Lisa Haydon walk the ramp thrice, focused on "lightness" that was still laden with the weight of



Explaining the concept, Tahiliani said: "It was the skeleton of a mansion. (We wanted to convey that the mansion is there) as a dream, as a vision, but stripped of its heaviness. It was a symbolic metaphor that you must leave the heaviness of the past behind and move forward into the contemporary world."

That it was - considering his three-tier line, the Gold Collection, the Enchanted Forest and the Man of The Hour.

The Gold Collection boasts of outfits, mostly saris in Grecian drapes in liquid gold. The silhoutte of the sari was a fusion of Greek and Indian sensibilities. They had intricate details of hand-embroiders 3D flower artwork embellished with Swarovski elements, yet the line was quite understated.

The second line was bathed in a colour pallete of pinks, ivory, beige and red. Flowing and layered garments formed the focus here, with subdued bling.