Collection Note
Rimple and Harpreet Narula, the label, has an aesthetic that reflects a fine balance of luxury kitsch and couture. As designers, their take on the design process is intuitive while an out of the box approach to colors and fabrics gives their creations a singular vocabulary-elegant, experimental, and dramatic. With a flagship store each in Delhi and Ludhiana, the label also retails from Kimaya and Aza, Studio 8 and Aara Fashions in Dubai, Aashni+Co London as well as Sanskrit in Hong Kong.
For their Autumn Winter 2015 collection, A Story Within a Story, the designers revisit their love for travel and find inspiration in a mélange of cultures and historical periods. Influences include royals and nobility; tribal art and antique textiles that are treated as distressed prints which give the collection a modern twist. The collection is a functional Prêt-à-Porter line with each garment being a journey on it own, layers within layers and stories within stories that have subtle twists and surprises for the discerning fashion aficionado.
The Luxury Kitsch collection has various techniques and elements juxtaposed over one another yet has a sense of harmony.
Lazer-cutting, crystal encrusted embroideries and old world cross-stitch leave an indelible mark on 1940s inspired silhouettes. The treatment of old textile patterns as prints on new generation hi-tech fabrics such as neoprene georgettes, silks and jerseys takes the garments to a new level thereby striking a delicate balance between the nostalgia of yesteryear’s and the modern times we live in. The collection is an amalgamation of Art meeting Form meeting Function and does not categorically follow any particular theme but in route finds one.