Masaba’s Bold Desi-Victorian Fusion Gives Us Corset Saris at LFW

Of course, only Masaba Gupta can marry Victorian with desi.

Ladies and gentlemen: Presenting you from the runway of Lakme Fashion Week 2017, the newest “sarinnovation” – the corset sari!

By who? Of course, only Masaba Gupta can bring Victorian and desi together. Apart from saris, she’s introduced corsets with anarkalis and off-shoulder shirts too.

In terms of prints, Ms Print Gupta is betting on linear grass prints and Mughal monument prints, among others in her "Masaba for Himalayan" collection unveiled at the ongoing fashion week.

True to her Himalayan inspiration, the designer even has pines as embellishments in her pieces. How very Himalayan, no?

The colour palette of the collection is deliciously Indian — there’s pink, light peach, grass green and sun yellow, with gold and silver touches. Of course, nothing else can be expected from the desi colour rani. But here’s putting in a request for introducing some new colours, maybe?

Also, interesting to note here that many of the prints are inspired by the tribes of Madagascar, which ensures that the label, known for its prints, keeps reinventing its print vocabulary. You also see a lot of crescent moon prints that look good, but really big.

Some Indo-Western On the Side

Mixing Indian with Western – Gupta gives us polo neck long-sleeved tees with drop-crotch pants and saris. Now, drop crotch pants are not for everyone, but for those who like it, there’s also one with a lovely white bustier with knotted detailing paired with a patchwork cape.

For those who are stuck somewhere between do-I-expose-or-not, there is a long, balloon-sleeved maxi with a peeping keyhole neck.

For a bit of print-on-print layering, there’s a black leaf foliage slip dress with a cape jacket; and white mural separates, among others.

There are also printed tops and bell bottom sets and pinafores with bell bottom pants.

Slip dresses also get more flowy with fluid throws; while rich silks and sequins with gold thread work ensure the quintessential bling factor in this collection. It is flexibly priced between Rs 7,000-65,000 and can suit the budget of many women (with fattish paychecks) looking at trying a new desi festive look.

All in all, Ms. Gupta has, once again, printified prêt mad and magenta with this collection, and in the process earned a new name – Print Sahiba.