Sonu Sood shares ramp with Shweta for Abdul Halder at LFW

30 Mar '09

2 min read

For Fall/Winter 2009 Abdul Halder forsake his western line at Lakme Fashion Week and proved that he is as creative and stylish when it comes to ethnic Indian wear.

With a collection that revolved around glittering lehengas and cholies, some short tunics, kurtas and some graceful pre-stitched saris; he added on bridal sherwanis with either churidars or Aligarh pants for men in jewel colours of purple, aquamarine, red, turquoise, orange, brown, rust, green and shocking pink. The basis of his ensembles was in lush fabrics like velvet, chiffon and silk. It was the colours of Radha-Krishna pictorial arts that inspired Abdul and his creations were a celebration of bridal wear for both sexes.

The extravagant embroidery in gold, silver and gotta work added to the drama of the clothes. Some of the stunners were the velvet peplum jacket with long sleeves which was innovatively teamed with a shocking pink embroidered sari, a red dazzling figure hugging lehenga, a beautiful black silver bordered sari with an encrusted choli and an elegant white one button Raja coat with churidars. Abdul's colour combinations were totally Indian in nature, as he celebrated by teaming emerald with shocking pink for a tunic teamed with knit churidars.

The finale was gorgeous Bollywood actress Shweta Bhardwaj in a fully embellished will-power corset and slinky lehenga and handsome Bollywood actor, Sonu Sood the star of Jodha Akbar in a sophisticated white sherwani.

Aiming at the bridal wear market for the coming season, Abdul Halder has definitely scored with a winning collection which will appeal to trousseau shoppers in India.

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