PIX: Fairy tales and fantasy at Lakme Fashion Week grand finale

Image: Stilt dancers opened Gauri and Nainika's grand finale at Lakme Fashion Week.
Photographs: Rajesh Karkera

The grand finale of the Lakme Fashion Week was more of a movie than a fashion show but boy did it dazzle!

Here's the thing about the grand finale of the Lakme Fashion Week. If it were a movie, we'd have probably given it five stars.

Modern day fairy tale was the theme of Gauri and Nainika's show. So the settings were idyllic woods and the ramp was a replica of a cobbled path.

The dresses were based on Lakme's summer palette and the collection was designed in subtle pastel shares with vibrant highlights and feminine tones.

Some of these dresses did indeed have a dream-like quality to them. Heck some of them made you wistfully wish you were getting married!

It was, however, a fashion show and it did leave a lot to be desired.

The ramp for instance was completely ill-equipped for the show dresses of at least a dozen models got stuck at various points on the ramp.

And while the stilt dancers were a welcome change in the beginning, towards the end, you were looking forward to seeing the Lakme girls on the ramp rather than seeing them doing a repeat performance of what they'd done twice earlier.

Finally, there was the big faux pas that had Indrani Dasgupta fuming. As the oldest of the five Lakme girls walked from the wings, voice of the confused announcer boomed: 'Liza!'

For a second it seemed to us that Indrani was confused and even somewhat miffed but the model moved on and even smiled at someone in the audience.

Here, Lakme girl Indrani Dasgupta steps out in a white cocktail dress with large flower detail.

All dressed up

Image: Carol Gracias in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Carol Gracias steps out in this silver lace cocktail dress with twisted swirls at the waist.

Pencil thin

Image: Nicole Faria in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Nicole Faria looking like a painting in a stunning green pencil dress.

Dressed to kill

Image: A model in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

This mid-waisted dress with tulle flair and sculpted bodice had us swooning.

Stepping out in style

Image: Shraddha Kapoor in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Shraddha Kapoor puts her best foot forward as steps out on the ramp for Gaur-Nainika.

Lace it up

Image: Fiona in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Fiona looks stunning in a silver lace pencil dress with a bustier and leaf details at the shoulder.

Flower power

Image: Lisa Haydon in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Lisa Haydon looks stunning in this off-shoulder tulip hemline dress!

Fit and flare

Image: Maddison McKay in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Maddison McKay in a light yellow lace and tulle flared dress with sculpted draping.

Glam chic

Image: Manasvi Mamgai in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Manasvi Mamgai in this taffeta pencil dress with overlapping hem and spiraling flower detail had us weak in our knees!

Vision in white

Image: Amrit Maghera in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Amrit Maghera strikes a pose in this mid-length white off-shoulder dress.

Old school

Image: Sucheta Sharma in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

It couldn't get more vintage for Sucheta Sharma in this cocktail dress with a fitted vintage cut jacket.

Going fishin'?

Image: Liza Golden in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Finally Lakme's latest girl Liza Golden in an one-shoulder evening gown with fishnets

Pretty in pink

Image: Alecia Raut in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

Alecia Raut puts her best foot forward in this pink cocktail dress.

Simply irresistible

Image: Himangi Parte in a Gauri and Nainika creation

We quite liked the asymmetrical hemline in Himangi Parte's light yellow dress.

My Fair Lady?

Image: A model in a Gauri and Nainika creation

We couldn't help but think of Ms Hepburn when looking at this taffeta and tulle gown with fitted draped bodice.

Little mermaid

Image: A model in a Gauri and Nainika creation

This mermaid lace-and-tulle gown with twisted lace swirls was indeed poetry in motion.

Stepping into wonderland

Image: Hasleen Kaur in a Gauri and Nainika creation

Two thumbs up for Hasleen Kaur in this one shoulder tulle gown with draped frills and a layered hem.

Alluring fishnet

Image: Blyndes Helgadottir in a Gauri and Nainika creation

Blyndes Helgadottir strikes a pose in this gold lace and foil chiffon gown with draped fishnet lace.

Cascading swirls

Image: Lekha Ananthraman in a Gauri and Nainika creation

Lekha Ananthraman in a light yellow lace and tulle low waisted flared gown with swirls at the hip.

Out with a flare

Image: Vipasha Agarwal in a Gauri and Nainika creation

Lakme girl Vipasha Agarwal in a stunning white tulle and flare dress.

Ice queen

Image: Sanea Sheikh in Gauri and Nainika creation.

Sanea Sheikh in an ice blue mid-waisted duchess satin gown.

Pretty in pink

Image: Racheal Bayros in Gauri and Nainika creation.

Racheal Bayros had us swooning in this lace and tulle gown.

Gown and out

Image: Bhawna Pandey in Gauri and Nainika creation.

Mid waisted gowns became more common towards the end of the show. Like this one that Bhawna Pandey wore. Technically, the collection came to a close with this dress but the Lakme models were yet to take to the ramp.

The designers and their muses

Image: Designers Gauri and Nainika at Lakme Fashion Week grand finale.

The Lakme girls walked the ramp to a version of Somewhere over the rainbow as Gauri and Nainika took a well-deserved bow.

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