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

Last updated on: March 16, 2011 16:01 IST

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.

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.

Image: Nicole Faria in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

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

Image: A model in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

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

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.

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.

Image: Lisa Haydon in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

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

Image: Maddison McKay in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

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

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!

Image: Amrit Maghera in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

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

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.

Image: Liza Golden in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

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

Image: Alecia Raut in a Gauri and Nainika creation.

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

Image: Himangi Parte in a Gauri and Nainika creation

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

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.

Image: A model in a Gauri and Nainika creation

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

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.

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.

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.

Image: Vipasha Agarwal in a Gauri and Nainika creation

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

Image: Sanea Sheikh in Gauri and Nainika creation.

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

Image: Racheal Bayros in Gauri and Nainika creation.

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

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.