It's no secret that fashion has many faces, and quirky Indian designer Nida Mahmood just made that point loud and clear on the catwalk.
This week, Mahmood set the runway ablaze with her latest line of colorful, fiery designs at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi, sending models down the runway in wild, enormous multiface masks.
The bold props were paired with more subtle, stylish trousers as part of Mahmood's Machis collection, which pays homage to the bright, eccentric designs notoriously found on Indian matchboxes.
Indian matchbox art famously incorporates zany, vibrant patterns and pictures, as if the matchboxes were straight out of a Bollywood musical.
The striking art form has been a traditional part of Indian culture for centuries, as illustrated in such books as Light of India: A Conflagration of Indian Matchbox Art.
But back to fashion.
Although Mahmood's masks may not be practical for everyday wear, she says they serve to spice things up.
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This week, Mahmood set the runway ablaze with her latest line of colorful, fiery designs at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi, sending models down the runway in wild, enormous multiface masks.
The bold props were paired with more subtle, stylish trousers as part of Mahmood's Machis collection, which pays homage to the bright, eccentric designs notoriously found on Indian matchboxes.
Indian matchbox art famously incorporates zany, vibrant patterns and pictures, as if the matchboxes were straight out of a Bollywood musical.
The striking art form has been a traditional part of Indian culture for centuries, as illustrated in such books as Light of India: A Conflagration of Indian Matchbox Art.
But back to fashion.
Although Mahmood's masks may not be practical for everyday wear, she says they serve to spice things up.
Full story link: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/a...ms-the-catwalk-at-india-fashion-week/19691937
