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An Indian Summer For Armani

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Billowing white drapes from ceiling to catwalk along with the insistent rhythm of sitar and tabla, set the scene for Giorgio Armani's lifestyle brand Emporio Armani. His collection, reminiscent of India in the last days of the Raj, didn't shy from his clean, contemporary image. Instead, colours ranging from cobalt, pink and intense blue mixed beautifully with the more subtle biscuit and ivory.

For daytime, jodhpurs were predominantly in crisp white cottons, teamed with narrow-shouldered, tight-fitting bodices and jackets, in delicate fabrics, often ruffled or creased. For evening, softer tailoring was called for, like the traditional Indian combination of long tunic over pants or layers of sensuous chiffon swathing the hips, and lots of tone-on-tone embroidery, crystal beading, and glittering silk threads. To top it all off, turbans were worn with ease conviction, and in sync with all things colonial.