Name: Khushi Shah
Age: 24
One of the youngest entrants at Wills this season, Khushi Shah has, in a abbreviate amount of two years, gone from actuality a apprentice in London and Georgia, USA, to a full-fledged artist with her actual aboriginal access show.
Vadodara-born Shah "wanted to be a designer" back childhood. Another McQueen fan, she attributes to him her adulation of colour, and this, accumulated with draping, is her better strength.
Her first-ever collection, beneath the KhushiZ characterization advantaged "Ocean's Evil Eye", is a digi-print caricature in bouncing amphibian tones and ombre effects, done absolutely in chiffon. The gowns are draped, and sometimes cut on a bent to accord them added flair.
Corsets with pleating, feathers, pearls, and Swarovski embellishments abound. The shapes are pretty, and summery, with harem pants, choli backs, empire-waist drawstring dresses, pleated collars, and this season's must-have -- the able shoulder.
One is larboard absent for added than the aqua agenda prints presented, all of which Shah has done inhouse, with a aggregation of 20.
"It was a assignment to alloy the colours," she says of her technique. "We're already planning our Winter collection," she says.
Where to buy: KhushiZ abundance in Juhu, Kimaya and Fuel
Price: Rs 15,000 for individual, and about Rs 30,000 for a dress
