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Vote: Worst of Indian fashion 2010!
Even the best of designers get it wrong sometimes. Vote and let us know which you think was the biggest fashion turn-off for 2010!
Are you ready for a bumpy ride?
If not, you better hold on to your sense of style as you flip through the worst outfits seen on the Indian ramp this year, from some of the biggest names in the business. And make sure to take the poll on the last page. Here we go!
Garrish gold
Get your shades on, people. While Arpan Vohra promised us 'Indian fashion that caters to global sensibilities' with the line that produced this ghastly number, we could only gape at it from afar. It's not Indian, it's definitely not Western and it threatened to sear our eyes out. Bring in the fashion police!
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Glam gone wrong
There's bright colours and then there's Neeta Lulla's definition of bright colours. We recommend that any bride getting married around Christmas don this ensemble and get strung out with lights. Then all she has to do is stand at the entrance and gleam -- voila! Insta-Xmas tree!
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Bubblegum bummer
But that's not enough. Lulla then switched to -- yech -- bubblegum pink lam and tulle ruffles to come up with this candy nightmare. The gown may look good enough to eat, but we don't mean that in a good way.
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Loud look
And finally, we have this kalidaar from Lulla in a combination of pink and green, which, although loud once again, may just have been passable. So why isn't it? Sigh -- that shiny striped bikini bodice killed all hope. It went from loud to a deafening shriek!
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Battle disaster
This -- er -- 'ensemble' by Amalraj Sengupta was inspired by the tragedy of war. No disputing that -- this tie-and-dye silk shirt, worn over ridiculous blue woollen trousers was a tragedy alright. No wonder the model looks ready to cry!
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Musing over a misfit
Rajat Tangri's design, seen here, seems lost in translation. Obviously, the picture in his head was definitely more appealing than the actual result -- a pair of badly-fitted silk capris that make a size zero model look hippy. That high waist is so badly executed, not even open heart surgery could save it. And we're not even getting started on that gold bodice.
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Slack sack
We all know of Kallol Datta's fascination with the macabre and it's not his cockroach and walkover prints that bug us so much. It's the -- 'fit'? Because it plainly doesn't -- a burlap sack would drape as well as this dress.
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White fright
This Vikram Phadnis creation takes a beating because of the mismatched combo of dress, pants and gold sneakers. By themselves, each is passable, but together they're a fashion disaster -- and that ridiculous headpiece definitely doesn't help matters.
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Maxi madness
Unfortunately, Phadnis used the same headpiece for his bridal collection, which brings us to this piece of work. Waist down, the dress is rather pretty, but the top half is another story -- one we don't want to be told. And which bride would want to swish around in a prudish maxi on her big day, we'd like to know?
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Crystal overkill
Unlike his colleagues, Riyaz Gangji was not content with bling overkill. No, he had to one-up them by using it on menswear. This belted disaster, with its crystal effect, is too much for words. May as well have included a thigh-high slit too, Riyaz!
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Electrifying effect
The spirals on the bodice of this Rina Dhaka cocktail could hypnotise someone. Unfortunately, we were able to tear ourselves away long enough to see just how awful the rest of it is. And mind you, it had potential -- except that those ugly leggings killed it.
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Jangling jumpsuit
Definitely one of the worst jumpsuits we've seen in 2010. Sorry, Sailex NG, but if you're going to rip a sleeve off, hang gold chains off it and give it a one-size-fits-all look below the waist, it's more suited to the female staff aboard the Starship Enterprise.
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Warrior princess
Oops! Looks like we spoke of the Starship Enterprise too soon -- Falguni and Shane Peacock definitely take the prize for outlandish designs. And in case you're wondering -- yes, this is supposed to be a bridal.
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Full of fluff
The Peacocks then go off to the other end of the spectrum with this pink mini-ruffled horror. Feminine? No. All we'll say is that the skirt resembles icing on a cake, but the bodice makes us lose our appetite.
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Poorly purple
You could just lay this Abdul Halder sherwani across the road and it would serve as both a zebra crossing and reflectors. Those awful stripes simply ruin it -- and as if that wasn't enough, he went and added a feminine necklace!
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From rags to -- rags
A floral bodysuit and a tattered white dress. What Smita Singh Rathore and Shani Himanshu of label 11.11 had in mind, we don't know -- all we do know is that they were out of their minds when they designed it.
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Denim disaster
Did you ever think that denims could be made to look gaudy? If you didn't, you've obviously never met Narendra Kumar. These patch jeans are just weird and the patchy dyed corset only makes them look worse.
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Getting all prickly
Bigfoot lives. At least Anand Bhushan seems to think so, because he's made this crazy coat in his honour. The designer could have saved himself the trouble and used sticky tar and feathers for the same effect.
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Looney lace
We never thought pink could be so annoying, but this is the umpteenth creation that's come up in still another unattractive shade. Anjalee and Arjun Kapoor set our teeth on edge with this lacey gown, complete with garrish sparkles.
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Circus couture
The velvety jacket, complete with a coat of arms and the nutty fedora clinch this one. All we can assume is that Arjun Khanna was going for 'circus c chic' -- very ringmaster, wouldn't you say? And he's all packed for the nomad's life with that silly suitcase!
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Gloomy grey
Whatever happened to the feminine form? Digvijay Singh certainly doesn't know, else why would he come up with this drab, ill-shaped dress? And those over-the-top gladiators certainly don't help matters!
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Wispy but wilted
Too much of a mishmash going on here! Who wears matching blouses and pants in this day and age, especially in a print that looks like the painting of a four-year-old. Better luck next time, Anand Kabra.
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Send in the clowns
Weren't we just talking of a circus? Looks like Vijay Balhara is venturing into showbiz outfits, because we have no other reasonable explanation for this polka-dotted clownsuit, complete with giant bow at the neck.
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Neither here nor there
It looks like Arjun Saluja set out to design a coat-dress. Well, this is neither a coat, nor a dress, but we do hope it's one-of-a-kind -- the world could do without any more! And since when are legwarmers embellished with beads and worn with heels?
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Jokers' jazz
Curiouser and curiouser. Nilanjan Das certainly seems to have had the Mad Hatter in mind when he came up with this crazy ensemble. A shirt worn underneath could have helped matters, but not very much.
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Tacky cut-away
When a dress you design makes a model look like she has a paunch, it should be chucked straight in the bin. Unfortunately, Sougat Paul decided to showcase this ill-fitting cocktail, complete with an unnecessary cut-away at the waist.
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Tent lament
Isn't this Vivek Karunakaran dress handy. See, it doubles as a tent -- all you have to do is get under the skirt when it rains. You find the stripes ugly? So do we, but it's one utilitarian piece of work!
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Zipping down the wrong road
Groan. Another pink. And this one is accentuated with zippers! Sulakshana Monga joins the rest of the 'colour me bad' club with this dress -- and the leggings are pretty sad too.
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Abstract annoyance
See-through shirt. Velour, abstract-print jacket. Grey stripey pants where the stripes don't even run straight. If that's how you dress too, Sanjay Hingu, we're guessing you're still single!
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