Dark Romanticism toasts the obsession for 'the irrational, the demonic and the grotesque'.
It dwells on Gothic horror/fear as well as vampires, ghost, ghouls, the devil and how the world is not a normal place. Aye, aye.
It has popped up in literature, poetry, art and films and its proponents were folks like Salvador Dali, Francisco Goya, Daphne du Maurier, Lord Byron, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, while the Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings lean on Dark Romanticism themes.
But you may well ask, what's fashion got to do with it?!
Designer Rina Dhaka titled her Fall 2023 collection that and sent out a message of darkness via deep hues, Goth shades, emo mood and brazen style.
Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani gives us a glimpse of the Evil Dressing that hit the stage.
Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
Also: What a fine choker.
PS Wonder who Rina saw in the audience that made her smile go gothic.
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