Tarun Tahiliani is a name to reckon with in the world of fashion and flamboyance. The A-list couturier and designer in the Indian fashion scene has set a standard and is honestly a class apart when it comes to all things intricate details and cultivated couture sensibilities. He has always been the creme de la creme of the industry and on the most wanted radar by the runways and Bollywood alike. He has dressed celebrities like Shilpa Shetty, Mehr Jessia, Arjun Rampal and many more in his work on multiple occasions.
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In 2023, Tarun brings us a very fresh and hatke take on a spring-summer collection with his homage paid to one of India’s handicrafts, chikankari which he dearly calls the “lace of India”. This handwork tradition roots from Lucknow, the land of the Nawabs and has grown to become India’s all new summer favourite. Markets are loaded with chikankari work in a multitude of hues and patterns all making for a picture perfect summer appropriate fashion moment.
Inspiration Behind Painterly Dreams
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The designer took to Instagram to express his inspiration behind this collection in a post with the caption, “Chikankari: ‘When I walked into the tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah that was commissioned originally by Nur Jahan in her late father’s memory, it spoke of Chikan and jali work to me. Known as the forerunner to the Taj Mahal, it is a jewel amongst the Mughal architecture and it set the studio off on a collage making binge, mixing and matching motifs, appreciating patina and deriving our own blocks.
The ‘lace of India’, Chikankari, hued in true colours of love is taken to new heights with our latest edit - a year and a half in the making, to remain a classic forever.””
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The Painterly Dreams Collection Ft. Chikankari The Lace Of India
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The designer Tarun Tahiliani’s vision is voiced in his caption to the post that read, “Chikankari: the ‘lace of India’, hued in true colours of love, is taken to new heights with our latest edit - a year and a half in the making, to remain a classic forever.”
The collection is completed with an ivory one-of-its-kind silk georgette work that features stylised chikankari motifs inspired by the inlay work on the tomb of I’timad-Ud-Daulah. Itis further uplifted with french knots, sequins, pearl hangings and some aari & zardozi thread work.
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He further added that it took 25 years of experimentation and more to bring the collection Painterly Dreams, which is a bridal and couture collection of chikankari ensembles from the Tarun Tahiliani studio, into reality.
