Narendra Kumar collection: Unrequitted love is fashionable

Narendra Kumar collection

Narendra Kumar's collection

It takes an intelligent designer to stay within the realm of practical limitations that dressing the Indian male throw up, without surrendering your flamboyant vision. The Indian fashion industry, fortunately, has a handful. Mumbai-based Narendra Kumar has bagged a seat in this coterie.

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This season, while flipping through the pages of a yellowing copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera, Nari felt compelled to translate the story of Florentino Ariza, who had little choice but to allow his overwhelming obsession for Fermina Daza to turn into a tale of unrequitted love.

Stirring hues of the Caribbean, carelessly spilled on to tailored suits and shirts, with sparse drama created by Spanish floral embroidery and scarves wrapped around the waist.

The poet wouldn't rest easy without displaying his sinister side, and so, out rolled a range of shimmering black, formal tuxedos and suits.

Off-tonal bands of fabric criss-crossing the body, and folded sleeves,added a whiff of quiet rebellion.

WELOVED: The sporty fastening details on a jacket's collar and sleeves. Can athletic-sporty be sophisticated? Yes, proved Nari.

PICS/Rajeev Tyagi

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