Kavita Bhartiya
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Kavita Bhartiya often Bardiya is a noted India
n fashion designer. She is behind the Ogaan fashion designer store in India.
In August 2007 she announced her new fashion range called 'The Glass House', a range which endorses use of transparent fabrics and pastel
colors including Light pinks
, sky blues, pista greens and misty greys.
The collection is noted for the use of gold
and silver
geometric prints on light fabrics such as chiffon
, georgette
, silk-lurex
, cotton-lurex, and linen
and satin
.
The collection was showcased between September 5 and September 9, 2007 Sep 5-9 at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week and was later showcased at the Pret-a-Porter in Paris
.
Bhartiya said of the range: "I have called my collection 'The Glass House' as glass and transparent embellishments have been extensively used while endorsing the silhouettes", she said.
"Everything around me has been the source of inspiration for this collection. The silhouettes retain a structured frame of mind, yet imbibing something for everybody, from the cocoon to the sheath", she added."
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n fashion designer. She is behind the Ogaan fashion designer store in India.
In August 2007 she announced her new fashion range called 'The Glass House', a range which endorses use of transparent fabrics and pastel
Pastel
Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation....
colors including Light pinks
Pinks
Pinks is a franchise series of television programs on Speed Channel based on illegal street racing, held at legal closed drag strips with a theme around drag racing. The original aired from 2005 to 2008, with the spinoff Pinks: All Out following in 2006...
, sky blues, pista greens and misty greys.
The collection is noted for the use of gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
and silver
Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...
geometric prints on light fabrics such as chiffon
Chiffon
Chiffon may refer to:* Chiffon , a type of fabric* Chiffon cake, a light, fluffy cake* Chiffonade, a French term for the cutting of herbs or leafy green vegetables into long, thin strips* The Chiffons, girl group of the 1960s...
, georgette
Georgette
Georgette may refer to:* Georgette Lemare, fictional character from the anime/manga Strike Witches* Georgette , crinkly crepe-like fabric...
, silk-lurex
Lurex
Lurex is the registered brand name for a type of yarn with a metallic appearance. The yarn is made from synthetic film, onto which a metallic aluminium, silver, Gold layer has been vaporised. "Lurex" may also refer to cloth created with the yarn....
, cotton-lurex, and linen
Linen
Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum. Linen is labor-intensive to manufacture, but when it is made into garments, it is valued for its exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather....
and satin
Satin
Satin is a weave that typically has a glossy surface and a dull back. It is a warp-dominated weaving technique that forms a minimum number of interlacings in a fabric. If a fabric is formed with a satin weave using filament fibres such as silk, nylon, or polyester, the corresponding fabric is...
.
The collection was showcased between September 5 and September 9, 2007 Sep 5-9 at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week and was later showcased at the Pret-a-Porter in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Bhartiya said of the range: "I have called my collection 'The Glass House' as glass and transparent embellishments have been extensively used while endorsing the silhouettes", she said.
"Everything around me has been the source of inspiration for this collection. The silhouettes retain a structured frame of mind, yet imbibing something for everybody, from the cocoon to the sheath", she added."