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THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRICKWHILEthe last few seasons have played with

graphic prints or trompe l’oeil, a very expensive trend of 3-D embroidery seems to be bubbling under. Appliqué motifs, pearls and beads, raised tex-tures, open sequins — a fabric must be anything

but flat-faced. Rahul Mishra has been trying to create space for this since 2015 when he had appliqué leaves sewn on his dresses. “They didn’t do so well then, but when I made a cape for Sonam Kapoor at an

Amazon Fashion Week finale this year, brides were flocking to me asking for it,”

he says. The Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla label is showing off its mastery using beads, pearls and appliqué art in their lehengas, blouses and dresses. f fashion is a work of art, its 3D textures turn it into an installation project.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT YOUWHENfashion says ‘express yourself’, do listen. The coming year will see

those sartorial styles as successes where the wearer has made them her own. Culturally, the need of the hour is for the world to embrace and celebrate indi-viduality, and fashion, in 2018, is going to lead the way. “Unconventional ideas of beauty, in colour, size, or even age, are welcomed,” says ace fashion stylist Anaita Shroff Adajania. Like Tibetan model Tsunaina, and her many facial moles, is an idea of non-traditional beauty. “Individualism in fashion is seen in many ways, whether it is anti-fit dressing, deconstruction, playing with colour palette or a print. Take something stylish and change it.” Monisha Jaising’s ‘Posh in Shoreditch’ is a collection of mixing ideas to create a new look. Another example is Gucci and Diesel’s DIY jackets. The mantra for the year is this: Normal is boring, be unique.

PULL OUT THE MONOGRAM BAGS REMEMBERin the noughties, when Louis Vuit-ton’s monograms were all the rage? When every person who aspired to own a designer bag would sport one with the label’s initials on it? It seems the season for ‘bad taste is good taste’ is back, and 2018 sees us swing to the maximalism, when we’re back to worship at the altar of ostentation. So pull out all those Di-ors, Chanels and Guccis you thought were for newly moneyed, showing off is now a thing again.

DAGGERS DRAWNTHEYsay diamonds are a woman’s

best friend. But girls these days prefer to wear daggers, amulets, spears and warrior jewellery. Perhaps the trend is an offshoot of the growing sense of empower-ment women are gifting themselves, but it seems all anyone wants to wear is Ama-zonian jewellery. “Since 2017 was undoubtedly the year of the statement earring, 2018 will see revolutionary pieces of jewellery,” says Suhani Parekh of Misho de-signs. “Jewellery has always been associated with spiritual, emotional and even physical protection, so the idea embodied itself into a contemporary armour,” she adds. Anomaly, a label by Anam Patel, is the first to create a new type of body jew-ellery: the shin harness. Time to keep away from those elegant art-deco pieces for now, a ring made of crystallised volcanic ash will get you much more attention.

THE JOYS OF UNISEX GENDERneutral fashion has

been around for a few seasons now. But 2018 is the year it sees its tip over to mainstream styles. British de-partment store John Lewis recently an-nounced it was doing away with ‘girls’ and ‘boys’ labels in children’s clothing. Its deci-sion was met with joy and anger, but more fashion brands are blurring the lines that sep-arate the sitters from the standers. Earlier in 2017, H&M produced a line of unisex denim line that proved to be a big hit with shopper. According to leading stylist Ami Patel, “Over-size clothing and athletic wear have ensured one style for all”. Designer Arjun Saluja’s skirt trousers and dhoti pants can be worn by any-body who likes them. Delhi-based designer Druv Kapur’s DRVV label puts his male mod-els in women’s maxis, also followed by Sum-iran Kabir Sharma and his Anaam label. But 2018 sees everyday fashion borrow from both closets: boyfriend shirts for her, skinny jeans for him and hoodies and tracks for all. It re-minds one of the joke doing the rounds post Anushka Sharma’s wedding when she asks Deepika Padukone when the latter will marry. And Deepika answers when Ranveer Singh and she decide who will wear the lehenga.

DARKER SIDEOF BLUEOURfavourite December

photograph shows little Taimur Ali Khan and dad Saif in jeans, along with his on-point mum Kareena in a denim dress. The most-photo-graphed family had just stepped out to attend a Christmas lunch, and showed us what the coming summer’s big trend will be: dark denim. Alexan-der McQueen, Tom Ford and Chloe are sending out jeans, dresses and shirts with in shades of indigo, navy, oxford and zaffre, putting the posh back into the pulp. Move over ripped jeans, you won’t be missed, like, ever.

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Kareena, Taimur and Saif Ali Khan herald Spring’s biggest trend in denims

Sumiran Kabir Sharma for Anaam

Rahul Mishra’s 3D embroidery

Tsunaina

Sonam Kapoor with a monogrammed Louis Vuitton

Shin harness by Anomaly

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