Ritu Kumar’s Tropical ‘Sweet Surrender’ Blooms at the LFW 2017

The label Ritu Kumar unveiled its sweet, ‘Sweet Surrender’ line at Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2017

Actress Disha Patani displays the creation of fashion designer Ritu Kumar during the Lakme Fashion Week Wintwer 2017 in Mumbai on 16 Aug 2017.

(Photo: IANS)

True to its name, the collection, ‘Sweet Surrender’ by Label Ritu Kumar at Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2017 had sweet floral printed cotton dresses, fresh pastel hues, and delightful frills and ruffles.

Showstopper Disha Patani wore white shorts under a sheer, white corset, with delicate rose embroidery. Her look, though slightly suggestive (as sheer is supposed to be), also retained the sweetness as was promised in the title of the collection.

Disha Patani while walking for Ritu Kumar at LFW 2017  (Photo: IANS)

The collection has many pieces, like this asymmetric printed midi, with a carefree look to it. It’s interesting to note that the label, which caters to upwardly mobile women, is betting on the dishabille look of the 80s this time.

An asymmetric dress by Ritu Kumar (Photo: LFW)

The collection has cutesy ballerina tulle midi skirts paired with white scalloped tops. Isn’t the pineapple motif simply adorable?

A ballerina tulle midi skirts by Ritu Kumar (Photo: LFW)

Side swept curls over a chignon and red lips – created by Lakmé Makeup expert Donald Simrock – look perfectly coordinated with the clothes.

How’s side swept curls over a chignon and red lips for makeup?(Photo: LFW)

The collection has the wrap, will-power, and the printed dress; over body suits, halter printed trapeze minis and off-shoulder gypsy style blouses.

The separates in sorbet tones of peach look very delicate.

Separates by Ritu Kumar (Photo: LFW)

The slinky blue leaf printed off-shoulder dress with a side cascade look is quite feminine too.

Slinky blue leaf printed off-shoulder dress by Ritu Kumar (Photo: LFW)

Even the romper-corsets in tropical prints teamed with mesh stockings look very youthful.

A model wearing a romper corset by Ritu Kumar (Photo: LFW)

Crochet cummerbunds are a delightful accompaniments to the pieces in this collection. Lots of embellished textiles can also be seen, but the approach to styling is different from what we normally associate with Label Ritu Kumar.

Through this collection, Kumar is trying to simplify fabric for the youth; she says the youth today doesn’t understand why "it needs to be complicated".

There are options available to them (today’s youngsters) from the casual part of the world which are more high street. They are neither India-based nor do they get any source out of India, so I really want to do a collection which they can communicate with

Ritu Kumar

It remains to be seen whether the collection, which borrows from the 18th century French Marquis fashion era but has impressively adapted it to current trends, and has a lot of I-Don’t-Try-Too-Hard-Frenchness to it, can work with the cool crowd here too.