Revivalists: This year, the fashion week format has something for everybody. For Indian designers working with traditional handicrafts and fabrics, it just gives them a better chance to go all out and do their stuff on a grander scale. While Rohit Bal plays up the gota and the zardozi with his rather couturish collection called Ashta dhatu, Priya Awasthy has called her collection Alo or first light. Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance, Awasthy has borrowed heavily from the costume finery of the age. Fitted churi pants and angarkhas, woollen zari shawls and overlapped coats come together in velvet, brocade, tussar and wool. Amrish Kumar might have chosen the occasion to step out of his illustrious mother’s shadow and do his own thing, but the Ritu Kumar label, despite its younger semi-formal look, also falls back heavily on its trademark mirror work embellishments and embroidery. Look chic in remembrance. ©