The show even had a “vampire” gliding down the ramp covered in a frame of white wool and a mythical creature with a dragon’s head and a tortoise’s body. The piece-de-resistance came in the end when a model, her head encased in a giant mobile charger, swaggered towards the audience in an outfit crafted out of 3,000 charger pins scoured from Chandni Chowk. “The idea was to show the urban youth’s preoccupation with mobile phones,” said Rishab Rhode, one of the designers.
“These pieces can find a place in a museum,” said Dhaka, sporting a tee from her upcoming spring-summer collection. And Holborow exclaimed, “It’s just like taking art off the wall and putting it on the body.”