Mumbai: It was arocking end to the second day of the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2011 asNarendra Kumar's show opened to a live singing trio, which made the audiencesway to the foot-tapping music of Frank Sinatra as the collection was inspiredby the American singer's chart topper "Fly me to the moon".
"Menshould have all the fun. Today men have money and style and they like dressingup. So this collection is for them," Narendra Kumar told reporters afterthe show.
Actor KabirBedi was the showstopper for the show. He looked handsome in a white brocadetuxedo and mandarin collar pleated shirt as he strutted with utter confidencedown the ramp to thunderous applause.
The showbegan with model Tamara Moss in a slinky suit who opened the all-malepresentation featuring an army of dancing male models who tried some trickysteps on the ramp.
Bespokesuits had the tuxedo at the centre, with black tie chic heading the list. Thecollection revolved around rich shades of deep sapphire, wine, green, palepink, midnight blue, neutrals and black.
Fabricsthat the designer opted for were silks, velvet and brocades. These were teamedwith Indian crafts comprising hand and machine embroidery, quilting, appliquesand motifs from the Art Deco and Nouveau periods that appeared on the sleevesfronts and body of the jackets.
Thesilhouettes were lean as single and double-breasted jackets, with broad,narrow, peak and notched lapels made eye-catching entries.
The tuxedolapels inspired by Japanese kimonos, moved to draped and cut away collarjackets ending with the cool smoking jacket.
Double andsingle breasted one and two button jackets looked great with an assortment ofshawl, roll, collars some piped and with contrasting fabrics to highlight them.
Shirts wereas stylish with mandarin collars or bows for stand up shirt collars anddetailing like pin tucks and tiny pleats giving them a vintage touch.
At the endof the show, taking a bow, Narendra Kumar belted out in tune with the trio thetitle of his collection "Fly Me to the Moon" with Kabir Bedi bringingup the chorus.