Amethyst to hold festive showcase for Shades of India in Chennai

Multi-brand Indian fashion retailer and venue Amethyst will hold a festive showcase to unveil Shades of India’s new collection ‘The Falaknuma’ in Chennai. The business to customer event will run from February 7 to 8 and will showcase traditional Khanjar Lace artistry. 

Shades of India will set up shop in Chennai this February to give the city’s shoppers their first chance to browse its latest womenswear collection, Amethyst announced in a press release. The brand’s co-founder Mandeep Nagi will be on hand to discuss the inspirations and craft techniques behind the line to offer a background to the artisan collection which references the nizam culture of Hyderabad’s history. 
 
“It starts from my madness of collecting old borders for many years,” said Shades of India’s co-founder Mandeep Nagi in a press release. “Some of these are very special as I don’t commonly see them anymore. These fine metallic (silver) woven borders, which were often used in traditional clothing from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Banaras and in old Deccan textiles, I have always been fascinated and looked out for them in the bazaars of different cities. Finally, in so many years, my pursuit was successful when I discovered these very beautiful metallic borders being still handwoven by very few in homes of old Hyderabad. I am so happy and proud to share my dream of using these unusual borders called ‘Khanjar’ in this limited-edition collection called Falaknuma.” 

The collection features translucent sarees, beaded blouses, and earth-tones chevron prints for ensembles that highlight their heritage textiles. Garments in the collection are priced from Rs 20,000 onwards.