It couldn't get better than this. The north zone round of the Metrolife Fashion Show transpired to be every bit as glamourous as it promised to be — the ramp was set afire with a motley of avant-garde creations and cutting-edge style statements.
A whopping 24 colleges hit the runway at M S Ramaiah College to battle it out for a place in the finale. By the time the show began, the auditorium was packed to full capacity.
The spellbinding creations they put up didn't disappoint — the students experimented with a range of attires, from street fashion to elegant designs plucked right off the runway, adding their own tweaks and special touches to keep the collections refreshing.
There was no dearth of creativity on the ramp; the students of Maharani Lakshmi Ammani
College kicked off the show with a unique recycling theme, using feathers, glittery paper cups and fragments of CDs to add a funky touch to their collection.
Next up were the students of M S Ramaiah Polytechnic, whose collection comprised
a study in peacock blue and gold zari work, after which the team from Acharya Institute
of Graduate Studies showcased their retro-styled street fashion theme,
with plenty of leather and chain accessories.
Colleges like Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology and Acharya Institute
of Technology set themselves apart with funky themes. While the former went
for a elegantly put together patchwork theme, with hooped skirts and old-fashioned blouses, the boys from the latter went for more of a grunge look.
The team from St Joseph's College of Arts and Sciences looked picture perfect in their draped sepia dresses and delicate head dresses, which were made of coloured wire. HKBK College of Engineering put up a stunning Sufi-themed show, with elaborate
headgear and loose outfits, while the students of Acharya Institute of
Management and Sciences went for a grunge collection with checks and ripped
denim.
Another team which really stood out was the one from R V College of Engineering.
The students went for an ethnic theme, but kept their look refreshing with unusual
accessories, caps stitched from brocade and laden with zari work and cropped tops in pale shades of silk.
The students from MS Ramaiah College of Hotel Management went for a collection of togas with floral headgear.The icing on the cake, so to say, was the presence of three celebrity judges — Sandalwood actress Pooja Gandhi, who looked pretty in a printed tee shirt and studded jeans with bright red stilettos and designers Namrata G and Michelle Salins.
The three of them were visibly impressed by the performance, laughing
and cheering on the teams as they hit the runway.What really stole the show was a freestyle dance, set to a medley of popular tunes, by the dance team from the home college, called 'Inferno'.
The students were so flexible and their movements so fluid that the audience couldn't stop applauding them all through the performance.
Sukshitha, from the team, says, "This is our own choreography. When we heard about this dance performance, we felt freestyle would be the best option to put up."
Ultimately, the first prize went to M S Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce, while the team from Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology won the second prize.
The boys from Acharya Institute of Technology came a close third and won a place in the finals as well.