Prithvi Dev

Raging Rivers

Photostory of fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani’s 2017 summer collection, Chashme Shahi.

A woman in a red and maroon sari standing in a grand room before a painted mural of palms, a river and a boat with a yellow sail, a lantern hanging above.
A woman seated on a windowsill, the wide skirt of her black floral-print lehenga spread across the stone ledge.
A woman in an orange and maroon silk sari leaning against the wall of a pale staircase, a shaft of daylight falling across her.
A close portrait of a woman in a black mirror-worked outfit with ruby and diamond earrings, leaning against a pale wall.
Looking down a spiral staircase ringed with strings of light, a woman in a flowing white gown standing at its centre far below.
A woman in a green and gold sari glimpsed through a narrow gap between two walls, sunlight catching her sequinned veil.
A man in an ivory embroidered sherwani and gold turban leaning beside a recessed panel in a pale stone wall.
A woman in an ivory lace gown, hands at her hips, standing against a misty garden of palms and tall trees.
Seen from above, a woman in a turquoise floral suit standing where grass meets stone paving, her dupatta trailing.
Backstage, reflected in a bulb-rimmed mirror, a stylist pinning the hair of a model in a floral robe.
A woman in a gold mirror-worked blouse smiling in profile, backlit by sun filtering through tall trees.
A close detail of hands gathering a heavily sequinned gold garment in low, raking light.