India Runway week winter/Festive’14

 

We have seen so many fashion shows and events promoting designs and designers. This time, Akaash K Aggarwal, came up with a different idea to demote female foeticide. He showcased Rosarium Collection for India Runway week at The Ocean Pearl Retreat, New Delhi on 19th Sept 2014.

 

The Rosarium Collection is inspired from the era of flower movements in America during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s as a symbol of passive resistance and non-violence ideology. The collection resonates with the symbolism by using fine techniques, stamped light weight metal sheet work, embossed flowers and vibrant metallic colors of gold and silver.

 

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The show was presented by Subhashini Ornamentals, with Akaash’s latest ornamental collection. He launched a mask typed ornament, which he named it as ‘The Caged Dreams’. He justifies, “The Piece is an inspiration from the identity crisis of an unborn flower bud (fetus) face in today’s India, being patriarchal in nature which prevails in our country’s hierarchical system in all ties of the social order. The fantastic obsession with the male sex, though, is one of a kind. Right from the ancient scriptures, one finds instances where men are glowingly praised as the key to continue the family lineage. A girl is forced to undergo multiple pregnancies and (or) abortions, until she fulfills her life-long goal of being a breeding machine that produces male offspring as per the needs of the family. With the change in time, we all need to work towards the development of women’s status quo in our country. So let’s all stand firm to:-

 

Stop Female Foeticides.

 

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