Satya Paul showcased his "Retro-Modern Chic" collection at the LIFW featuring exquisite sarees and dresses made from fabrics like lace, satin, and lycra. The pieces ranged greatly in price from 5000 rupees up to very expensive couture-level costs. The collection featured elegant ivory pieces as well as bold colors and prints, with details like Swarovski crystals, applique work, chains, and studs. While perfect for high society and celebrities, the high prices may limit the average person from enjoying Satya Paul's incredible designs.

1. Six yards of sheer glam!
Satya Paul painted quite a dramatic picture of timeless fashion against the backdrop of the
Chandragupta Maurya period, with his ‘Retro-Modern Chic’ collection at the LIFW. Backing him up
was friend and celebrity Mandira Bedi who walked the ramp wearing one of his exquisite sarees.
Truly elegant and somewhat couture-like, the collection was rich in fabric, colours and even price
tags! “The basic cheap stuff costs about 5000 and it goes up to god knows how much,” Paul said
without batting a lid.
The show kicked off with beautiful ivory coloured asymmetrical satin dresses with a muted elegant
print on them. Playing with fabrics like lace, satin and lycra, Paul merged them together to create
some truly exquisite pieces.
A stunning ivory coloured satin saree with a dull taupe print on it – as if someone had poured Irish
cream over it in a haphazard fashion – was paired with a backless blouse with metallic Swarovski
work on the bust and shoulder pads. “Even our shoulder pads are separates if one wants to buy
and attach to an existing garment,” Paul said.
The next segment was mostly in black with bursts of lime green, aqua and orange on them. The
sarees looked like they were created in outer space – with multi-hued starbursts on the pallus.
Worn with sequinned bustiers, the look was definitely sexy. Not for the tame-hearted, these
sarees were quite playful and vivacious – quite a contrast from the first segment which was very
classy and elegant.
The third segment brought in a lot of colour with canary yellows, peacock blues and ruby reds.
Swarovski crystals embellished pretty much all the garments – whether they were traditional
diamante-like crystals or the new range of metallic ones.
Detailing was definitely an integral part of the collection. There was a lot of appliqué work on the
pallus and on the bustline. Elements like chains, studs and crystals were used aplenty.
Satya Paul is perfect for the society queens of Page 3 and the Bollywood fraternity with his high-
end garments. With the amount of detailing he gets into and the prices he charges, wonder if the
average neighbourhood aunty will ever get a chance to sway those incredible pallus!