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London Fashion Week: FAW 2025 collection of fashion designer Aarti Vijay Gupta is inspired by Kolkata’s prestigious Kalighat painting tradition.
London Fashion Week: Aarti Vijay Gupta’s collection converted art into a functional statement dress.
London Fashion Week (LFW) will once again see fashion designer Aarti Vijay Gupta to bring the best of art and fashion on the runway.
To show the second time in LFW, Gupta is set to narrate a special story through his Fall/Winter 2025 Collection, Kalighat Stories. “Does bring me my work to LFW the most about bringing me to LFW [London Fashion Week] Runway is able to represent Indian art on the world stage, “fashion designer Aarti Vijay Gupta,” traditional artists are often swallowed in global interactions, so in spotting their work on a global stage I feel special to be capable.
Kalighat stories are inspired by Kolkata’s stored Kalighat painting tradition-a 19th-century folk art style that is known for her bold brushwork, fluid lines and vivid story. Near the Kalighat temple, this art form was once a visible chronicle of mythology, social narratives and daily life, which captured the essence of India.
Gupta again explains the Kalighat painting through his modernist lens, translating its essence into a striking print and silhouette. A labor of love which took five months in craft, Gupta spent time in his latest collection to work with the generally skilled artisans of Midnapur to breathe, and what was killed most of his crafts For his clear devotion for – one aspect that he was firm to spotlight. On the world stage.
According to Gupta, the theme of the show revolves around a seminal print from the collection of the show – a mother and a child sit between the picturesque Sundan of Kolkata, surrounded by a calm gaze of the residents of the forest. Printed efficiently by an artisan from Midnapur, print catchs that almanac quality of maternal love. Gupta sews that place together between art and fashion, the ancient and contemporary – is located in the peace of these traditional illustrations of nature, animals and people of Kolkata.
A total of 35 looks have been made for the collection, which will perform 25 women and 10 male silhouettes, and also have penis fluid. The collection is a tribute to cultural protection, which turns folk songs into wearable art for today’s world.
Aarti Vijay Gupta F/W 2025 showcase will be presented to GMT at 7:30 pm.
- Place :
Delhi, India, India
