HISTORY OF DG

My journey of wanting to touch people with my art...
Where I have wanted them to say,
"She feels deeply, she understands deeply."

CRYSTAL CADENCE

An alluring, form-grazing eveningwear. Layering, created a play of textures as the sheen of silks was muted by the soft matte tuile .

1999

2000

THE MONK & THE INDIGO TRAIL

Handwoven, two layered fabric dyed in pure Indigo, brought to life with a hand painted kalamkari border. The purity of the collection gives it an almost ascetic feel.

DANCE OF THE SPIRIT UNBROKEN

This collection shows the delicate thread connecting different creative genres, fusing the art forms of fashion and contemporary dance. immortalized in a photograph.

LAKME FASHION WEEK

2001

CRAFTED ELEGANCE

Deepika Govind’s entry into the India Fashion Week’s second installment makes a strong statement – clever contemporizing of India’s ancient crafts.

The craft of cutwork is taken to a new level as it is used to create entire garments in Western silhouettes.

KHADI IN A NEW AVATAR

Deepika Govind achieves a breakthrough in fabric innovation-blending the traditional khadi (both cotton and silk), with eco-fiber tencel (cellulosic fiber obtained from the tree bark) .

The results are remarkable, creating a ‘cosmopolitan cloth’, as deepika calls it, making khadi stronger, more drapy and fluid , more soft and supple, and eminently more versatile.

LAKME FASHION WEEK

2002

STRUCTURED FLUIDITY : A TALE OF UNIQUE TEXTILES

Creating a line of edgy evening wear – lounge wear with unique fabrics gives the whole genre a new, even glamourous dimension.

2003

LAKME FASHION WEEK

LAKME FASHION WEEK – FOOTSTEPS OF A
QUIRKY ARISTOCRAT

In a ‘devoutly irreverent’ loungewear line, the models trace the Footsteps of a ‘Quirky Aristocrat’. A sophisticated nonchalance laces the line that has a distinct rebellious streak.

2004

LAYERS WITHIN

Aromatherapy on Silks. Namely Indian Silks. So far, a technique only done on certain knits and lingerie, this is the first time the aromas has been executed on silk garments.

2005

LAKME FASHION WEEK

2006

PARCHMENT BLUES: INKED IN IKAT

The light and the dark. The smooth and the rough. The transparent and the opaque. A study of contradictions that exists in one of us.

Fabric of the senses and sensibilities. The interweaving threads of technology and tradition.

WILLS LIFESTYLE –

INDIA FASHION WEEK

TEARS OF THE MUSES

Bamboo knit and soya bean knit – both specially developed organic fibres at root – dominate the collection, alongside bold, graphic silk lkats and an array of luxe textiles such as Silk Modal, Dupion, Matka silk and satin silk.

WILL’S LIFESTYLE – INDIA FASHION WEEK

ROCK & ROLL & THE SENSITIVE INDIVIDUAL

My clothing always has a tale to tell, that of contradictions, through two collections.

2007

2008

WILL’S LIFESTYLE – INDIA FASHION WEEK

PRINT WAR CONTRIDICTIONS

Soya bean fabric, bamboo Lycra, along with Satin Silk Lycra, Organza and Silk Modal.

WILL’S LIFESTYLE – INDIA FASHION WEEK

CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS :
CONCERT OF THE SEA

Specially woven textiles from the Himalayas – silk wool – in a pattern of bird feathers, with woven silk ikats, create a mélange of textures.

2009

2010

CHIVA’S IN FASHION

Collection: KITES

This collection of Luxe Evening dresses inspired by Kites. These dresses have hidden godets.

These dresses are made in silk satin Lycra. Hand-painted as kites are design detailed. Bold jewel tone colours in fiery reds, azure teal, royal blues.

LA DOLCE V ITA

A Collection inspired by Federico Fellini’s landmark film, ‘La Dolce Vita.’

Evening classics revisited with a dash of darling – soft, feminine dresses with a cutting edge understatement.

2011

ERi, THE PEACE SILK:
A TRAVELLER’S COLLECTION

Deepika Govind launches a selection of Eri Silk stoles and shawls, is imbued with natural, completely organic dyes – predominantly
Indigo, shades of alzerine, mauve, shell pink, natural and ubiquitous black. Indigo looks glorious in eri silk.

THE WOMAN IN BLUE CHECKS:
CAUVERY ‘S TALE

Her inspiration for this collection are- the fascinating weaves of Ilkal in Karnataka. The collection is a contemporary interpretation of the Ilkal checks.

2012

LAKME FASHION WEEK

POP PATOLA

‘Pop Patola’, on Indian Textile Day – August 5, 2012 – at Lakme Fashion Week, Mumbai. Deepika’s collection this season is a tribute to the extraordinary weaving tradition of the Patola. using Indian textiles in Western constructions.