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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."
1999
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 .
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.
2001
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.
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.
LAKME FASHION WEEK
2002
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
2003
LAKME FASHION WEEK
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.
2004
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.
2005
LAKME FASHION WEEK
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.
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
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.
2007
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.
2008
WILL’S LIFESTYLE – INDIA FASHION WEEK
PRINT WAR CONTRIDICTIONS
Soya bean fabric, bamboo Lycra, along with Satin Silk Lycra, Organza and Silk Modal.
2009
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.
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.
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.
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.
2012
LAKME FASHION WEEK
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.
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.
2015
BANGALORE FASHION WEEK
BAZAAR OF HAMPI
The sartorial elegance of my collection attempts to pay homage to the history of an eternally glorious Era of Karnataka.
LAKME FASHION WEEK
STREAKS OF LIGHT:
SHADOWS IN THE DARK
