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#MYKABONOS | THE DREAM BACHELORETTE

A personalised #SNGetaways bachelorette experience celebrated in Mykonos, Greece, for the bride-to-be Kaabia Grewal. A combination of two design power houses, the getaway spanned 6 luxurious days. Each day had different themes, which included La Digue, Palmera, Eden and Black & Nude - presented by the Shivan & Narresh Bachelorette Tote, with its custom Swimwear and Resort Wear, designed keeping the myriad destinations and moods in mind. Other goodies included The Outhouse Party Starter Kit, which featured a quirky hand-embroidered duffel bag holding exclusively designed & handcrafted bits and baubles. Twinning, bar hopping, party capers and shenanigans - this trip had everything the millennial traveller would celebrate, over the bonding trip of a lifetime.

EDOMER SERIES | MOOD OF THE SEASON

Lush and opulent, the EdoMer series collection mood oscillates between indulgence and celebration. The details & surfaces reckon glamorous millennial rejoices that marry Instagram-worthy impact with functionality, while the silhouettes marry constraints with fluidity, with drapes and diagonal style lines. The collection revels in the creative energy of Seychelles and the Edo period, and has a versatile, current aura appropriate for any fashion forward individual. Twinning, colour blocking and all those images every social media butterfly would want on their honeymoon, as well as any celebration requires donning those matching looks – there is no shying away from these trends. With an ever increasing demand of statement imagery, the prints, surfaces and styling of this collection is the answer to any millennial’s thirst for new and bold looks for their getaways.

EDOMER SERIES | INTRODUCING THIS SEASON

With the brand’s promise and ethos revolving around the lifestyle of holidays, accessories play a crucial role in completing its universe. The series finds the perfect accompaniment for the look with Indie Eye’s edgy eyewear, each complementing the look to seem right out of a new-age holiday. EdoMer features a myriad of handbags – from crossbody slings to beach duffles & totes, all crafted in durable leather & printed canvas featuring prints of the series. The wide offering footwear – clogs, mules & espadrilles, are all driven by comfort for an ultimate travel experience. Handcrafted in 100% crocodile finish genuine leather and featuring collection prints with signature metallic trims, the footwear creates a maximalist look with each ensemble. The brand’s signature belts this season feature the Edo Skeinwork, forming an ornament to cinch waistlines, adding that layer of glamour to a minimal look or further maximising the impact of prints & skeins.

EDOMER SERIES | THE JEWELS

The stress of carrying precious statement jewels can ruin the joy of getaways - and so this season, the brand’s signature jewels, crafted with Crystals from Swarovski, resin, metallic trims & leather, create a scintillating effect with crystal shapes reminiscent of the sculptural rocks of Seychelles and metallic blooms for collars & necklaces - rendering them incapable of being misplaced during your holiday. For those who love their jewellery come what may, earrings become a major highlight of the collection jewels, ranging from floral-cut crystal studs to delicate chandeliers and even shell-like enamel trims.

EDOMER SERIES | Fabrics and Techniques

With functionality & ease of travel as key foci, the collection features fine Italian Jerseys that find application from swimwear to tailored saris (with pockets!), fringes, embroidered laces used in sharp silhouettes that glide along the body contours, reveal décolletage & play with negative and positive spaces. The necklines and collars see reinvention with paneling and cut-outs, rendering them perfect for that portrait shot! Fabrics find themselves coming together in unusual combinations – silk tassels with jersey, fray-edged fringed with heavy fluid ones to velvets with Jerseys - the combinations that only exist to impress.

EDOMER SERIES | SIGNATURE SKEIN

Over the past 4 seasons, the brand has established its surface identity with precariously handcrafted Skeinwork – a process that involves labourious man-hours spent in folding, applying and embroidering surfaces with new-age materials like resin, stones, crystals & metals. This season introduces 31 different evolved and intricate skein patterns, each playing with multiple elements from glossy metallic leaves to hand-folded resins, delicate flowers to lustrous stones.

EDOMER SERIES | PRINTS

An amalgamation of organic flora and fauna, abound in the four delectable prints of the EdoMer series. While colours are key to the brand’s design process, our art-inspired prints see a new found emphasis, every season. This season, get lost in the memories of a getaway, abstracted for even more getaways. 

LA DIGUE
Immerse in the invigorating rush of the blazing waves of Seychelles and the slivers of secluded white sand through the La Digue print that adds a little more noise to the ambience that transports you to relaxed summer days and shining turquoise seas.

PRASLIN
A feast to the eyes as the subtle finesse of a nuanced Praslin print introduces a neutral zone of chromatic indulgence, named after the gorgeous Seychellois Island.

EDEN
Embrace the feisty cherry red while skimming through the flawless melange of lush blooms. It reflects on the glory of Seychelles as the original Eden garden of the world.

EDEN NOIR
Indulge in the decadent medley of the contemporary patterns. As the charisma of obsidian black merges with spirited design intricacies, experience Seychelles, the original Eden garden of the world.

EDOMER SERIES | THE EDO PALETTE

The colour palette is tranquil with splashes of excitement, forming perfect backdrops for the eclectic & dynamic prints of the season. There is a cool aqua green Seychelles identical to the waters, a subtle Coco extracted from the infamous Coco-de-Mer of the islands, delicious Cherry that finds roots in the beautiful Alipinia Purpurata (Red Ginger) flower of the tropics, balanced with the obsidian Noir, and sensual Flesh. The visual mélange of colours & prints is a riot that sets aflame every moment of that getaway.

EdoMer Series | The Edo Influence

Kicking off from the Oriental inspiration of the Araki series, the glorious 17th century Edo period witnessed a sharp economic growth with a huge influence on the arts and culture. The most significant works were the ukiyo-ē (block print) of Hokusai, with The Great Wave of Kanagawa being the most characteristic & iconic artwork of the period. This aesthetic, which featured nature’s elements from birds, flowers to seascapes, in a two-dimensional manner, influence the season’s prints featuring elements from Seychelles.

EdoMer Series | Inspirations

With minds delving into oriental artistic realms that focus on joyous holidays, the SHIVAN & NARRESH EdoMer Series dares a dream marrying dramatically opposite worlds with the language of design abstraction. The new series captures the historic 17th century Edo Art aesthetic and amalgamates it with elements from the Eden of the world - Seychelles. The Seychelles memoirs featuring luscious fruits & flowers meet the artistic era of Edo art. The series presents key ensembles featuring signature prints against a serene colour palette for a glamourous getaway. The distinctive surfaces immersed in decadent Edo Skeinwork encompass varied individual Seychellois elements. The EdoMer Series enriches the mind and the soul with a promise of holidays that remain forever engraved in memories….

The Araki Grandeur

Setting the Destination Wedding Grandeur with a 140 feet elaborate table arrangement and floral displays featuring majestic heliconias, tropical palms accented by red berries amidst soft candle lights, boasting of splendour that took over the runway.

The Season's mood

The mood meditates on a collection style that transforms from day to evening with lush holiday prints with signature surface techniques and silhouettes infused with a sense of agile fluidity in a setting which is all about capturing a day at a destination wedding- starting with a relaxed afternoon with a flush lighting and guests strolling down in swim & resort looks to a sensuous evening mood created with elaborate floral displays candles.

Exploring Skeinwork

Interpreting modern opulence and grandeur, the uniquely handcrafted technique of Skeinwork has been thought touching the language of Indian wear for Destination Weddings and Celebrations. SHIVAN & NARRESH’S signature surface technique involves individual folding of thin paillettes into various geometric shapes and then forming a bouquet of hundreds using those uniquely handcrafted skein motifs which are painstakingly put together in layers by craftsmen over hours of meticulous handwork to create flawless exhaustive patterns, creating an unparalleled look for the festive ensembles.

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