Amethyst to showcase women’s wear designer in Chennai

Multi-brand retailer Amethyst will hold a showcase for women’s wear designer Sunita Shanker for her spring/ summer 2021 collection ‘The Balmy Clusters’ at its store in Chennai from March 8 to 2 . Part of Shanker’s Secret Garden series, Balmy Clusters features a color palette of greens, blues, and whites designed to have a calming effect, the brand announced in a press release. The collection’s range of tunics, kurtas, tops, shirts, dresses, wrap tops, trousers, cropped pants, and stoles and scarves will be available to Chennai’s shoppers from Monday.

The collection is made from a range of handloom textiles including cotton and linen, silk and cotton, and Mangalgiri cotton, as well as Chanderi. Prices range from Rs 5,000 ($68.72) to Rs 16,000. The collection was designed to meet the sustainable livelihoods of the communities engaged in their crafts during the pandemic: the urban communities comprising of pattern makers, cutters, karigars (tailors), embroiderers and checkers.

Amethyst has held a number of designer showcases at its store at Royapettah, Chennai. The boutique held a showcase for Raw Mango’s latest womenswear collection ‘Moomal’ from February 9 to 11.