Black and White, Worn Over Denim
Denim changes the register of everything worn with it. Gitali Lalwani's tunic is cut in a black crinkled cotton that moves like a dress — empire-waisted, tiered, falling to an easy above-knee flare — but its centre of gravity is the yoke. Bands of white braid-stitch embroidery frame the V-neckline in parallel lines, and between them sit white floral motifs worked directly onto the black ground, graphic as woodblock prints. The three-quarter sleeves roll to the elbow with the same casualness the styling asks for: flared blue jeans, black platform sandals, silver jhumkas and a twisted silver kada. The look sits deliberately between wardrobes — kurta logic in the embroidery, weekend logic in the denim. Indo-western dressing, done without fuss.
