Kavita Goyal — The Outfits

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Kavita Goyal — Outfit 01, blush sharara set with bandhani dupatta

Blush, Bandhani and the Art of the Contrast

The eye arrives at the blush and stays for the magenta. Kavita Goyal's three-piece sharara set begins in the softest possible register — a pale peach kurta with scattered resham embroidery, each motif a small leaf shape worked in multicolour thread with delicate mirror accents — and then the bandhani dupatta arrives in full fuchsia, a deliberate provocation that transforms the entire composition. The sharara, floor-length and quietly voluminous, lets the kurta speak. Stacked gold bangles, a single pearl earring, a long braid. Gold kitten-heel sandals. A woman mid-thought, entirely at ease.

Garment Sharara set, three-piece, blush

Embroidery Resham, multicolour, mirror accents

Dupatta Bandhani, fuchsia

Worn With Stacked gold bangles, pearl jhumkas, gold sandals

Designer Kavita Goyal, Nigdi Pradhikaran

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Kavita Goyal — Outfit 02, purple velvet crop blouse with floral maxi skirt

The Garden From a Rooftop

There is something to be said for a designer who is unafraid of the unexpected pairing. Kavita Goyal places deep royal purple — a velvet crop blouse with flutter sleeves, its V-neckline carrying the quiet authority of something deliberately chosen — against a full watercolour maxi skirt in white, scattered with oversized roses and botanicals in peach, pink, violet and mauve. The city rises behind her, indifferent. The skirt moves. The blouse holds. This is the kind of outfit that knows exactly where it is going and has dressed accordingly.

Garment Crop blouse & maxi skirt, co-ord

Blouse Royal purple velvet, flutter sleeves

Skirt Watercolour floral print, full length

Worn With Gold watch & bracelet, gold sandals

Designer Kavita Goyal, Nigdi Pradhikaran