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'Demonetisation will make way for new buying class'
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Sugandha Rawal | 29 Nov, 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modis demonetisation move will lead to a new
consumer behaviour pattern among buyers, says Indias ace couturier
Sabyasachi Mukherjee, who has carved a place for himself in the fashion
world by weaving traditional stories with threads of Indian culture in
his ensembles.
The designer, who is now focused on taking his
ensembles -- which he describes as poetry -- to foreign shores, says
consumers will be smarter while shopping and they will weigh options
carefully before spending money.
In an interview to repporter about
his latest collaboration with famous French footwear designer Christian
Louboutin for a range of bespoke shoes and handbags, the designer also
discussed the ripple effects that the scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000
notes could have in the fashion sector of the country.
"Well,
there is going to be a new consumer behaviour pattern, especially now. I
think it will be pretty much a new buying class. They will be super
smart about what they want to buy, at what price they want to buy. They
will be very worked out," Sabyasachi said.
"As far as the market
is concerned in India, there will be that kind of depth and width in the
market," he said, adding that for him "having five stores is more than
enough".
Now he is looking for out-of-country expansion -- even though he has stores in the US, Dubai and London.
"I
am fully charged about taking the India story out of the country in a
space I have never tried before," said Sabyasachi, who started an
eponymous label in 1999 and made waves in the international fashion
scene by using Indian textiles with a contemporary twist.
His work paved the way for him to showcase at fashion weeks in Milan, New York and London.
After
doing "a small little range" running high on dark, gothic and sexual
elements with Louboutin last year, the designers have got back together
for a second chapter.
"Much before I met Christian, I saw his
daffodil shoe. And to me, it looked like a jeweled porcupine. And I
remember when I saw it with my friend, I didn't let her leave the store
without buying them.
"And that obsession stayed in my head. When I
met Christian, we did a collaboration and I used it in a very little
quantity. This time it has been an explosion. It is everywhere."
Sabyasachi,
whose creations have been flaunted by the likes of actresses Shabana
Azmi, Renee Zellweger, Reese Witherspoon, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Tabu,
Sushmita Sen and Kareena Kapoor Khan, comes from Kolkata, and Louboutin
is connected to Paris.
Two different cultures, two different
origins, two different styles, and two different countries. And that is
what, according to Sabyasachi, gives an edge to the collaboration as it
lends itself a "multi-dimensional perspective".
"My clothes are a
little bit like traditional poetry, and his (creations) are extremely
modern, punk and goth. Because I am not exposed to that, it was
fascinating for me. When Christian comes to India and we go for
workshops, I like to see India through his eyes.
"What he picks
up, what are the things that I take for granted because I see it every
day. But for him, it is a new thing. When somebody from the West is
looking at something East or East is looking at the West, you get a
multi-dimensional perspective."
Sabyasachi said what he likes about the collaboration is that "it is as much him as it is me".
(Sugandha Rawal can be contacted at sugandha.r@ians.in)
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