“Azure Escape” by Raksha S
B.Sc. in Fashion and Apparel Design 2022
Through her serene and sensory graduation line, Azure Escape, designer Raksha S. transports us beneath the water—a realm where silence speaks volumes, movement drips, and fashion is poetry in motion. Drawn by the tranquil beauty and flowing grace of the underwater world, the collection is a paean to inner calm, escapism, and laid-back chic.
Targeted for the style-smart woman between the ages of 22 and 28, Azure Escape is a resort look with a mood. Perfect for high-end cruises, beach vacations, and golden hour soirees, the collection features flowing wrap skirts, draped, and coordinating sets that go from beach to bar with ease.
The silhouettes repeat the sea, smooth, ethereal, and softly outlined with cut-outs, falling folds, and irregular hems. Every piece blurs the boundary between fashion and nature, and every look is an extension of the waves.
Colour scheme is drawn directly from the sea and ocean colours—azure blues, seafoam green, coral pink, and sandy neutrals—reflecting the changing hues beneath the surface. Raksha marries airy linen, sumptuous silks, and silky polyester blends to make each garment as comfortable as it is elegant. Even the swimwear is designed with consideration, weighing aesthetics against real-world needs and concerns of women who want both beauty and practicality.
Azure Escape is not a book—it is an experience. It honours the force in delicacy, the beauty in simplicity, and the enchantment in quiet. An experience—liquid, womanly, indelible.
Lanchana Nanda pulled off a sneaky genius: she made the old-school Malnad comfort totally blend with current-day design smarts. Nothing clashes. Nothing feels forced. You get this spot that makes you think “hmm, am I in a boutique retreat or someone’s ancestral home?”