The Amethyst Room presents ‘Cuckoo & Co’ by Pero Fall-Winter 2023 collection from 10.30am to 7.30pm from November 3rd to 8th, 2023 at The Amethyst Room, 106, Chamiers Road, RA Puram, Chennai. Ph : 044 43042099. Price Range: Rs.26,000/- onwards.

p é r o fall-winter 2023, is a nostalgic journey to those olden days when neck ties with small floral prints adorned the necks of almost every man. It was this fascination with vintage neck tie prints and patterns that led to initial print explorations for this season.

This season they developed hand painted motifs inspired from the patterns seen on vintage neck ties of the 1930s. Multiple colors of horizontal stripes, plaids, checks, windowpane, small paisley, large dots, pin dots and Art Deco motifs clashed with men’s shirts during this era. It was a wild and colorful time in menswear. They particularly incorporated the floral patterns, and explored by varying the sizes of those round medallion shapes and forms which were usually very small and minuscule.

They also explored many different ways of simulating these neck tie patterns. They made 3D versions of these patterns using crochete, laser cut fabrics, beadwork, stumpwork, patchwork, appliqué, cutwork and many more techniques.

For this season’s surface ornamentation, they developed mixed media surfaces using thread and metal buttons, fabric and thread flowers etc. On an array of fabrics woven by their skilled craftspeople from Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. All fabrics used in the collection are hand made locally in different parts of India. To compliment the vibrant folk inspired floral prints, they used a variety of stripes hand-woven in silk and cotton in varied weights, these include ‘mashru’ a traditional textile from Gujarat, gabardine and taffeta silks from the south of India. Apart from these they have their basic cotton fabrics ranging from gingham checks to linen stripes and gauze like solid fabrics with contrast selvedge and handwoven woolen checks, tartans and stripes from Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. They also experimented with varied textures in woven wool to achieve lighter yet fluffier wool making the fabrics very warm and cozy for winters.

The color palette for the season is predominantly navy blue, turquoise, grey, green and white, with accents of all bright colors predominantly fluorescent pink.

They continued their association with women from Himanchal who have been making handknitted sweaters with us for a decade. This season we also made fully hand crocheted garments, in wool and cotton, with their group of skilled Afghani refugee women to explore the old school crochet technique with a fresh take. They also collaborated with ANT45 to develop L O V E socks for their fall-winter 2023 line.