All three creative minds agreed that at the core, this collection is all about merging the style sensibilities of Mumbai and New York. “It is Mumbai meets New York in a very French way because most of the embellishments were French, Renaissance-inspired,” Shane said.
“It’s about doing things that this cool, independent, strong-minded girl would actually wear,” added Roach. “She’s going to an event, formal. She doesn’t want to have on a full beaded gown, so she’s going to wear an evening pant or an evening skirt with this classic sweatshirt that we all know, and a fitted hat that we all know is so synonymous with New York. She’s going to mix the cultures and mix the pieces and create this thing. She’s going to wear it on the subway, get out, take the hat off, maybe run her fingers through her hair, that’s it.”
Roach visited Mumbai earlier this year for the NMACC launch and styled Zendaya in a now-viral sari look, noting that the trip set him up for this collaboration. “I did not know [the opportunity to creative direct the Falguni Shane Peacock show] was going to happen. So, when I got the call, I was like, ‘absolutely,’ because I can really speak from a place that I’ve been [to Mumbai] before. I felt it, it was hot, you know what I mean?,” he says, joking about the Indian subcontinent’s climate, which is also reflected in the dewy look of the models’ makeup by The Makeup Academy.