First started his Petang Raya Collection way back in 2006, the visionary and internationally renowned Malaysian fashion design, Dato Bernard Chandran (here for the brand) has done it again, with this year's Hari Raya 2015 collection, one that never fails to push the boundaries of how "traditional" is interpreted and how it can be modern, without sacrificing the integrity of being modest and traditionally acceptable, for an occasion as joyous and special as Hari Raya Aidilfitri (for those who are not yet familiar, it is an occasion when all Muslims celebrate after a one long month of fasting and adhering to the spirit of tolerance, forgiveness and endurance, almost similar to how we Chinese celebrates the Lunar New Year every year). Though we could not personally make it to the showcase recently, we would still very much love to share this collection with you since the festive season is fast approaching, and the fact that we super love this collection *_^
We have always loved and admired his views on fashion, his bold takes on making the women the strong characters, by way of her fashion sense, fashion choices and fashion style. This time around, we spotted quite some lace-on-lace, a play with embellishments with crystal done different, as stripe patterns. According to Dato Bernard Chandran, lace is definitely in. He also introduced lace patching in a whole new fun way. The 'baju kurung' (the traditional Malay costume) cut is updated to look more like blouses and standalone dresses with some designs spotting a sports jacket trend.
