Ashish Gupta: Wizard of Oz sparked my love affair with sequins

OHMYGOSSIP — Ashish Gupta’s “love affair” with sequins developed after he watched ‘Wizard of Oz’.
The fashion designer showcased his Autumn/Winter 2017 collection during London Fashion Week on Monday (20.02.17), which saw his models walk on a yellow brick road style catwalk covered with glitter as they adorned his garments laden with embellishment, and the star has revealed the 1939 fantasy film starring the late Judy Garland as Dorothy inspired his designs.
Speaking about his creations to Hello! Fashion Monthly, the mogul said: “My love affair with sequins started when I was pretty young, when I saw the ‘Wizard Of Oz’ for the first time. I was completely fascinated by Dorothy’s red Ruby Slippers.”
And the “strong women” in the creative mastermind’s life, including his mother, his friends and work colleagues also influenced his capsule.
He explained: “Lots of strong women and strong men that I know. I’m just inspired by strong, brave people around me who have so much positivity and love.”
The entrepreneur believes his profession gives him a platform to address matters that plague him, and he hopes other people in the industry do the same.
He said: “As a fashion designer the platform that I have is my clothes and my work, so obviously that becomes my way of saying what I want to say. Hope is so important and love is so important.
“Those are the things that we have to protect and really fight for, and we have to stand up against hate.
“And I think it’s really important right now for anyone creative to use their work to say something about [politics], if you feel strongly about it, like I do.”
Meanwhile, Ashish has managed to survive on “three hours” of sleep in seven days during the fashion extravaganza.
Speaking about his hectic schedule, he said: “I need to sleep. I need a lot of sleep. I’ve literally had like three hours of sleep in a week. I’ll just get over the coffee high with some decaf.”

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