Raffles' Snaffle, Season 5
RIFA a fashion school organized "Raffles' Snaffle, Season 5" happened on 15th Sept 2017 (30th Bhadra 2074) at Tourism Market in Association With Nepal Ice Natura in which 19 designers showcased there design collection as a part of their graduation ceremony. Designers just completed their diploma in fashion designing from RIFA fashion school, Bhaktapur.


The event had 8 sequences
Sequence I
Designers Ishwori Shrestha, Anu Shilpakar and Ritu Manandhar have prepared their party wear collection taking red carpet as theme and glass as their inspiration. They named their brand as Diva. Basically they used their inspiration as silhouette. Red, blue, peach, pink etc colors are used. Surface ornamentation is done to decorate their dresses. Their target group is the 24+ age from middle class family.
Sequence II
Designers Rita Bomjan and Sunita Lama have prepared their party wear collection taking nature as theme and inspired by flowers. They have used their inspiration in necklines, silhouette and as prints. Raw silk, Apple Silk, sparkle net, georgette
Sequence III
Designers Samjhana Basukala, Sharmila Shrestha and Binu Machamasi have prepared their collection of casual wear inspired by colours and textures of early morning. They have used yellow, blue, off white, gray etc colors in ther collection. They have chosen cotton, Rayon, linen dyed Korean cotton etc fabrics for their collection. Targeted age group is about 18 to 25 years.
Sequence IV
The collection of the designers Samikshya Bista, Smriti KC and Shrijana Tamang are inspired by zebra and used the black and white stripes as their inspiration. Patches and weaving techniques are used to manipulate their fabrics like leather, blended fabrics, lycra, double sinker etc
Sequence V
The 5th sequence is the collection of casual wears by designers Chanda Shrestha, Luna Pradhan and Rasmila Dumaru which is inspired by rock music. They used leather, sinker and jeans specially in black, brown and combact green. They prepared their collection targeting the age group 15 to early 20s.
Sequence VI
Designers Shramina Tamrakar, Meena Mokta and Sangita Shrestha prepared Sixth sequence which is the collection of casual fusion wear inspired by stars from the theme starry night. They used linen, rayon, denim and sinker in blue, black, gray, off white, dark green etc. They prepared their collection targeting 20 to 25 years.
Sequence VII
Seventh sequence by Nisha Bhujel and Sanju Shrestha. They prepared semiformal collection targeting an age group of 20 to 28 years. Tweed, blazer , blended sinker ,Korean cotton and cotton fabrics in their collection.
The purpose of this showcase was to introduce and to promote the new designers and also to develop fashion professionalism.

