two weeks from now the dusty streets of ahmedabad will wear an enticing look navratri the festival of dance will make nights look almost surrealfestivity will rule the nights as enthusiastic garba lovers will put their best foot forward to dance to the beats of dhol and musicand if youre hoping to make a splash at the garbadandiya event in your neighbourhood you might want to check out the latest style initially navratri was known for the fashion that it created during the festival but today with navratri going global its a different story jaydeep mehta director of an event management company has been organising garba events since past seven years somewhere people have made it a festival of fashion which doesnt have the genuine sheri garba as youngsters sway to bollywood numbers we have decided to portray the original sheri garba and create an ambience of the old city a 3d bhadra fort teen darwaja and rani no hajiro on the grounds people do dance to bollywood songs but when the original garba songs are played they enjoy the most says jaydeep agrees singer and music composer saumil munshi amdavadis love the traditional songs over bollywood numbers we do have modern instruments for that punch it is only for the flavour and excitement that we use latest instruments people love the dhol beats only while there are some who are not interested in going traditional says event manager vishal savaliya we are trying to get innovative the first few days we have got software that will churn out garba songs in bollywood style we are also getting an orchestra from mumbai and the singer will be performing in the midst of the crowd the last 34 days we are planning to go completely traditional authentic sheri garba with some mehendi stalls if the youngsters today are following western fashion trends then they definitely flaunt it in navratri too remember those spaghetti tops and cotton skirts fashion designer purvi doshi feels it is going to be a blend of modern cuts and traditional style but authenticity will rule gone are the days when girls used to wear flared skirts with spaghetti or halter tops its going to be kalidar ghagras and traditional blouses or long tops that were worn by garasiyas the embroidery is not going to be too heavy but the originality of the work will remain knee length ghagras are also going to be seen this year with lot of kalis prints like bandhani and lehriya are going to be seen in blue green orange red and mustard colours says purvifashion designers feel the look this time is definitely heavy original and ornate barsha dutta fashion designer says people demand plain ghagras with rabari style borders gold khadi print blouses and ghagras with plain and simple tikkiworkdupattas are the right picks this season brocade blouses are also picking up black maroon red purple and mauve shades will rule this navratri singer devang patel feels amdavadis have