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Last updated on: March 19, 2015 10:10 IST

Six Gen Next designers showed their creations at Lakme Fashion Week and it was fantastic!

Photographs: Uday Kuckian/Rediff.com

Model Ugochi Latoya Igwilo in an Alan Alexander Kaleekal creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

The 19th edition of Gen Next designers opened Day One at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015 with a show mentored by designer Anita Dongre. And for the first time ever, a Nigerian model, Ugochi Latoya Igwilo, will be part of the 5-day extravaganza. Here she walks the ramp for designer Alan Alexander Kaleekal.

Kaleekal's collection used a colour story of ecru and black and featured sheer/solid tie-up dress, cotton boxy tunic, cut-away overall with cropped top and a rear back tie-up tunic with shorts.

A model in an Ankit Carpenter creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

Ankit Carpenter's creations were inspired by the cactus and focussed on timeless clean construction and silhouettes.

A model in an Ankit Carpenter creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

We particularly liked this one-shoulder origami-inspired mini. Don't you too?

A model in a Kanika Goyal creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

Kanika Goyal's collection was called Creatures of the Night.

A model in a Kanika Goyal creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

Using glass nylon, polyester satin, denim and Lycra in shades of white, beige and lilac, the designer showed a line that had a clever mix of the textures.

A model in a Kanika Goyal creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

The imaginative use of shattered glass print gave the collection an innovative touch.

A model in a Manish Bansal creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

Manish Bansal's line was for the modern man who pushes the style envelope every day.

A model in a Manish Bansal creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

Be it a knit kurta with kangaroo pockets…

A model in a Manish Bansal creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

Or Bermuda shorts with racer-back tank Bansal stuck to white and presented a line for the modern urban male.

A model in a Priyanka Ella creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

Priyanka Ella worked with natural fabrics and her collection featured garments with simple organic shapes that fell comfortably around the body.

A model in a Priyanka Ella creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

Draped Zen-like kimonos, kaftans with long trails, wrap-around oriental creation with looped back, Ella's designs used just one colour -- white.

A model in a Salita Nanda creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

Salita Nanda was inspired by Picasso's painting Les Demoiselles D'vignon

A model in a Salita Nanda creation at Lakme Fashion Week.

For the collection, Salita worked with digital prints and a series of 3D printed fabrics and the line, Demoiselles, was targeted at the stylish urban young woman.

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