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Last updated on: March 23, 2013 13:48 IST

India's foremost beachwear designers Shivan and Narresh showed off their dazzling spring-summer line on Day One of Lakme Fashion Week. Photographs by Uday Kuckian

Seeking inspiration from the expressionist artist Barnett Newman, India's foremost beachwear designers Shivan and Naresh named their latest collection Zip after the artist's single stroke of colour that he used to define the spatial structure of his paintings.

The collection celebrates the expressionist's works and renders in it the 1950s American holiday spirit.

Rikee Chatterjee opens the show sporting a trikini that was inspired from one of Newman's untitled work from 1969.

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Marcella Rodrigues walks the ramp in a linen bikini that harked back to Newman's work titled Black Fire.

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Candice Pinto shows just why she's the top cat in the business even after so many years as she sports a hand-printed bandeau and a sexy pencil skirt.

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Sucheta Sharma in a hand-painted linen shift dress.

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The stunning Arshia Ahuja in a breathtaking one-piece swimsuit.

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Yet another maillot, one that seeks inspiration from Newman's work from the '50s titled The Wild.



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Rikee Chatterjee returns to the ramp, this time in a pre-stitched silk resort sari.



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A model makes a statement in this dazzling figure-hugging zipper gown.

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The Black Dress gets a Newman twist courtesy Shivan-Naresh.



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Seeking inspiration from Newman's The Promise is Bhoomika Arora's trikini and a hand-painted cotton silk jacket.

IMAGES: Sizzling beachwear on the LFW ramp

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Designers Shivan and Naresh take the ramp at the end of their show.