PICS: Diana Hayden on the catwalk

Sounil Gohil and Rimi Nayak presented their collections on Day 3 of Lakme Fashion Week Summer/ Resort 2013. Photographs by Hitesh Harisinghani.

First up is Sounia Gohil's romantic line. The designer's collection, created a lot of style, elegance and pizzazz on the catwalk.

Taking the audience on a romantic stylish journey through the Romanesque and Renaissance eras, the designer showed hints of wooden carvings in the form of unusual prints and accessories.

Sanea Sheikh shows a yellow, brown and white flowing cover with blue halter neck.

Alesia Raut walks the ramp in straight fit mini dress. The flowing trail gives the outfit a very feminine touch.

Showcasing a totally resort line meant for the sun worshipper the designer offered a profusion of chiffon, jersey, and silk for bikinis, shorts, voluminous covers and gowns.

See here is Hemangi Parte in a white cotton long sleeve cover over shorts.

Inspired by the motifs of the past eras, Sounia used the carvings and prints to anchor various parts of the garments.

Seen here is Sony Kaur in a lovely chiffon cover over a bikini.

The beauty of architecture and tile work from the early Portuguese era came alive on Sounia's garments in stunning shapes and innovative embellishments.

Diva Dhawan looks cool in this pleated swinging blouse and palazzo pants.

Gliding in as the show stopper was statuesque Miss World 1997 Diana Hayden, in a black/turquoise/navy halter silk drape teamed with black leggings.

Sounia Gohil poses with her showstopper.

Rimi Nayak's collection called "Letter Flow" unleashed alphabets and words onto stylish summer wear on Day 3 of Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2013.

The line of resort wear – dresses, trousers, tops and saris brought a variety of looks for the jet setting holiday makers.

Alesia Raut shows a slinky white satin toga with a black circular print.

The look moved to a simple dress, then onto draped maxis, shirt dresses with attached cowls, saris worn with soft kurtas, kaftans, some basic blouses and a jacket with embroidered calligraphy.

There was understated beauty about the creations as the prints were very subdued but gave an interesting appeal to the entries.

Her inspiration was unique with the Bengali letter forms and alphabets splashed on the fluid silhouettes.

Embellishments revolved around digital and block printing techniques, which were cleverly blended with cutwork and appliques to present eye catching surface texturing.

Monochromes along with shades of blue were the basis of the colour palette; while sudden highlights with pink, green and yellow created a vibrant relief.

Fabrics were very soft and fluid with georgette, fresh crepe, hand woven handloom cotton along with satin and raw silk that gave the garments a soft sensuous feel.

Paying tribute to the Bengali language, Rimi Nayak's quirkily titled collection had all the fashionable hot selling directions.