By Nivedita

Mumbai:They have their own take of fashion, be it the out-of-the box inspiration or experimentation in terms of patterns or cuts, the seven new faces in the fashion design industry, who showcased their collection under the Generation Next category at the opening day of Lakme Fashion Week winter-festive 2015, set the standards high for many.

This year, mentored by top fashion expert Sabina Chopra, the 20th batch of seven Gen Next designers presented by INIFD dazzled the audience with their creativity at the fashion gala that started here on Wednesday at Hotel Palladium.

From Ajay Kumar’s High on Kaleidoscopic prints, Charchit Bafna’s fashion neutrality, Kriti Tula’s upsclaing fashion, Jebin Johny’s oriental fashion fusion, Ishita Mangal’s intriguing fashion, Shivangi Sahni’s deconstructed elegance to Siddhartha Bansal’s rustic fashion impact, every theme has a story to tell.

Kumar showed his version of men’s wear for the 21st century male through a collection called “Consonance and Dissonance”.

With black and white and loads of kaleidoscopic patterns, which were unbelievably intricate and geometric with florals, birds and beasts, the designer unleashed a colour story of lotus pink, cranberry, parrot green with hints of bright red.

He used 100 percent cotton, linen and silk with digital prints to showcase a collection that had Indo-Persian silhouettes featuring angarkha jacket, draped cowl printed shirt, kilt trousers, interesting back-over-lap trousers, long kurta, and embroidered the bib shirt with jewelled crystal beads.

Bafna’s collection comprised of men’s and women’s wear line that bordered on androgynous touches. It moved effortlessly between both genders with silhouettes and styles ideal for casual wear.

Called “Elakka Ice”, Bafna’s collection moved away from conventional winter hues to blue, green and gold with distinct banana leaf prints and floral hand embroidery.

For her label Doodlage, Delhi-based designer Tula unveiled a collection of garments that projected how industry waste can be upscaled to create stylish women’s wear. Her collection, called “Purge”, was inspired by evolution of basics. She recreated the white shirt and draped scarves for the fashion conscious.

Adding patch work, knitting back fabric strips from production waste and block printing, Kriti displayed slouchy silhouettes with discreet detailing.

The shapes bordered almost on the androgynous level with the kurtis aimed at the versatile dresser in the age group 14-65 years with easy silhouettes that can fit any shape or size.