Nomadic look is in: Designer Payal Jain

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outurier, prêt designer and corporate stylist Payal Jain's latest collection pays tribute to the spirits of the desert -- the wandering mendicants.

To bring about this feel, her clothes have lots of embellishment, patchwork, styles and energetic colours.

Let's see what Payal has used to coordinate the complete look.

• Payal Jain is all about style

Elements for the tribal nomadic look

~ A mix of delicate fabrics.

~ Earth baked browns, deep saturated terracotta reds, vibrant indigo blues, weed greens and burnt oranges.

~ A synthesis of nomadic patchwork, hand block printing with embellishments of ornate rustic beading and textured embroidery.

~ Reworking traditional, vegetable-dyed, block-printed silks and woven jacquards in a mismatched mixed mosaic look.

~ An assortment of skirts of varied lengths, layered wraparound skirts and pants.

~ These are paired with crochet gillets, bandana style bustiers, sensual vests and structured jackets.

Payal Jain trained at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, San Francisco. She has worked with couturiers like Jacqueline De Bery and Ulrich Engler in Europe. She set up her own studio in India in 1993.

She will showcase her collection at 6 pm on April 20 at the Lakme India Fashion Week 2005.