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SUPER HOT: Mandira Bedi burns up the ramp

Last updated on: March 26, 2013 19:00 IST

Image: Candice Pinto
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

It was a riot of colours as three young designers showed on the final day of Lakme Fashion Week. Photographs: Uday Kuckian

The second show slot on the final day of the Lakme Fashion Week saw Pallavi Jaipur, Pooja Kapoor and Vijay Balhara showing their latest lines.

Pallavi Jaipur began with her collection, Buzzar inspired from the busy shopping streets of Jaipur, her hometown. Here Candice Pinto walks the ramp in a dreamy outfit.

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Cape trend

Image: Sucheta Sharma
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Cape dresses and gowns seem to be back in business. Seen here is Sucheta Sharma walking the ramp in a bright orange coloured one with a block print cape.

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Couture beading


Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Every designs in Pallavi's copllection is said to be symbolic of the streets of the Bazaar.

This sari is part of the collection that seems to emblematise the Johari Bazaar where one finds bangles and meenakari work and beads.

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Sunshine yellow

Image: Shweta Doli
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

The Haldiyon Ka Rasta (in Johari Bazaar, Jaipur) finds expression in this bright yellow dress worn by Shweta Doli.

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Plenty of razzle dazzle

Image: Mandira Bedi
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Mandira Bedi seems to be carrying the entire bazaar on her skirts as she closes the show for the young designer.

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The designer with the showstopper


Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Pallavi Jaipur takes a bow alongside her sexy showstopper.

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Pooja Kapoor's 'warrior-priestess'

Image: Archana Akil Kumar
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Pooja Kapoor's womenswear line paid tribute to the 'warrior-priestess', a woman who in her own words 'strives to use fierce grace in her battle for truth and higher consciousness'. It is thus that we see an almost ancient Roman silhouette in this first outfit.

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Striped beauty

Image: Rikee Chatterjee
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Kapoor worked only with whites and yellows. Rikee Chatterjee walks the ramp in an off-shoulder striped yellow dress.

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White drape

Image: Reha Sukheja
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

A white sari simply draped appears on the ramp modelled by the pretty Reha Sukheja.

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Raising the hemline

Image: Kavita Kharayat
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Next up we have Kavita Kharayat in a cute yellow mini that had us going weak in our knees.

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Asymmetric fashion

Image: Manasvi Mamgai
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Finally Manasvi Mamgai walks the ramp in a bright yellow but rather plain-looking dress.

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Exotic yellow!


Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Looking pretty as a petal, designer Pooja Kapoor takes a bow at the end of the show.

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Vijay Balhara's 'In coversation with stones'

Image: Sucheta Sharma
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Designer Vijay Balhara showed his womenswear line at the Lakme Fashion Week.

Called 'In conversation with stones' the collection was a tribute of sorts to the two cities he lived in -- Mumbai and Delhi.

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Heritage inspired


Photographs: Uday Kuckian

The collection sought inspiration from the ornamental tiles and marble inlay artwork in the heritage buildings in the two cities.

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Silk shine


Photographs: Uday Kuckian

The colour palette of the lines comprised olive, jade green, bright coral pink and purple in fabrics such as dupioni silk, linen, chanderi, crepe, net and tulle.

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Yawn worthy

Image: Kavita Kharayat
Photographs: Uday Kuckian

The stunning Kavita Kharayat walks the ramp in one of Balhara's gowns sporting an eye patch.

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Stitch art


Photographs: Uday Kuckian

The embroidery techniques of Zardosi and dabka along with Nakshi and cut dana work also made their way on the runway.

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The designer takes a bow


Photographs: Uday Kuckian

Vijay Balhara takes a bow at the end of the show.

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