ludhiana amalgamating indias rich cultural heritage with western aesthetics and silhouettes four young designers from the international institute of fashion design inifd here have returned home after participating in the fashion scout of the london fashion week the designers were honoured at the india house of the indian high commission in london by deputy commissioner dinesh k patnaik for showcasing their collection on india dayhe applauded the young designers for taking forward the 5f mission of the indian prime minister narendra modi from farm to fibre fibre to fabric fabric to fashion and fashion to foreign and appreciated them for drawing from indias enormous traditional design heritage to make a lasting impact on the global fashion scene the students had got selected from 500 applicants across the country two designers jasminum kaur and avleen anand are inifds alumni and two student designers akshay sehgal and gagandeep singh tuli are currently pursuing their fashion designing course at the institutethere were two categories of shows one for independent designers named innovationx and the other for the student designer category named the rangeen riot jasminums theme rhapsody of dunes was inspired by the mesmerizing seven colours of mother earth the styling had touches of the 1960s glamour on clothing which never goes out of fashionavleen anand named her collection the persian bahar where she focused on indowestern outfits using different types of embroidery and painting techniques her collection was inspired by parsi embroidery which is getting extinct she said the biggest challenge of reviving and working with an ancient craft like parsi embroidery was that i needed to create my own imagery without slavishly reproducing it parsi embroidery has became an inseparable part of traditional indian textiles the embroidery is an aesthetic composition of pictorial traditions and an emblem of elegance this exquisite textile form is truly an intercultural craft gagandeeps designs themed feathers of dawn were inspired by a poem written by sarojini naidu which influenced him to use feathers as embellishments in his collection feathers in different colours like yellow orange peach sea green and black were inspired by keralas images of sunsetakshays ready to wear collection was inspired by pan singh tomar highlighting the idea of womens empowerment and gender equality akshay said his collection was inspired by women who can manage their personal and professional lives very well his collection had a touch of confidence and chivalry with an attitude of emancipation and liberationinifd ludhiana centres director arvind gupta said the designers made india proud and wished them good luck for their future all this could not have been possible without the unconditional support of the families of these designers and they need to be complimented equally he added