young designer payal khandwalas who recently showcased her collection to rave reviews at the lfw was again wellappreciated at the recently held gettogether at goodearth in mumbai goodearth mumbai presented an afternoon with designer payal khandwala who showcased her collection sadhu and the samurai to rave reviews at the recently held lakme fashion week 2012 beenu bawa played the gracious host draped in a payal stole the designer herself was present to offer styling suggestions draping ideas and to answer styling queries her clothes are a lot like her simple yet undeniably stylish and the event saw many an elegant woman wrapped in her beautiful ensembles talking about her collection payal said my clothes are layered to be worn as separates and also to be wrapped alongside more constructed shapes the palette embodies the origins of both the sadhu and the samurai her palette is an arrangement of beautiful hues like burnt orange crimson and ochre with coffee brown charcoal bronze and indigo the silhouettes long and relaxed adding to the style quotient of the afternoon were audhna akhtar anushka manchanda suchitra pillai tara dsouza and geetu hinduja who came wearing payal khandwalas flowing creations also present at the event were sunil and tanuja pandwal arjun bhasin vj yudi shweta salve priyadarshini rao anjana sharma and aparna badlani a lovely stylish afternoon in a chic ambience over cutting edge design and easy conversation the collection draws on the subtle similarities and the definite dissimilarities between these two characters fundamentally they both personify discipline focus and austerity they share purpose and philosophy and embody the virtues of loyalty selfawareness and spirituality however they are distinctly different in their manifestations and this dichotomy makes them significant and intriguing symbolically the monk and the warrior make the perfect beginnings for a collection that can combine these extremes whilst embracing their spirit the idea is to marry the gentle carefree and frugal with the structured systematic and ornamental to take the accidental and unintentional and team it with elements that are methodical orderly and deliberate this is where the nonconformist unconventional ascetic encounters the strong yet graceful soldier