we turn the spotlight on a few designers of nift who recently stunned the city with their graduation collectionvandana alekya design philosophy a pucca hyderabadi alekyas clothes have strong influences from the state and its rich cultural heritage inspired by rani rudramma devi alekya says her clothes are a reflection of culture and woman power my clothes were inspired from the thousand pillar temple near warangal built during the kakatiya rule the intricate carving on the pillars find way on the surface of my clothing i was inspired by rani rudramma devi the warrior princess of the kakatiya dynasty though she was a woman she never really got the chance to dress like women during her time because she always had to be in war gear so my collection reflects the contemporary woman of today stylish social yet ready to take on the world explains alekya whose work won her the best contemporary use of traditional textiles award at the graduation ceremony i used a lot of woven fabrics for my collection like jute and matka silk i wanted to show that weaves can be stylish too explains the budding designerfuture plans after a stupendous show alekya plans to pursue her higher studies at the london school of fashion ive applied to the london school of fashion and plan to study further and when im back in india i want to work on my own label she sayschinmay kishore design philosophy a fan of comic books chinmays work was the mosttalked about at the fashion show put up by students his models sashayed the ramp looking like futuristic warriors dressed in comfy gear and brandishing weapons like light sabers etc my design was all about the futuristic warrior they can fly swim and perform all superhuman activities my storyboard spoke about the eventuality of galactus a popular fictional cosmic entity in comics invading our planet and how our warriors will look when going out to defend our planet against him explains the iron man fan one of the most outstanding collections at the show chinmay bagged two main awards on the big night design collection and garment construction my garment construction was highly influenced by crustacean animals like the crab the exoskeleton of crabs was reflected on the surface of my garments says chinmay adding i did a high end street wear line thats popular in countries like japan my collection is for those between the ages of 25 to 30 who love being edgyfuture plans the boy from patna plans to get some work experience and then branch out on his own right now i need to learn more about the business i would love to work on my brand and take it to great heights in future he says ranjay kumar design philosophy another big winner on the graduation ranjays travel collection was all about bringing together the various cultures of india and the only way to get these together in the collection was through the