fresh fashion came to the fore at the first show on day two of lakm fashion week on saturday as many as eight young designers showed off their styles on the ramp it opened with vipin batra and his own label v with a rather creative touch in pretty pastels next in line was the duo sukwant buttar and aastha sharma with their earthy line derived from the apathy and repression faced by slaves in the ancient continent of africa the silhouettes were structured one pieces with fitted waistlines bondages on sleeves legs and bodice with detailing as gathers and belts the fabrics in dusty pastels were coarse reflecting the harshness of slavery sougat paul showed an amalgamation of day to day thoughts knitted together this was infused with quality and brilliant workmanship the look was classy and subtle yet with a bit of coy it was predominantly a feminine eveningwear line with fabrics ranging from crepe satin georgette silk satin to jacquard and net chic was the look for surbhi chawla with minimal or glam achieved by refined draping techniques hand crafted textures and intriguing weaves her incredible understanding of tone and texture and her own preference of more minimal uncluttered design made for a strikingly contemporary sensibility her work was very innovative connoted subtlety elegance and a timeless classic aesthetic sandeep sarkar and siddhartha upadhyaya were next with some stylish ensembles while sabah khan had a theme of no class drawing inspiration from lifestyles of the people dwelling in the slums of dharavi and reflecting the charm joy and energy of a city within the city of mumbai her signature styles combined chic styling with an immaculate fit and construction she described her clothes as high street prt bordering on couture asserting a quite stylish and sexy confidence to the wearer