In pictures: Stunning collections on display at Lakme Fashion Week 2018

Starting from August 22, the Lakme Fashion Week 2018 will treat fashionistas to over 40 shows in the span of five days. Here is a look at some of the collections that will be on display this LFW

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Fashion designer Mohammed Mazhar was inspired by the saviour of cloth – the 'Rafugar' . The collection will showcase lots of Rafugar-inspired embroideries in a red, black and white colour palette at Lakmé Fashion Week.

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Untitled Co., Studio Metallurgy and Divya Sheth will showcase their collections as part of The Elle Graduate Winners show at Lakmé Fashion Week W/F'18

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The Digital Empowerment Foundation will present Artisans Of Digital Age – a digitally driven designer-artisan collaboration with Pallavi Dhyani Barabanki's showcase of cotton gamcha textiles on Sustainable Fashion Day at LFW.

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BOBO Calcutta creates breakthrough rebel art, weaved into the quintessential Calcutta chromosome. Their LFW 18 collection as part of the gender bender showcase will spotlight prints that represent liberation and one’s right to love freely

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Amit Aggarwal collection emulates the feeling of movement, innovation in form and a feeling of luxury. The collection at LFW will bring together sophisticated new age materials and craftsmanship to create a unique aesthetic vision

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Kartikeya's collection 'Heroine of the Opera' emulates an old world nostalgia interspersed with the powerful theatrics of the European opera culture in the late 1700s. The collection at LFW will also showcase ornate footwear by online store Misfit Panda

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'Twin queen' is Armaan Randhawa's dedication to late designer Alexander McQueen. His Lakmé Fashion Week 18 collection will showcase minimal, boxy and heavily embroidered silhouettes with edgy artwork.

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Vrisa by Rahul and Shikha will present 'Bukhara' collection of delicate hand embroideries and comfortable silhouettes at Lakmé Fashion Week.