Lakme Fashion Week preview: Behind the scenes

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Lakme Fashion Week's spring/summer 2010 instalment is geared to start tomorrow and Mumbai is buzzing with anticipation. We bring you a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the designers, models and what you can expect to see on the runway.
The venue, the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai, is buzzing with fittings that stretch into the wee hours. Designers are busy ensuring the best fits and models are busy getting measured, trying on outfit after outfit and getting finalised ensembles nipped and tucked.


Here, model Candice Pinto tries out a plunging purple number by first-time GenNext designer Masaba Richards, the daughter of actress Neena Gupta and West Indies cricketing legend Sir Vivian Richards.

Photographs: Sanjay Sawant

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Although Masaba was furiously busy with her line and fittings, she did find the time to pose obligingly for the shutterbugs, giving us her best smile. Then it was back to work, work, work!

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The young designer's collection is a vibrant, rich mix of edgy ethnicwear and dresses, as is apparent from this line-up of her models. Earlier this year, she won three awards at SNDT University's annual fashion show: Collection of the Year, Best Embellishment and Trendsetting Collection. In a recent interview, she named Wendell Rodricks and Manish Arora as two of her big influences. Now, Masaba's prepared to take on Lakme Fashion Week.

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Celebrated Bollywood fashion guru Manish Malhotra was seen flitting about, caught up in conversation on his cellphone. Manish will bring the second day of the LFW to a close with a grand showing.