From a small town in Orissa to one of the biggest fashion events of the country, young designer Manas Dash created a stir at his first-ever show at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) with a collection inspired by the Pattachitra paintings and his childhood memories.

"The starting point of the collection is based on a small incident from my own past memories," Manas told IANS."I am from a very conservative family and place and when I was 13, I started liking western music. But it was a taboo to listen to that in my place and I was stopped by everyone," he said. "The faces of all the characters from that incident are the inspiration for my collection, which I have expressed through the Pattachitra painting-inspired clothes," he added.

The collection is called "Modern Tribe" and used fabrics like pure silk, cotton silk, raw silk, poplin, satin, lycra, and shiny reczin. Working around the Pattachitra paintings of Orissa, which is an ancient and popular form of art inspired from Indian mythology, the designer from Sambalpur used them for very edgy modern silhouettes with dramatic shoulder interest.