She loves saris. She says she can never go wrong with them.

She has never used black in her shows, until now. But she lives in black in her daily life.

They call her the 'nanga' (nude) designer ("I don't know why, but they do," she shrugs).

"In the end, it's just me, my scissors and my garments," she says.

Here's more of Rina Dhaka's Fall-Winter collection at the Lakme India Fashion Week 2005.

Text: Sita Menon
Photographs: Jewella C Miranda