Swimwear gets sexier, bolder

The soft brutality of slashed and stabbed canvases of Italian painter Lucio Fontana expose an artistic dimension often unremembered – the negative space. As the negative space peeks through the slashes and dots of Fontana’s spatialist canvases, designers Shivan Bhatiya and Narresh Kukreja, of brand SHIVAN & NARRESH, explore a swimwear collection that celebrates the negative space of body art – the body itself. (All photos: Parikhit Pal)

Updated on: Jun 18, 2014 1:30 PM IST

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The soft brutality of slashed and stabbed canvases of Italian painter Lucio Fontana expose an artistic dimension often unremembered – the negative space. As the negative space peeks through the slashes and dots of Fontana’s spatialist canvases, designers Shivan Bhatiya and Narresh Kukreja, of brand SHIVAN & NARRESH, explore a swimwear collection that celebrates the negative space of body art – the body itself. (All photos: Parikhit Pal)

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Embodying the spatial canvases in monochromes coupled with lemon tints in brazen resort wear, the ensembles emphasize the subtle seduction of the skin.

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The swimwear returns this season, bolder, with lacerated signature maillots, bikinis & trikinis in SHIVAN & NARRESH's spring summer collection.

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SHIVAN & NARRESH's spring summer collection creates an alluring sense of mystery and sensuality with its resort wear inspired by Italian painter Lucio Fontana.

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SHIVAN & NARRESH's Spring Summer collection, with its gashed facets, creates an alluring sense of mystery and sensuality through the painful beauty of the negative behind the ever-powerful positive.