This season Lakme Fashion Week 2009 (LFW) has an overwhelming response from the general Next and Emerging Fashion Designers group as well as from additional groups of designers. LFW has received in all applications 189-88 for further general and 44 for emerging fashion designers from 20 cities across the country from Nagaland to Jaipur, from Dehradun to Secundrabad. Also, 8 additional designers along with 49 established designers have prijavili.Savjetodavnog Board shortlist the most talented designers to Post Next and Emerging Designer categories, and to show applications of the group.
Lakmé Fashion Week Advisory Board comprises key stakeholders from the fashion fraternity such as educational institutions, customers, media personalities and members dizajnera.Popis includes prestigious names like Dr Darlie O'Koshy, Director , Nid, Shefali Vasudevan, Marie Claire, Sathya Saran, DNA-ME, Priya Tanna, Vogue, Pradip Hirano, Kimaya, Alka Nishar, aza, Gaurav Mahajan - Trent; Designers Wendell Rodricks, Arjun Khanna and Narendra Kumar, Anil Chopra, Advisor - Lakmé, richa Puranesh, Marketing Manager - Lakmé, Hindustan Unilever, Ravi Krishnan, Consultant to IMG, and Vikram Raizada, Head Fashion - IMG. They have chosen 8 talented designers for the General Next, 14 Emerging Designers and 4 additional designers.
LFW has gone to a higher level in redefining the future of fashion with its latest initiative of the exclusive "Men's Clothing Day" this season. On this special day at LFW, designers will focus only on men's collection.
Another new initiative this season at LFW will be "more Designer Group Show," which will present four collections of designer accessories like costume jewelry, head gears, handbags and shoes.
Expressing his views on current initiatives, Mr. Anil Chopra, Advisor, Lakmé said, "This season, Lakmé Fashion Week will be pleasantly surprised by the fashion industry with new and unique initiatives such as Men's Clothing Day, Group Show and Art Supplies Studio. LFW spring Summer '09, which will be held in Mumbai NCP October 20 to 24, will be just another fashion week to showcase designer collections, but it will be a unique platform to reach out to its varied audiences. overall response No registration is proof in itself that LFW has created a benchmark for fashion designers ."
Vikram Raizada, Head Fashion - IMG shared his enthusiasm regarding the selected designers. "Lakmé Fashion Week has always witnessed a tremendous response in the number of designer applications. This season broke all records with entries coming from all over the country, making it a truly national event. Season to season, we at LFW strive to innovate and find newer way adding value to the fashion industry as a whole. This season LFW will thus, equally focus on designers who will present on the day of men's wear designer and the additional Group Show ."
With this set of interesting new initiatives, board members are confident that Lakmé Fashion Week will continue on its path with yet another outstanding season for the Indian fashion industry.
