India Fashion Week is a bi-annual fashion week organized and promoted by the Fashion Design Council of India. Wills Lifestyle sponsored it from 2006–2014 before Amazon became the sponsor.[1] The first event in 2000 featured the work of 33 designers.[2] There were also over thirty presenters at the Spring Fashion Week in March 2013.[3] In 2010, fire permits were not secured in time for the first-day events which caused an extra day to be added to accommodate the presentations that had been canceled on the first day.[4]
The WIFW autumn-winter 2014 started on 26 March 2014 with actress Shilpa Shetty walking the ramp wearing the collections of designer Tarun Tahiliani.[5] The WIFW spring-summer 2015 event started on 8 October 2014 at New Delhi.[6] The Indian fashion industry has become a growing industry with international events such as the India Fashion Week and annual shows by fashion designers being held across major cities of the country.[7]
See also
edit- Bangalore Fashion Week
- Lakme Fashion Week
- India Runway Week
- The Runway Stories
References
edit- ^ "India Fashion Week - Sponsor Page".
- ^ "Fashion week in India". BBC News. 18 August 2000. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Ramp fun begins: Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013 opens today". Hindustan Times. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ David Lalmalsawma (29 March 2010). "Fashion diary – clothes, controversies and a finale that wasn't". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Shilpa Shetty shines in Tarun Tahiliani's Collections at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Monica Dogra goes bold at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Cover Story: Global Design for Indian Fashion" (PDF). Markathon. 3 (10). 2012.