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India Fashion Week is a bi-annual
India Fashion Week is a bi-annual fashion week
A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, where fashion designers, brands or "houses" display their latest collections in runway fashion shows to buyers and the media. These events influence the upcoming fashion ...
organized and promoted by the Fashion Design Council of India
The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) is an organisation in India. FDCI is a non-profit independent association of fashion designers formed to propagate the Business of Fashion in India in December 1998. Currently, the office is based in ...
. It was sponsored by Wills Lifestyle from 2006–2014 before Amazon.in became the sponsor.
The first event in 2000 featured the work of 33 designers. There were also over thirty presenters at the Spring Fashion Week in March 2013.
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 cancelled on the first day.
The WIFW autumn-winter 2014 started on 26 March 2014 with actress Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born Ashwini Shetty; Née Shetty; 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi-language films. Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller ''Baazigar'' (1993) which garnered her nominations for two Filmfare ...
walking the ramp wearing the collections of designer Tarun Tahiliani
Tarun Tahiliani is a noted Indian fashion designer
Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body post ...
. The WIFW spring-summer 2015 event started on 8 October 2014 at New Delhi.
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.
See also
*Bangalore Fashion Week
Bangalore Fashion Week (BFW) is a bi-annual fashion event held in Bangalore, India. Established in 2009, The name Bangalore Fashion Week follows the international practice of christening the fashion week event after the name of the city in which ...
*Lakme Fashion Week
Lakmé Fashion Week is a bi-annual fashion week which takes place in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Its ''Summer-Resort'' show takes place in April while the ''Winter-Festive'' show takes place in August.
History
The event first took place in 19 ...
*India Runway Week
India Runway Week (IRW) is a biannual trade event held in New Delhi, India, primarily for young emerging fashion designers. It is among India's top three fashion-week platforms and features summer and winter editions. The Indian Federation for ...
References
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