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Lakmé Fashion Week 2025: Designers, trends, and sustainability highlights

Lakmē Fashion Week in partnership with the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) is set for its highly anticipated return to New Delhi from October 9–12, 2025, at The Grand, Vasant Kunj. Presented by the House of Lakmē, the FDCI, and Reliance Brands (RBL), the upcoming season will unveil a dynamic lineup of celebrated designers, bold new...

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FDCI announces India Couture Week 2025 lineup

The India Couture Week 2025 is set to return for its 18th edition, promising a spectacular showcase by 14 prominent Indian couturiers, including celebrated names such as Manish Malhotra, Rahul Mishra, Rohit Bal, JJ Valaya, Ritu Kumar and Tarun Tahiliani. The line-up for the forthcoming edition also includes Amit Aggarwal, Falguni Shane Peacock,...

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RIL’s R|elan unveiled Namrata Joshipura's game-changing athleisure collection at Lakme Fashion Week

In a striking confluence of high-performance fabric technology and cutting-edge design, this season Reliance Industries Limited’s R|Elan fabric 2.0 joined forces with Namrata Joshipura and presented an electrifying athleisure collection at Lakmē Fashion Week X FDCI 2025 in Mumbai. This highly anticipated showcase unveiled a new era of versatile...

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Amit Aggarwal presents aged Anew at Lakmé Fashion Week with Bhumi Pednekar

Amit Aggarwal’s presentation in partnership with Nothing delivered an iconic experience that brought fashion & tech together at Lakme Fashion Week in Partnership with FDCI – March 2025. Nothing's philosophy of showcasing technology, rather than concealing it, served as the initial spark and primary influence behind the creation of the new pret...

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Lakmē x AK|OK Unveil ‘Silver Collar’ at FDCI x Lakmē Fashion Week 2025

Lakmē Fashion Week, in collaboration with the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), commenced its 2025 edition with a breathtaking Grand Opening Show by celebrated designer Anamika Khanna for her prêt label, AK|OK Anamika Khanna. Bringing together contemporary elegance and timeless sophistication, AK|OK Anamika Khanna’s collection, Silver...

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Top designers to showcase at 15th Blenders Pride Fashion Tour

The 15th edition of the Blenders Pride Fashion Tour, to be held in multiple cities viz. Kolkata, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Mumbai, will feature top designers including Anamika Khanna, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Manish Malhotra, etc. Starting on January 22, the fashion tour will end with the grand finale show ‘The Pride of India’ in collaboration with...

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LMIFW launches child initiative ‘Not Made by Children’

An initiative, ‘Not Made by Children’ was launched at the ongoing Lotus Makeup India Fashion Week (LMIFW), New Delhi, March 13 to 16, 2019 by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation to stop child labor in India’s fashion and textile industries. The foundation works to end child labor and help children in exploitative situations as well as...

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FDCI announces dates for India Fashion Week S/S

The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) will organise the 32nd edition of India Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2019 from October 10 to 13, 2018, the event will be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. Besides providing a platform to several new and established designers, it will introduce new concepts to keep up with the...

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India Couture Week completes a decade of existence

The most awaited events, India Couture Week 2017 is completing 10 years this month. And the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) set to bring the most extravagant showcase in this edition which begins July 24 at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi and is on for seven days. Besides the star hotel there will be a few off-site locations in Delhi....

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Jharcraft to partner AIFW

Jharkhand will partner the upcoming Amazon India Fashion Week. Usually the fashion week has a partner country but this time it has been decided to have a partner state. Jharkhand is known for its fabulous fabrics. The event aims to unlock its treasures before a global audience. The soul of Jharkhand lies in its handloom legacy. Designer Shaina...

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March edition of Amazon India fashion to be for four days

The next edition of Amazon India fashion week will be held in New Delhi from March 15 to 18, 2017. For the first time, the event will be held over four days instead of five. The opening day will be dedicated solely to Indian handloom and textiles. The fashion week has been reduced from a five-day to a four-day affair, because all the show’s...

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US is the next fashion frontier for Indian designers

An evergrowing expat Indian population in the US has given a boost to Indian fashion designers who are now looking at spreading their wings there. After winning the European and Middle East markets, US is the new frontier for a growing number of designers as they explore ethnic fashion business there. In the past few years, an increasing number...