LFW announces designers for 13th edition

The Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) to be held from August 3 to

7, 2012 at Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, has announced its 86 participating designers and 10 sponsors for Winter/Festive 2012 edition. In its 13th year, LFW continues to bring in creative excellence, creating opportunities for new talent and providing the most commercially relevant platform for sponsor collaborations.

In a continued endeavour to support and pay tribute to Indian textiles, LFW this season will be taking Indian textile day to newer heights. LFW has invited industry veterans Jaya Jaitly, Darshan Shah, Maximiliano Modesti, Rta Kapur Chishti and Wendell Rodricks for workshops, demonstrations and panel discussions while Krishna Mehta returns as a curator for the day. All designers participating on this day will showcase Indian weaves and crafts to extend their support to this unique initiative and help bring the dominance of Indian textiles and crafts to the fore. Winter/Festive 2012 will also see LFW presenting an award for the designer who best incorporates Indian weaves and craftsmanship in their collection.

The grand finale will see fashion visionaries Kallol Datta and Pankaj & Nidhi pull the curtains as finale designers with their ‘Lakmé Absolute’ collection. The Gen Next program, which completes seven years this season, will once again have designer and stylist Aki Narula to mentor the Gen Next program. This season, seven extraordinary designers from across the country will showcase their debut collections.

Winter/Festive 2012 will bring industry doyen Pallavi Jaikishan for the first time on the LFW runway alongside other industry stalwarts like Wendell Rodricks, Neeta Lulla, Anita Dongre, Krishna Mehta and Ritu Beri.