PRESS RELEASE: FDCI ANNOUNCES THE SHOW SCHEDULE &LIST OF DESIGNERS PARTICIPATING AT WILLS LIFESTYLE INDIA FASHION WEEK - AUTUMN-WINTER 2013

           

PRESS RELEASE

FDCI ANNOUNCES THE SHOW SCHEDULE &LIST OF DESIGNERS PARTICIPATING AT WILLS LIFESTYLE INDIA FASHION WEEK - AUTUMN-WINTER 2013

-          128 designers showcasing through Runway and Exhibition

-          32 shows during the 5-day fashion event

New Delhi, February 20, 2013: Fashion Design Council of India, today announced the show schedule for the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, A/W 2013 alongwith the list of designers participating at the event. This season of WIFW A/W’13 will witness the participation of 128 designers from a mix of leading, as well as upcoming designers from all over the country.

The much-awaited fashion fiesta will take off in March with designers showcasing their magnificent creations. The five-day fashion event from March 13-17, 2013 at Hall no. 18,PragatiMaidan, New Delhi will see innovative themes and out-of-the-box conceptualizations through 32 shows which will wow the runway, hoping to leave guests in awe of the splendid shows.

Announcing the list of designers, Mr. Atul Chand, Divisional Chief Executive, ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing Business and Mr. Sunil Sethi, President, FDCI said, “Designers have the power to influence global fashion with their unique designs. These myriad style gurus are ready to showcase their creations both on the runway and exhibition area. The interesting mix of innovation, creativity and tradition will usher in the best at the WIFW Autumn-Winter showing, this season. I wish them the very best for the upcoming show.”

SHOW SCHEDULE

Day 1, Wednesday – March 13, 2013

3:15 PM              Opening Show by Masaba for Satya Paul                                             

4:30 PM               Anaikka – KanikaSalujaChoudhry                                                          

                                Anupamaa by AnupamaDayal

5:45 PM               SiddarthaTytler                                                                                                              

                                VineetBahl

7:00 PM               Nikasha                                                                                                                              

SurilyGoel

8:15 PM               Pankaj&Nidhi                                                                                                  

9:30 PM               NamrataJoshipura

                                                                                               

Day 2, Thursday – March 14, 2013

2:00 PM               Bodice by RuchikaSachdeva                                                                     

Paromita Banerjee

TanviKedia

3:15 PM               Hemant&Nandita                                                                                           

                                Not So Serious by Pallavi Mohan            

4:30 PM               SamantChauhan                                                                                                             

                                UrvashiKaur

5:45 PM               TarunTahiliani                                                                                                

7:00 PM               Alpana&Neeraj                                                                                                

Rishta by Arjun

8:15 PM               Shantanu& Nikhil                                                                                           

9:30 PM               AnjuModi                                                                                                           

Day 3, Friday – March 15, 2013

2:00 PM               Ekru by Ekta&Ruchira                                                                                

                                RajdeepRanawat

                                Sonia Jetleey

3:15 PM               Joy Mitra                                                                                                            

                                Preeti S Kapoor

                                Soltee by Sulakshana

4:30 PM               Mynah’s ReynuTaandon

5:45 PM               KavitaBhartia                                                                                                  

                                KiranUttamGhosh                         

7:00 PM               Abraham &Thakore

8:15 PM               Rajesh Pratap Singh                                                                                      

9:30 PM               Manish Malhotra                                                                                            

Day 4, Saturday – March 16, 2013

2:00 PM               AnandBhushan                                                                                                

                                Narresh&Shivan

                                PiaPauro            

3:15 PM               Dev r Nil                                                                                                             

                                ‘my village’ by RimzimDadu

4:30 PM               Sanskar by SonamDubal                                                                                                             

                                Taika by PoonamBhagat

5:45 PM               Geisha Designs by Paras&Shalini                                                                            

7:00 PM               Vogue Fashion Fund presents Pero by AneethArora                     

8:15 PM               Ranna Gill                                                                                                          

9:30 PM               Fiama Di Wills presents PayalPratap& Rahul Mishra

Day 5, Sunday – March 17, 2013

1:15 PM               ChandraniSiinghFllora

                                Mrinalini

                                Taurus by Dhruv – Pallavi

2:45 PM               Myoho by Kiran&Meghna

                                PratimaPandey

                                Vaishali S

4:15 PM               CharuParashar                                                                                                

Virtues by Viral, Ashish& Vikrant

6:00 PM               NidaMahmood

                                Rehane

9:30 PM               Wills Lifestyle Grand Finale

LIST OF PARTICIPATING DESIGNERS

Runway Designers

Abraham &Thakore

AnjuModi

Manish Malhotra

Rajesh Pratap Singh

Ranna Gill

TarunTahiliani

Geisha Designs By Paras&Shalini

KavitaBhartia

KiranUttamGhosh

Masaba for Satya Paul

Mynah's by ReynuTaandon

NamrataJoshipura

Pankaj&Nidhi

PayalPratap

Shantanu& Nikhil

Taika by PoonamBhagat

Alpana&Neeraj

AnandBhushan

Annaikka by KanikaSalujaChoudhry

Anupamaa by AnupamaDayal

CharuParashar

Dev r Nil

Ekru by EktaJaipuria&RuchiraKandhari

Hemant&Nandita

Joy Mitra

‘my village' by RimzimDadu

Myoho by Kiran&Meghna

NidaMahmood

Nikasha

Not So Serious by Pallavi Mohan

Paromita Banerjee

Pero by AneethArora

Prama by PratimaPandey

Preeti S Kapoor

Rahul Mishra

RajdeepRanawat

Rehane

Rishta by ArjunSaluja

SamantChauhan

Sanskar by SonamDubal

SiddarthaTytler

Sonia Jetleey

Surily

TanviKedia

UrvashiKaur

VineetBahl

Virtues by Viral, Ashish& Vikrant

Bodice by RuchikaSachdeva

ChandraniSiinghFllora

Mrinalini

PiaPauro

Shivan&Narresh

Soltee By SulakshanaMonga

Taurus by Dhruv - Pallavi

Vaishali S

Stall Only

LecoanetHemant

Monapali

Neeru Kumar

NikiMahajan

RohitBal

Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna

Wendell Rodricks

am:pm by Ankur&PriyankaModi

Easel by Neeta Bhargava

Gaurav Gupta

Gauri&Nainika

Indian by Manish Arora

MaliniRamani

PriyadarshiniRao

Rabani&Rakha

Sanchita

Swapan&Seema

11:11 by CellDSGN

5X by Ajit Kumar

AmitAggarwal

Atsu by AtsuSekhose

Divyam Mehta

JenjumGadi

Manish Gupta

NachiketBarve

NalanddaBhandari

NanditaMahtani

Pallavi Jaipur

pujaarya

RaakeshAgarvwal

Ravage - Raj Shroff

Ritesh Kumar

ZubairKirmani

431-88 by ShwetaKapur

Aafreen by Rakesh&Vandana

Abhi Singh

AbhijeetKhanna

AdityaDugar

Ankyra by PriyankaKakkar

Autre by Gautam Gupta

Bhanuni by Jyoti

ChhayaMehrotra

Dolly J

Ekta Singh

Famous by PayalKapoor

Khushi Z

KomalSood

NiharikaPandey

Niket&Jainee

Nikhita - Mynah Designs

Pinnacle - ShrutiSancheti

RinkuSobti

Rohit Mittal

Saaj by Ankita

Samor by Pragya&MeghaSamor

SapnaLohia

SatyaSuman

Shyam Narayan Prasad

SumanNathwani

TanieyaKhanuja

The Next Episode by Shantanu Singh

UmeshVashisht

Varija

Accessory Designers

5 Elements by Radhika Gupta

Art Apparel & Accessories by Shelina&Camelia

Atelier Mon by Monica Sharma

Ezma

Janavi

Malaga by MaliniAgrawala

MeeraMahadevia

Pinky Saraf

Shalini Arts

Vasundhara

Fashion Design Council of India: A non-profit organization, the FDCI is the apex fashion council of India. Represented by over 300 designers, the FDCI takes Indian fashion global by promoting the 'business of fashion'. 

For details visit www.fdci.org

About Wills Lifestyle: ITC’s Wills Lifestyle has been established as a vibrant fashion brand for the premium consumer. Wills Lifestyle offers a complete lifestyle wardrobe for the premium consumer, incorporating the latest fashion trends, comprising - Wills Classic work wear, Wills Sport relaxed wear, Wills Clublife evening wear, Wills Signature Designer wear, Essenza di Wills range of fine fragrances, bath & body care products and fashion accessories for both men and women. A nationwide chain of exclusive specialty stores provides the Indian consumer a truly 'International Shopping Experience' through world-class ambience, customer facilitation and clearly differentiated product presentation. Currently there are 72 stores in 37 cities across the country, and the brand is making rapid strides in terms of expansion – doubling the number of stores over the next few years.

Wills Lifestyle, ITC’s premium fashion & lifestyle brand has been recognised as the Retailer of the Year at the Asia Retail Congress 2011. Being one of Asia’s biggest retail forums, Asia Retail Congress has also awarded Wills Lifestyle for the Best Retail Marketing Campaign for the year 2010. The brand was also declared as the winner for Customer & Brand Loyalty in the “Retail Sector” at the 4th Loyalty Awards presented by Carlson Marketing. For details visitwww.willslifestyle.com