10 December 2021, Mumbai:

Designer Arpana Samanta’s brand Samantas showcased its latest men’s wear and women’s wear collection in Bangalore as part of the Indian Designer League 2021. The collection celebrated Odisha’s textile heritage. A total of 36 models walked the runway to launch Samantas’ latest collection of bright handloom traditional and fusion wear.

The collection featured a wide range of textiles from the designer’s home of Orissa with the aim of celebrating the region’s textile heritage. In line with the Vocal for Local campaign to buy domestic-made products and support local businesses, Samantas worked with weavers in Orissa to create the collection.

The designer also aims to use the collection to help create sustainable employment for Orissa’s artisans. This season, the focus was on Bomkai cotton, Khandua Paata, and Kotpad cotton textiles, which were used to create bright and bold suits and sherwanis for men and lehengas and dresses for women.

With 36 professional models walking for her collections, Arpana Samanta showcased indo-western outfits for both men and women.

Samantas is Orissa’s indigenous luxury handloom brand. Samantas takes pride in being one of the first luxury brands to collaborate with the LGBTQ community in showcasing its designs.

Samantas’ vision is to always support craftsmen and weavers in large numbers by economically empowering them and providing sustainable employment.

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03 December 2021,  Mumbai:

Aneeth Arora’s sustainable fashion brand Pero has launched a new edition of its interactive event ‘Week of Love’ in New Delhi to promote sustainability and celebrate the brand’s archives.

Pero’s Week of Love exhibition launched its latest edition on December 2 at the Patparganj Industrial Area in New Delhi, the brand announced on Facebook. The week of interactive events, sales, and showcases will run until December 9.

As part of Pero’s goal of reducing textile waste and promoting sustainable fashion, the Week of Love will feature designs from previous seasons where the brand has unsold stock alongside its latest designs.

The brand is promoting the event with the tagline, “relive, revisit, and relive.” Alongside shopping and showcases, the event will feature kulad chai and hot chocolates by ‘Jugmug Thela’ which serves its warm beverages in a pot that can be recycled as a flower pot.

The brand also recently released its winter 2021/ 2022 collection ‘Mini’ in its stores and retail outlets across India and internationally, including at the Week of Love. The bright, playful collection features crochet garments made by a group of Afghani refugee craftspeople and a wide range of textile techniques used to create whimsical patterns and prevent textile waste.

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18th October 2021, Mumbai:

'Kalki Fashion' demonstrated in a style its bridal couture collection ‘Hera’ at this show with Pooja Hedge sashaying the ramp in a green velvet lehenga from its latest range.

Commenting on the collection, Pooja Hegde in a statement said, “I’m in love with Kalki Hera. I love the Indian aesthetics, I love intricate embroideries, deep tones, playful silhouettes with the right amount of Indian-ness to them. Even the Palace green lehenga that I’m wearing is so beautiful. Super delighted to be the muse for their beautiful collection.”

Saurabh Gupta director at Kalki Fashion alluded, “The bridal collection is a pure inspiration by ancient Indian rich culture & heritage, time old drapes, costumes & traditional silhouettes/ ensembles. Ours is to curate the desirable collection designed for creating magic for brides looking to make solemn marriage a lifetime memory.”

KALKI, the brand that houses one of an exclusive range of bridal, couture & prêt collection as well as accessories, footwear & jewellery which makes it one of the most loved brands to its discernible client.

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09 December 2021, Mumbai:

Crescent Moon, a women-focused fashion expo, will launch in 2022 with an edition in Ahmedabad on January 18 and another in Mumbai on February 1 to promote women-owned businesses. Crescent Moon, a business-to-customer shopping event, will hold its first event of 2022 on January 18 at the Hyatt Vastrapur in Ahmedabad, according to the event's Facebook page.

Women's ethnic apparel, western wear, occasion wear, handbags, accessories, jewelry, homeware, and gift goods will be among the product categories available at the shopping expo, which will include brands from across the country.

Crescent Moon focuses on promoting products created by female entrepreneurs with the goal of empowering women and allowing female buyers to support female-owned enterprises.

The event also provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to network with other firms and form a supportive community. Crescent Moon will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai on February 1st.

According to the event's 10Times events page, the event will feature roughly 70 exhibitors and is expected to draw an audience of up to 5,000 customers.

Crescent Moon's most recent event was on October 7 in Mumbai for a pre-Diwali shopping festival. Panos, Versha Kamdar, Avadore Haute Couture, Panache Ceramics, and Sleepy Tots Nightwear.

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19th October 2021, Mumbai:

Day 2 of the Bombay Times Fashion Week (BTFW) showcased the earthy yet vibrant bridal and traditional looks for the upcoming season. The second day of the BTFW kicked off by upholding the majestic vibe of Day 1.

It showcased the feminine grace of traditional trousseau proceedings by Charisma by AnuMehra revealing the opulence of the timeless architecture of the Mughal Era. Another brand Vyusti celebrated intricate woven designs and silk through their lineup "Jashn: A Celebration of Life."

Daisy Bridal unveiled their collection “Jardin De Fleur'' which signified embarking on a dream odyssey with blossoms of floral appliqué with serene-white finesse, tulle drapes, and beaded ruffles. The beautiful Malaika Arora closed the show in a simple, off-shoulder, body-fitted off-white gown with a satin bowtie on an effortless hairdo, showing the "one love" sign to the cameras, spreading a message of love.

Benbaa presented its line of festive wear, embellished with silk threads and floral embroidery. Kalki evoked the opulence of a global charm with a royal touch in heavily embroidered Indian wear. Their bridal couture collection – Hera was brimming with glorious, royal shades of deep olive greens, maroons, and greys studded with crystals and heavy metallic embroidery.

EEHA by Khushboo Shah brought together the glory and simplicity of Indian heirloom and an organic lifestyle with the foremost earthy and organically processed ready-to-wear pieces going with the upcoming season in a perfect, natural palette. The comfort and essence of the fabric were reflected through this collection, whereas "mustard in mastery" was displayed by the label Leela by A, dropping their collection called “Sukoon - Harmony of the Soul”.

L’effet by SanjeevMarwaaha showcased its collection Aarambh that raised the bar of the basic revival of craftsmanship and handwork in the luscious Indian hues of yellow, off-white, roast pink, and beautiful blacks and whites.

FKNS by Narendra Kumar, dropped his Narry effect on fleek through the depiction of contemporary dystopia, merging bold prints in street style and athleisure wear with gloves, masks, and asymmetrical cuts in chaos. When it comes to the contradiction of colours and cuts, this lineup was flooded with the concept along with a cannabis leaf embodied in the designer's logo, giving off a bold and futuristic morphine-mania.

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11th October 2021, Mumbai:

The Pot Plant was chosen as fashion design institute Pearl Academy’s ‘Emerging Talent’ at the second edition of Fashion Design Council of India and Lakme Fashion Week on October 7.

The brand presented gender fluid collection ‘Liquid Love’ with a phygital presentation The collection celebrates traditional textile techniques and reimagined them for a modern, androgynous wardrobe.

Highlighting artisan crafts Bandhani and Shibori, the collection’s loose layers and bright hues make a statement but remained relaxed.

Textiles used in the collection included cotton, organza, and silk and colours ranged from pinks to navy, whites, greens, and reds. The range also incorporated sheer elements that added a delicate feel to the collection.

The second joint edition of FDCI x LFW ran from October 5 to 10 with a mix of online and offline features ranging from live-broadcast runway shows to fashion films and virtual showrooms to NFTs. The event was sponsored by Nexa, Rise Worldwide, Trell, and Ajio.

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09 December 2021, Mumbai:

Bangalore Fashion Week will be on December 16 and 17, 2021. The will focus will be on India’s crafts and craftspeople and feature artisan designers.

This season, the fashion showcase is designed to be a tribute to Unesco and its pillars of sustainability. The event will feature collection launches by designers including Neeta Lulla, Bibi Russell, and Rina Singh.

Short video app Chingari has partnered with Bangalore Fashion Week to hold a contest to find models to walk the runway. Chingari has invited its video creators to create their own videos on the app showcasing different outfits and their runway walks using music from the Chingari library.

Chingari will then give three winners the chance to walk the ramp at Bangalore Fashion Week. With this opportunity, Chingari is trying to embed confidence in upcoming, young, and very talented Chingari users, who may not necessarily be from the metro cities but are brilliant when it comes to being a supermodel.

Through such associations Chingari wants them to believe that the world is their stage and they should continue working towards achieving their dreams.

Bangalore Fashion Week is Asia's biggest trade fair for jewelry, fashion and accessories and offers an independent appreciation of all products, from diamonds to fur coats to expensive watches and designer eyewear.

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 18th October 2021, Mumbai:

Kornit Digital Ltd., a leader in digital textile printing technology, has announced the organisation of the Kornit Fashion Week Los Angeles + Industry 4.0 Event, which will take place in Los Angeles,

California from November 2 to 5. (USA). Kornit's creative alternative approach for generating environmentally responsible apparel that unleashes infinite creativity, is driven by real-time demand, eliminates waste while transcending supply chain issues – the future of fashion, delivered by digital – will be on display at the expo.

The event will include a fashion runway presentation with 22 innovative fashion designers in 17 distinct shows spanning all four days of the event, demonstrating Kornit's far-reaching potential for maximising creativity while minimising carbon impact.

Each designer will launch new collections made with end-to-end digital methods, in a fraction of the time typically necessary, sustainably, and with tenfold more design flexibility, with an eye on expressing diversity in all forms – age, size, height, ethnicity, and gender. Vivi Bellaish, threeASFOUR, Guvanch NYC, Naot, Asher Levine, and others from Los Angeles, New York, Tel Aviv, and Paris are among the designers featured.

Kornit Fashion Week Los Angeles + Industry 4.0 Event will feature several Kornit partners and clients that are simplifying the end-to-end production experience for localised production on demand, leaving traditional, forecast-based production models obsolete.

"We're writing the operating system for sustainable fashion on-demand," said Omer Kulka, Chief Marketing Officer, Kornit Digital. "Those who join us in LA will witness firsthand that environmentally and socially responsible production is here, offering superior quality, profitability due to a waste-free approach, and more creative freedom than ever before."

"They'll see how Kornit's customers succeed and grow by implementing these digital production strategies, removing supply chain vulnerability and inventory constraints to deliver a frictionless experience that's more efficient, responsive to a dynamic marketplace, better suited to today's web-driven consumer, and adaptable to meet unforeseen challenges," Omer concluded,

"Sustainable, unfettered inspiration is ready to wear – not fast fashion, but amazing fashion, soon."

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9th October 2021, Mumbai:

The latest collection of Jade by Monica & Karishma’swas launched with a fashion film at the second edition of Fashion Design Council of India x Lakme Fashion Week. As per a Fashion Network report, the film celebrated divine, feminine and nature colors.

The brand’s fashion film for collection ‘BaniThani’ began with a group of women dancing around a tree wearing intricately embellished lehengas and sets. The models resembled flowers fluttering in the wind as they gave thanks to mother nature.

As the models continued to circle the tree, their movements highlighted the fullness of their skirts and the shimmers of the embellishments. Performer and dancer Alisha Lazarus led the models and adorned them with bright coloured powders with juxtaposed scenes of the troupe standing on a hillside with flaming torches.

The collection’s tagline “be your own kind of beautiful”, designed to encourage people to embrace their uniqueness. This message was also reflected in the styling of the collection as some models wore more traditional style lehenga sets and others paired their long skirts with more fusion style strappy tops. With a bright colour palette and paisley motifs, the collection was full of pieces suitable for a wedding or being mixed and matched for everyday wear.

The second edition of FDCI x LFW runs from October 5 to 10 with a mix of online and offline events. The event, which is sponsored by Nexa and Rise Worldwide among others, also features design contests, NFTs, and a Virtual Showroom for buyers which will run for the next three months.

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