08 March 2022, Mumbai:

Harnessing his recent partnership with Reliance Brands, designer Rahul Mishra plans to open new stores in international cities and across India.

The partnership will open new stores in Paris, London, Tokyo and more cities across India like Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai, says Mishra.

He also plans to launch an affordable, ready-to-wear line in collaboration with Reliance Brands.

The launch will harness Reliance Brands’ retail network to bring Mishra’s designs to a wider audience.

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One of the first Indian designers to showcase at Paris Haute Couture Week in 2020, Rahul Mishra has become a regular feature at the event.

Mishra won the International Woolmark Prize in 2014, after which he made his Paris Fashion Week debut.

A champion of slow fashion with traditional Indian crafts, Rahul Mishra owns two flagship stores in India and a thriving national and international distribution channel.

His eponymous label finds its genesis in the ideas of sustainability that present fashion as a tool to create participation and empower the local craft community of India. 

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05 March 2022, Mumbai:

Plus-size fashion brand ‘All’ will showcase its latest collections for plus-size individuals at the upcoming edition of FDCI x Lakmé Fashion Week in New Delhi.

The brand will also give an opportunity to plus-size models to walk the ramp at the event. Rajeev Singh, Business Head, says, All is the first fashion brand that celebrates beauty beyond size and since 2005, it has provided apparel and accessories for Plus, size men/women.

This year at the FDCI x Lakmé Fashion Week, the brand is presenting its vision of beauty, style, and fashion through this platform.

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Jaspreet Chandok, akme Fashion Week adds, “FDCI X Lakmé Fashion Week continues to further its pursuit of making the platform a flag-bearer of inclusivity.

This association and showcase has received an overwhelming response in the past and hopes to create a similar experience for audiences yet again.

All is the largest plus size fashion retail brand in the country with a pan India network of 81 exclusive brand stores along with a strong online presence through its web store and app.

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07 March 2022, Mumbai:

The revenues of India's footwear industry are expected to grow by 10 percent year on year to reach the pre-pandemic levels in FY23.

However, the performance of domestic footwear players is likely to remain muted in FY22 with the spread of Omicron variant shaving e up to 10 percent of the revenue in Q4FY22 compared to last fiscal, says rating agency ICRA.

According to ICRA, the financial position of large, listed footwear players is expected to remain strong with healthy on-balance sheet liquidity and low financial leverage.

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The credit metrics are expected to remain strong with interest coverage and total Debt/OPBDITA of '6.5x and 1.7x' respectively in FY22 compared to '4.2x and 2.4x' respectively in FY21 and would improve further in FY23.

Besides, the rating agency said that the prices of major raw materials -- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) -- have increased substantially in the last year the impact of which was offset through price hikes to an extent.

The extent of concessions would markedly be lower in the current fiscal, indicating limited headroom for further reduction in the fixed cost, adds Gaurav Singla, Assistant Vice President, ICRA.

The industry’s operating margin is expected to return to pre-COVID levels by Q2FY23 with improved scale, adds Singla. 

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05 March 2022, Mumbai:

Kamal Haasan’s recently launched fashion line ‘KH House of Khaddar’ aims to uplift the lives of handloom weavers in India by modernizing Khadi to suit the youth’s sensibilities by presenting it in a chic new avatar.

Capitalizing on the favorable response from customers and critics, KH House of Khaddar was showcased at the Paris Fashion Week to putting a made in India brand on the global fashion map.

To create a brand that appealed to the youth using Khadi needed designs and colour palettes keeping today’s fashion and styles in mind and it wouldn’t have been possible without the brands co-founder, designer and stylist Amritha Ram.

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The designer’s vision to give khadi a complete makeover that resonates with today’s fashion-forward men and women has contributed immensely to the brand’s popularity.

Amritha Ram, Designer, and Creative Head say, With Paris Fashion Week (PFW), KH House of Khaddar is proudly presenting khadi denim.

The brand dyed the khadi in pop colors for the event.

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03 March 2022, Mumbai:

Newly launched sari brand by the Aditya Birla Group, Navyasa from Liva has roped in Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone as its brand ambassador.

The brand has launched four stores in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. It plans to expand its retail presence across the country in coming months. Rajnikant Sabnavis, Chief Marketing Officer, Grasim Industries says, the brand aims to make saris the preferred attire for Indian women.

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The name has been coined from the two words ‘navya’ meaning new and ‘rasa’ denoting everything that the brand does, he adds. Designer Nanki adds the brand breaks the social stigma on saris being perceived as an attire for older women or occasional wear.

With versatile prints, it empowers women with a new freedom of expression; adventure, boldness. Created by designers Abir and Nanki, with the internal design team at Liva, Navyasa currently offers 17 collections in five different varieties of nature-based Liva fabrics.

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02 March 2022, Mumbai:

The retail arm of Reliance Industries, Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL) has acquired a majority stake in luxury fashion house Abraham & Thakore, strengthening the range of lifestyle brands under its umbrella.

RRVL will build Abraham & Thakore’s global appeal in the fashion and lifestyle by leveraging Reliance Brands’ deep understanding of affluent Indian customers and their heft across digital, retail operations, marketing, and supply chain platforms.

Launched in 1992 by David Abraham and Rakesh Thakore, Abraham & Thakore has for almost 15 years retailed predominantly in international stores before coming to India with their first fashion show presentation.

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Each of the brand’s collections explores a quiet and modern design voice while simultaneously drawing on the rich traditional vocabulary of Indian design and craft.

The brand’s use of materials and its innovative adoption of technical techniques have helped the brand create a unique distinctive identity. Through this partnership, Abraham & Thakore plan to expand the presence of the brand and bring together both fashion and lifestyle collections.

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