Mumbai : With Autumn knocking on our doors, the fashion industry is gearing up to showcase their newest collections at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week SS-2014.

The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), the apex fashion body in India, today announced the distinguished list of runway designers and the schedule of the biggest fashion event of the country, the WIFW Spring-Summer 2014.

The FDCI has once again brought together the most coveted names in the business of fashion. Asia’s biggest five-day fashion feast takes off from Oct 9-13, 2013 at Hall no. 18 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The design extravaganza promises to unleash the latest trends and push the proverbial style envelope. 113 designers will be presenting their cutting edge designs, making it a treat for buyers and viewers.

Announcing the names of the participating designers and the schedule, Mr. Sunil Sethi, President, FDCI, said, “WIFW highlights the limitless boundaries of design as designers showcase their creative best. A leader in the global fashion event circuit, the WIFW has the highest number of designers who choose to make this event the chosen one for their debut. The excitement is building in anticipation of what will hit the runways as established and greenhorns gear up to make their presence felt with brilliant presentations.”

 

Mr. Atul Chand, Divisional Chief Executive, ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing Business Division said, “The Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week has always set new benchmarks in showcasing the best of Indian fashion. Continuing with our commitment to strengthen the business of fashion we present yet another glorious convergence of India’s most talented designers. I wish them the very best for their upcoming shows and making a mark with their fabulous collections.”

The schedule of the fashion packed week includes the onset of the week by talented young designers, Anupama Dayal and Masaba and the display of designs by many more exciting designers.

SCHEDULE

Day 1, Wednesday – October 9, 2013

3:15 PM          Opening Show by

Anupamaa by Anupama Dayal

Masaba                                                                                   MSA 1

4:30 PM          Annaikka by Kanika Saluja                                                   MSA 2

Urvashi Kaur

5:45 PM          Nachiket Barve                                                                      MSA 1

Nida Mahmood

7:00 PM          Geisha Designs by Paras & Shalini                                      MSA 2

8:15 PM          Special Show                                                                          MSA 1

9:30 PM          Gauri & Nainika

Malini Ramani                                                                        MSA 2

Day 2, Thursday – October 10, 2013

3:15 PM          Akaaro by Gaurav Jai Gupta                                                            MSA 1

Paromita Banerjee

4:30 PM          Pia Pauro

Shivan & Narresh                                                                  MSA 2

5:45 PM          Manish Gupta

Samant Chauhan                                                                   MSA 1

7:00 PM          am:pm by Ankur & Priyanka Modi

Amit Aggarwal                                                                       MSA 2

8:15 PM          Pankaj & Nidhi                                                                       MSA 1

9:30 PM          Rahul Mishra                                                                                     MSA 2

Day 3, Friday – October 11, 2013

3:15 PM          Niket & Jainee                                                                        MSA 1

Prama by Pratima Pandey

Rajdeep Ranawat

4:30 PM          Bodice by Ruchika Sachdev                                                 MSA 2                                     Jenjum Gadi

Mrinalini

5:45 PM          Dev r Nil                                                                                 MSA 1

Zubair Kirmani

7:00 PM          Payal Pratap                                                                          MSA 2

Sanchita

8:15 PM          Namrata Joshipura                                                               MSA 1

9:30 PM          Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna                                             MSA 2

 

Day 4, Saturday – October 12, 2013

12:45 PM        Hi 5 by

Autre by Gautam Gupta

Niharika Sharma

Poonam Dubey

Rinku Sobti

The Next Episode by Shantanu Singh

2:00 PM          Abdul Haldar                                                                         MSA 2

Rehane

3:15 PM          Nikhita – Mynah Design                                                       MSA 1

Ritesh Kumar

Surendri by Yogesh Chaudhary

4:30 PM          Hemant & Nandita                                                                MSA 2

Not So Serious by Pallavi Mohan

5:45 PM          Charu Parashar

Rabani & Rakha                                                                     MSA 1

7:00 PM          Krishna Mehta                                                                      MSA 2

8:15 PM          Péro by Aneeth Arora                                                          MSA 1

9:30 PM          Fiama Sponsor Show                                                            MSA 2

 

Day 5, Sunday – October 13, 2013

12:45 PM        Hi 5 by

Ankyra by Priyanka Kakkar

Josh Goraya

Shweta Kapur

Vedangi Agarwal

Verb by Pallavi Singhee                                                        MSA 2

2:00 PM          Dolly J                                                                                     MSA 1

Joy Mitra

Vaishali S

4:00 PM          Soltee by Sulakshana

Virtues by Ashish Viral & Vikrant                                       MSA 1

9:30 PM          Wills Lifestyle Finale                                                              MSA 2

 

PARTICIPATING DESIGNERS

Runway Designers

Geisha Designs by Paras & Shalini

Krishna Mehta

Namrata Joshipura

Pankaj & Nidhi

Péro by Aneeth Arora

Rahul Mishra

Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna

Abdul Halder

Akaaro by Gaurav Jai Gupta

am:pm by Ankur & Priyanka Modi

Amit Aggarwal

Annaikka by Kanika Saluja Choudhry

Anupamaa by Anupama Dayal

Charu Parashar

Dev r Nil

Gauri & Nainika

Hemant & Nandita

Malini Ramani

Manish Gupta

Masaba

Nachiket Barve

Nida Mahmood

Not So Serious by Pallavi Mohan

Paromita Banerjee

Payal Pratap

Pia Pauro

Rabani & Rakha

Rehane

Samant Chauhan

Sanchita

Shivan & Narresh

Soltee by Sulakshana

Urvashi Kaur

Virtues by Ashish, Viral & Vikrant

Zubair Kirmani

Bodice by Ruchika Sachdev

Dolly J

Jenjum Gadi

Joy Mitra

Mrinalini

Niket & Jainee

Nikhita Tandon – Mynah Designs

Prama by Pratima Pandey

Rajdeep Ranawat

Ritesh Kumar

Surendri by Yogesh Chaudhary

Vaishali S

431-88 by Shweta Kapur

Ankyra by Priyanka Kakkar

Autre by Gautam Gupta

Josh Goraya

Niharika Pandey

Poonam Dubey

Rinku Sobti

The Next Episode by Shantanu Singh

Vedangi Agarwal

Verb by Pallavi Singhee

 

Stall Only Designers

11:11 by CellDSGN

5X by Ajit Kumar

Aafreen by Rakesh & Vandana

Abhijeet Khanna

Abhishek Gupta

Abraham & Thakore

Aditya Dugar

Ashish N Soni

Atsu by Atsu Sekhose

Bhanuni by Jyoti

Chhaya Mehrotra

Divyam Mehta

Easel by Neeta Bhargava

Elisha W

Indian by Manish Arora

Kartikeya

Kavita Bhartia

Khem by KHushboo & prEM

Kiran Uttam Ghosh

Monapali

‘my village’ by Rimzim Dadu

Mynah’s by Reynu Taandon

Nikasha

Niki Mahajan

Nimirta

Preeti S Kapoor

Rahul Singh

Ranna Gill

Ravage by Raj Shroff

Rimi Nayak

Ritu Pande

Rohit Mittal

Saaj by Ankita

Sahil Kochhar

Samor by Pragya & Megha

Satya Suman

Schön by Sakshee Pradhan

Shyam Narayan Prasad

Sonia Jetleey

Swapan & Seema

Taika by Poonam Bhagat

Tanieya Khanuja

Tanvi Kedia

Tarun Tahiliani

Vineet Bahl

Wendell Rodricks

 

Accessory Designers

5 Elements by Radhika Gupta

Art Apparel & Accessories by Shelina & Camelia

Caitanya by Jushmi Barooah

Felix Bendish

Janavi

Meera Mahadevia

Nappa Dori by Gautam Sinha

Outhouse by Kaabia & Sasha Grewal

Shalini Arts

Silverline

 

Source  : Lokesh Shastri