Bangalore: The 23rd edition of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn-Winter 2014 promises a prodigious opening with ace style guru Tarun Tahiliani spearheading the hotly anticipated fashion extravaganza. The five-day fashion event will be held from March 26- 30, 2014 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Announcing the participation of the celebrated designer, Sunil Sethi, President, Fashion Design Council of India said, “The Fashion Design Council of India is proud to announce that Tarun Tahiliani will open the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn-Winter 2014. We are excited to see the magic he will conjure up with his inventive collection, as he always surprises us with his trail-blazing aesthetics. Our best wishes to Tarun as we embark upon another exciting season.”

Tarun Tahiliani expressed his happiness by saying, “It is always wonderful to open a week with all the resultant expectation. Wills India Fashion Week held under the auspices of the FDCI is the premier trade platform for the ready-to-wear in India. It is here we will debut the new Autumn Winter Collection, a celebration of colour, drape, jewels and a true synthesis of modernity overlaying tradition. To reflect what Amrita Sher-Gil said –“I am an individualist, evolving a new technique, which, though not necessarily Indian in the traditional sense of the word, will yet be fundamentally Indian in sprit”.