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WIFW 2010: HIGHLIGHTS – Amit Aggarwal

Highlights from Amit Aggarwal’s collection at the 2010 Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi.

WIFW 2010: HIGHLIGHTS – Pankaj Nidhi

Highlights from the Pankaj & Nidhi collection at the 2010 Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi.

WIFW 2010: HIGHLIGHTS – Ankita and Anjana Bhargav

Highlights from the Ankita and Anjana Bhargav collection at the 2010 Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi.

WIFW 2010: HIGHLIGHTS – Ashima Leena

Highlights from the Ashima-Leena collection at the 2010 Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi.

WIFW 2010: HIGHLIGHTS – Ritu Kumar

Highlights from designer Ritu Kumar’s collection at the 2010 Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi.

Fashion and Trade – Room for both on the runway

My previous post introducing the Delhi Fashion Week (DFW), dwelt on its capabilities as a newcomer in India’s fashion field.

Set up after organizers of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week fell into dispute, the object of the new fashion event on the block stimulated amplified suspense.

Search for India’s YSL: Notes from India fashion week

I have always been a bit cynical about the Indian fashion industry. I used to think the country’s fashion designers were wannabes trying to break into a glamorous industry despite having little or no aptitude for the trade.

But spending time at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week has lessened my cynicism to some extent.