WIFW announces list of commercial partners and participating designers

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Posted in: Fashion n Modelling on Wednesday, 08 October 2008 00:00

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Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, India’s leading business of fashion event, announced a powerful list of 10 commercial partners and 79 participating designers who would bring business and fashion on a common platform.

The designers comprise established and emerging names from across the country who would market Indian Fashion to domestic and international buyers, fashion enthusiasts, media and other industry stakeholders.

The prestigious brands associating with the mega event are: Wills Lifestyle – Title Sponsor, Fiama Di Wills – Presenting Partner, Hewlett Packard – Gold Partner, Chivas – Fashion Partner, Audi – Major Partner, Elle –Magazine Partner, NDTV Good Times -Broadcasting Partner, Big FM- Radio Partner, The Park, New Delhi - Hotel Partner, and Yahoo – Online Partner.

Welcoming the Sponsor and Partners for WIFW 2009, Sunil Sethi, President, FDCI said, "With each passing edition, the confidence and trust of our partners have grown as we moved forward towards our primary agenda of promoting business. Designers form the epicenter of the fashion industry and we are extremely happy to announce the list of participating designers for the forthcoming event. ”

The participating designers are Abdul Halder, Abhishek Gupta & Nandita Basu, Abraham & Thakore, Adnormal by Abhishek Dutta, AG2 by Adarsh Gill, am:pm (Ankur Modi:Priyanka Modi), Amishi, Amit GT, Amrapali by Rajiv Arora & Rajesh Ajmera, Anant by Shobhna & Vijay Arora, Anita Dongre, ANKY by Anjana Bhargav, Anupamaa by Anupama Dayal, Aparna & Norden Wangdi, Art Apparel and Accessories by Shelina & Camelia,Aruna Singh,Ashii by Ashima Singh, Ashima – Leena, Ashish Pandey, Ashish,Viral & Vikrant for Virtues, Blue Coral by Parvesh & Jai, Charu Parashar, Cue by Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna, Deepika Gehani, Elisha W, Falguni & Shane Peacock, Form Debarun, Gaurav & Ritika, Gauri & Nainika, Geisha Designs by Paras & Shalini, Hemant & Nandita, Joy Mitra, Kavita Bhartia, Khushali Kumar, Krishna Mehta, Label - Ritu Kumar, Lalit Jalan by Sunita & Lalit Jalan, Nitin Bal Chauhan, Mandira Wirk, Manish Arora, Manju & Bobby Grover, Manoviraj Khosla, Monapali, Mynah by Renu Tandon, Namrata Joshipura, Neeta Bhargava, Nida Mahmood, Niki Mahajan, Nisha Merchant, Pankaj & Nidhi, Payal Jain, Prashant Verma, Preeti S Kapoor, Priyanka Murarka Jool Kurry, Puja Arya, Raakesh Agarvwal, Rabani & Rakha, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Ranna Gill, Ravage by Raj Shroff & Neetu Gupta, Rehane, Rina Dhaka, Rohit Mittal, Samant Chauhan, Sanchita, Satya by Satya Paul, Shantanu & Nikhil, Shyam Narayan Prasad, Siddartha Tytler, Sonia Jetleey, Surily, Swapan & Seema, Taika by Poonam Bhagat, Umesh Vashisht and Urvashi Kaur.

With 36 shows and 79 designers on the show schedule Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week brings before the Indian and International Clientele five action-packed days of absolute fashion and serious business. The designers will be showcasing their collections under three new categories introduced in the last edition – Contemporary, Synthesis/ Heritage and Creator.

The Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, Spring/Summer 2009 will commence from 15 to 19 October, 2008.