Wills Lifestyle presents the emerging young talent

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Posted in: Fashion n Modelling on Friday, 13 March 2009 00:00

Published on Monday, 30 November -0001 00:00

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Wills Lifestyle has taken forward its search for promising talent with the third edition of ‘The Debut’, a unique initiative to recognise India’s young fashion talent at Wills Lifestyle store, New Delhi.

Twelve of the most promising fashion students of India presented a dazzling display of their creative designing talent here, which was judged by an eminent panel comprising of designer members of FDCI – Rohit Gandhi, Dr Sanjay Gupta, Dean, NIFT, Mohan Neelakantan, country’s leading fashion consultant and Kamal Bose, Vice President – Buying & Merchandising, ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing.

Selected from the short listed participants, the winners of ‘The Debut’ remained Megha Nagpal of Pearl Academy of Fashion, New Delhi on 1st position, Pooja Gossain of NIFT, New Delhi on 2nd position and Vibhuti Gupta of NIFT, New Delhi on 3rd position.

The contestants showcased their creations on the fashion runway with leading models such as Laxmi Rana, Sonalika Sahai, Krishna Somani and Maggie.

“We are delighted at the overwhelming response received and we are sure the initiative will go from strength to strength in the years to come. This initiative provides encouragement to budding creative talent and facilitates interface with the leading names of the Indian fashion fraternity,” said Atul Chand, Divisional Chief Executive, ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing Business Divison.

The winners will receive the trophy at the forthcoming edition of WIFW AW’09 being held in New Delhi from March 18-23, besides an all expenses paid trip to an International Fashion Fair and an opportunity to work with ITC Ltd.