Anjalee and Arjun Kapoor today have established a fashion business empire. They may have flagship stores in Delhi, Mumbai and Dubai but they never earned the respect of the design fraternity. The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) has rejected their membership application. Why??? Well Anjalee and Arjun Kapoor’s reputation of copying designs of other […]
Guess it is time to get the news out! The person replacing Anjana Sharma (who was fired recently) at IMG Reliance comes in from Wills Lifestyle – the Apparel business division of ITC. He was with Wills Lifestyle since its inception and was part of the core team from Wills Lifestyle at the bi-annual Wills […]
Designer Ranna Gill who is showing at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013 after a hiatus of couple of season has grabbed the Sponsored slot – the Fiama Di Wills Show. Ritu Kumar is the Wills Lifestyle Grand Finale designer. As per FDCI, both the selections have been made by Wills Lifestyle independently. […]
There seems to be no end to fashion politics and no dearth of designers falling prey to people attempting at fracturing the fashion fraternity. Remember Vijay Singh – the man who had formed FDPC and had ambitious plans to disintegrate FDCI – is still at his games. Not satisfied with the lack-lustre Sahara India Bridal […]
Things are not going right in Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) just before the Spring/Summer 2013 Edition of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) scheduled from 6th October 2012 to 10th October 2012. For the first time ever there are seven designers – a mix of top, medium and small designers – that comprises […]
I believe in one fashion body for the welfare of the fashion fraternity in India. But then there are many who disagree with me and believe in ‘more the merrier’. Everybody has the right to their esteemed opinion. But I think everyone will agree that it is absolutely unethical for an alternative fashion body to […]
In my previous post I wrote about a Real Estate Company – AMR Group creating a new Fashion Council – India Fashion Council (IFC) in alliance with few media personalities, a former FDCI Executive and some designers. You can read the previous post here: http://wp.me/p1C8a1-10L On the 26th of June the Board of Fashion Designers […]
The number of Fashion Weeks and Fashion Bodies India have is greater than the sum total of Fashion Weeks held in London, Milan, New York and Paris. Besides the primary two – the India Fashion Week organised by Fashion Designers Council of India (FDCI) and Lakme Fashion Week organised by Reliance-IMG the other Fashion Weeks […]
Fashionscandal.com yet again brings you this news first – It is finalised that designer JJ Valaya is the Grand Finale designer at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW). This is the second time JJ Valaya has been opted for as the Grand Finale designer at WIFW. Fall-Winter 2012 edition of WIFW is scheduled from February 15th till 19th at […]
The Indian Fashion Fraternity is anything but cohesive. There are factions and factions - Delhi Gang, Mumbai Gang, Hep Block and Behenji Block are the few that I am aware of. One gang is always at loggerheads with the other, which is definitely detrimental for the Indian fashion industry as a whole and I sincerely wish that […]
The bi-annual Lakme Fashion Week was losing sheen with not so great designers showcasing their work. But the lineup of designers for the Winter/Festive 2011 edition of Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai seems impressive and being a Delhi-ite I am only too proud to say that the sheen is added by Delhi designers. Rohit Bal […]
Just a few days back I wrote about a not-so-impressive lineup of Couturiers at the forthcoming Delhi Couture Week 2011. But then that was just a small problem in Couture Week’s way. On Wednesday (29th June 2011) FDCI got a jolt when the Title Sponsor – Pearls expressed their inability to honour their committment as […]
Yesterday morning I read a lot of newspapers talking about the Lalit Telhan’s marriage with Manizhe Karimi. Times of India, the largest Media House of India did not have the courtesy to give due credit to this Blog from where they lifted the story. Delhi Times and Bombay Times carried the story. HT City too […]
Here’s a Breaking News from fashionscandal.com! Tarun Tahiliani whose name wasn’t on the list of designers showing at the forthcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Fall+Winter 2011-12 is actually showcasing his collection on the Opening Day of WIFW. TT’s show is slotted for the prime-time – 9:30 pm slot. I am also been told that […]
The New Board of Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) has been constituted. fashionscandal.com as always brings you the news first. The Election Results of the New Board was declared at 8:00 pm tonight (28th February, 2011) and here you have the names of the New Board of FDCI that will run office for the […]
Post the attempted split of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) a couple of years back when a splinter group broke-off to start the Delhi Fashion Week, it is election time again in FDCI. On February 28th, the Election for the new Board will take-place and from what I heard at the Diesel Party […]
It’s been years since we saw the husband-wife duo of Manju & Bobby Grover (M & BG) showcase their collection at any of the fashion weeks. If I remember right, I saw them last showing a collection almost two and half years back. Well, post separation Manju Grover ( Manju and Bobby have separated now.) has […]
Even the desi designer duo did not lose the chance to make money out of CWG. For the opening and closing ceremony, the cultural committee had lined up a fashion show too to showcase India’s rich culture to the world. Hence bids were submitted. Sumit Nair proposed a Mega Show with Tarun Tahiliani and Rohit […]
FDCI’s new venture – Delhi Couture Week slated for 15th-18th July 2010 has already ignited ‘Fashion Mahabharat’. The jury that primarily comprised of Editors of Fashion Glossies have shortlisted 12 names for the grand show. There are 13 more names, who would be allowed showcasing through stalls. But the fight is for the 12 slots […]
Remember Vijay Singh, a fixer who floated a parallel Fashion Body – FDPC? Well he was thrown out of FDPC after he fell from disgrace for cheating Sanjay Khan and spent a few terrible nights in jail. Conspiracy Theorists were abuzz with the angle that Vijay Singh sabotaged the Day 1 of WIFW | A-W […]