Int'l Fashion Week's designers announced

Mumbai, Dec 21: With a view to providing opportunities to the Indian designers to showcase their talent abroad, Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) has announced the list of designers participating at International Fashion Weeks.

The fashion weeks include Mercedes Benz fashion Week at Smashbox Studios, Los Angeles, Singapore Fashion Festival and Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, Sydney, a release said.

The selection of designers is jointly decided by the LFW advisory board, International buyers and the media present at LFW, on the basis of the suitability of the collection.

Designers Surily Goel, Nandita Mahtani and Narendra Kumar will be showcasing at the Mercedes Benz fashion Week at Smashbox Studios, Los Angeles from March 15th to 19th 2007, Dev&Nil and Rahul&Firdos will be showcasing at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week from April 30th to May 4th 2007 and designers Saviojon, Rocky S and Anshu Arora will be showcasing at Singapore Fashion Festival from March 23rd to April 1st 2007.

According to Anil Chopra, Vice-President Lakme Lever,''Lakme Fashion Week has created history and has set up milestones in formalizing the business of fashion. We are pleased to have taken a huge step ahead in the right direction''.

''Our current initiatives, with more to come, prove that Lakme Fashion Week has indeed become a platform that not only showcases Indian talent before an international audience, but is also providing multiple opportunities to globalize Indian fashion'', said Mr Chopra.

The creations of the designers announced represent creatively difference and showcase the two ends of the fashion spectrum.

UNI