The business of fashion week

It has been two years since we have had a full-blown fashion week and I have missed it, honestly. Just having much of the community under one roof at the same time, savouring the fruits of their labour and partaking of the excessive beauty of Indian fashion is truly an exciting space to be in.

- NAMRATA ZAKARIA

This is the first year that Lakme and the official governing body FDCI (Fashion Design Council of India) have come together for an on-ground event more than a decade after they famously split. Much of the split was because the Mumbai designers found Delhi too expensive to travel to, and vice versa. This remains true today, too. And yet the mixed-up week has such an amazing lineup of well-known brands such as Anamika Khanna, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Abraham & Thakore, and Eka, along with younger names such as Aisha Rao, Mishru, Nikita Mhaisalkar and others. Regulars such as Gaurang, SVA by Sonam and Paras Modi, Anushree Reddy and Payal Singhal customarily have delightful shows.