WIFW SS 12, FDCI 130 designers

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New Delhi, September 24, 2011: Fashion Design Council of India, today announced the power-packed list of participating designers for the biggest fashion event of the country – Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2012. FDCI has assembled some of the esteemed names in the fashion industry to set trends for spring-summer 2012. These renowned designers are all set to weave a stunning presentation of cutting-edge fashion at the grand venue of India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO), Hall No. 18, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 8-12 October, 2011.

Label – Ritu Kumar

Rina Dhaka

Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna

Wendell Rodricks

AM:PM by Ankur & Priyanka Modi

Anita Dongre

Gauri & Nanika

Geisha Designs Paras & Shalini

James Ferreira

Kavita Bhartia

Malini Ramani

Manish Malhotra

Namrata Joshipura

Nandita Basu

Rajesh Pratap Singh

Sanchita

Savio Jon

Shantanu Goenka

Saaj by Ankita

Shipra Gupta

Surbhi Chawla

Amit GT

Anand Bhushan

Anupamaa by Anupama Dayal

Charu Parashar

Dev r Nil

Manish Gupta

Manoj Dubey

Mynah’s Reynu Taandon

Nachiket Barve

Nida Mahmood

Nikasha Tawadey

Pankaj & Nidhi

Pero by Aneeth Arora

Petanu by Pashma

Preeti S. Kapoor

Raakesh Agarvwal

Rahul Mishra

Raj Shroff

Rajdeep Ranawat

Rehane

Samant Chauhan

Tanvi Kedia

Urvashi Kaur

Vineet Bahl

Virtues by Viral, Ashish & Vikrant

Alpana & Neeraj

Atsu by Atsu Sekhose

Divyam Mehta

Ela by Joyjit Talukdar

Hemant & Nandita

Joy Mitra

Morphe by Amit Aggarwal

‘my village’ by Rimzim Dadu

Not So Serious by Pallavi Mohan

Rahul Reddy

Soltee by SulakshanaBhanuni by Jyoti Sharma

Chandrani Siingh Fllora

Dolly J

Niket & Jainee

Rahul Singh

Taurus by Dhruv & Pallavi

Abraham & Thakore

Ashima – Leena

Krishna Mehta

Manoviraj Khosla

Monapali

Neeru Kumar

Ranna Gill

Tarun Tahiliani

Abhishek Gupta

Anjana Bhargav

Indian by Manish Arora

Madhu Jain

Neeta Bhargava

Niki Mahajan

Priyadarshini Rao

Shantanu & Nikhil

Swapan & Seema

Varun Bahl

11:11 by CellDsgn

5X by Ajit Kumar

Anand Kabra

Anjali Sharma for French Curve

Ekru by Ekta & Ruchira

Elisha W

Gaurav Gupta

Jatin Varma

Nalandda Bhandari

Nandita Mehtani

Payal Singhal

Preeti Chandra

Sonali Mansingka

Sonia Jetleey

Walnut by Nidhi & Divya Gambhir

Abhijeet Khanna

Aditya Dugar

Dozakh by Nitin & Isha

Ekta Singh

Jaya Rathore

Koga by Jenjum & Jasleen

Komal Sood

Mrinalini

Nakul Sen

Niharika Sharma

Nikhita Tandon

Nimirta

Pallavi Singhee

Prama by Pratima Pandey

Priyanka Kakkar

Rinku Sobti

Ritu Pande

Rohit Mittal

Sonia Sarin

Umesh Vashisht

Varija Bajaj

5 Elements by Radhika Gupta

Amrapali by Rajiv Arora & Rajesh Ajmera

Art Apparel & Accessories by Shelina & Camelia

Felix Bendish

Fluke Design Company by Rashmi Dogra

Nitin Vijay

Janavi

Malaga by Malini Agarwalla

Meera Mahadevia

Pinky Saraf

Poem by Sonia Sekhri

Shalini Arts

SRZ by Shahrukh Zaidi

Commenting on the participating designers, Mr. Sunil Sethi, President, FDCI said, “Continuing our legacy of bringing the best names of the fashion fraternity to WIFW, an exceptional business of fashion event, we are once again proud to introduce a host of talented Indian designers. We look forward to five days of splendid fashion put together by an array of brilliant designers and wish them the best.”

Atul Chand, Divisional Chief Executive, ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing Business Division, said, “Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week has been scaling new heights, edition after edition and I applaud all the designers in making this the country’s most prestigious event. There is great synergy in the association of our premium lifestyle brand Wills Lifestyle with the event and we look forward to further strengthening the strong and deep–rooted partnership that we have established with the fashion fraternity.”

Fashion Design Council of India:  A not for profit organization FDCI is the apex fashion council of India. Represented by over 300 designers, FDCI takes Indian fashion global by promoting the ‘business of fashion’.  For details visit www.fdci.org

About Wills Lifestyle: ITC’s Wills Lifestyle has been established as a vibrant fashion brand for the premium consumer. Wills Lifestyle offers a complete lifestyle wardrobe for the premium consumer, incorporating the latest fashion trends for both men and women. A nationwide chain of 65 exclusive specialty stores in 30 cities provides the Indian consumer a truly ‘International Shopping Experience’. For details visit www.willslifestyle.com