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Lakmé Fashion Week

Bi-annual fashion week

Summary

Bi-annual fashion week

Field	Value
name	Lakmé Fashion Week
logo	Lakmé Fashion Week (2021).svg
logo_caption	Lakmé Fashion Week
image_size	220px
caption	Nargis Fakhri at the Lakme Fashion Week in 2013
status	Active
frequency	Bi-Annual in March and October
venue	Different
location	Delhi & Mumbai
country	India
first	2000
sponsor	IMG Reliance
website

Lakmé Fashion Week X FDCI is a bi-annual fashion week which takes place at Delhi and Mumbai. Its Summer-Resort show takes place in March at Mumbai while the Winter-Festive show takes place in October at Delhi.

History

The event first took place in 2000.

Activities

It is considered one of the premier fashion events in India along with FDCI's India Fashion Week and India Runway Week. It is jointly run and organized by IMG Reliance Limited and Lakmé, whose title sponsor is Lakmé.

Indian film stars such as Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Deepika Padukone, Malaika Arora Khan, and Arjun Rampal as well as International models such as Naomi Campbell have participated at this show by making it one of the most prominent fashion shows in the world. Globally prominent luxury brand labels that have taken part in LFW include Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana, and Roberto Cavalli. Among Indian designers, Ajay Kumar, Manish Malhotra, Rohit Bal, Tarun Tahiliani, and Ritu Beri have taken part in the event. The event has been responsible for launching the careers of designers such as Sabyasachi Mukherjee. Kareena Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sushmita Sen, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu and Lisa Haydon have been some of the major show-stoppers.

References

(23 July 2011). "ANOTHER FASHION WEEK?". [[The Indian Express]].
(19 March 2008). "Mumbai all set for Lakme Fashion Week". [[Reuters]].
(2 August 2002). "Fashion business poised for dramatic growth: FDCI". [[Times of India]].
"Loud patterns, bold statement".
"LFW 2013 announced".
(16 August 2011). "Fashion's Milestones". [[The Indian Express]].
(24 April 2005). "New star rises from east". [[The Telegraph (Calcutta).

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