The third season of the Fashion Week in Mumbai kicks off today at the National Centre for Performing Arts, Nariman Point. The event ends on March 31.
Forty-two designers are expected to showcase their Autumn-Winter collections at the event.
It will be interesting to see the direction the Fashion Week takes this year. Or will 'Generation Next' hog the spotlight again like it did last year?
GenNext is a segment reserved for budding designers who comprise students of design, fashion trainees or even budding designers. They present their designs to the judging panel, comprising of fashion experts. If selected, they will get a chance to display their collection at the event.
Participating designers
Wendell Rodricks
Dev R Nil
Agnimitra Paul
Anupamaa Dayal
James Ferriera
Anita Dongre
Anand Kabra
Arjun Saluja
Abhishek D
Deepti Toor
Gayatri Khanna
Narendra Kumar
Nandita Mahtani
Neeta Lulla
Nida Mahmood
Nikasha Tawadey
Kaushalya Adiseshan
Kiran Uttam Ghosh
Payal Singhal
Priyadarshini Rao
Pria Kataria Puri
Rahul & Firdos
Ranji Kelker
Sabyasachi Mukherjee
Sanjay Malhotra
Shahzad Kalim
Shyamal & Bhumika
Sonam Dubal
Soumitra Mondal
Swapnil Shinde
Vikram Phadnis
Vineet Bahl
GenNext designers
This year, nine designers have been selected for the GenNext show.
Anuj Sharma
Aneeth Arora
Debarun Mukherjee
Digvijay Singh
Kunal Rawal
Nachiket Barve
Nimita Rathod
Nitin BalChauhan
Vivek Karunakaran
Vivek Kumar
Photograph: Kunal Verma
Designs: Tejasvini Kulkarni, Rushabh Maniar of Vice Versa
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