What Does the Lakme Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 Edition Have in Store?


What Does the Lakme Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 Edition Have in Store?

Arushi Sakhuja

We can’t keep calm cause it’s almost that time of the year when all we can hear around us is fashion, fashion and more fashion. Lakme Fashion Week 2020 is back. With a high celebrity quotient, this is one of the most awaited fashion events of the year.



Trends will be forecasted and designers will bring to the runway their stellar fashion creations. Avant-garde and eclectic styles with a fashion sustainability promise, we can’t wait to see what the new fashion season has in store for us.

What Is Lakme Fashion Week?

Lakme Fashion Week is India’s most prestigious fashion show that takes place bi-annually, with the summer/resort show in February and the fall/winter show in August. Being run through a collaborative effort between cosmetic brand Lakmé and IMG Reliance Ltd, the fashion show was conceived to allow Indian fashion to gain a foothold in the global fashion scene.


How Did The Lakme Fashion Week Emerge?



LFW began as Lakmé India Fashion Week (LIFW) in 1999 through a partnership between the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and IMG. Its first event took place in 1999 with International Model Naomi Campbell. LFW has been instrumental in making the careers of various current top designers and celebrities. The runway serves as a great way for Bollywood's newcomers to make their debut. Lakmé was the main sponsor for the show that was held in Delhi up to 2005. The designers for the first show included Monisha Jaising, Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, Tarun Tahiliani and others. After Lakmé’s contract with FDCI could not be renewed, there was a split, and LFW moved to Mumbai in 2006 while India Fashion Week continued in Delhi.

What Is The Ideology Behind Lakme Fashion Week?

Lakmé Fashion Week has been conceived and created with a vision to "Redefine the future of fashion and integrate India into the global fashion world."  Indian designers are no longer confined to the domestic fashion and apparel market, they are gaining recognition and fame worldwide. One of the breakthroughs provided to Indian designers to showcase their talents is through the medium of fashion shows. Lakme Fashion Week is the most popular in the world of  Indian fashion where the talents of already established and upcoming designers are showcased. 


What Are The Various Lakme Fashion Week Categories?

Initiatives, such as the ‘Gen Next’ and ‘Emerging Designer’ show categories have made Lakme Fashion Week the premier launch-pad for upcoming designers and Bollywood stars in the country today.  These categories were first launched at the 2006 show in Mumbai. Some of today’s prominent designers like Rahul Mishra and Swapnil Shinde, who is celebrated even internationally as a part of the fresh talent event.



Anita Dongre, Anamika Khanna, Manish Malhotra are currently some of the members of the Lakmé Fashion Week Advisory Board. LFW’s Gen Next program has launched several prominent designers such as Masaba Gupta and Nachiket Barve. About 266  designers have made their debut and showcased their creations in the last 2 decades of Lakme Fashion Week.

The Gen Next Category
The Gen Next category is an opportunity for young talent to be mentored by renowned Indian designers and find their way into the international arena. This includes nurturing budding designers every season through the GenNext program which has seen the likes of Masaba Gupta, Rahul Mishra, Pero, and Nachiket Barve come through to make a name for themselves in the Indian fashion industry Emerging Designers category of the event is another platform for new designers.

In 2009 international model Naomi Campbell walked the ramp for her charity Fashion for Relief at Lakmé Fashion Week to raise funds in aid of the victims of the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks, The event also featured international designers like by Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, and Roberto Cavalli.

Textiles And Handlooms Day
In 2017 LFW introduced the Textiles and Handlooms Day, which was established to focus on Sustainable Fashion. The idea is to produce modern fashion using age-old artisanal techniques. Lakmé Fashion Week also dedicates one day to sustainability within the textile industry, focusing on environmental impact, human rights considerations and the promotion of Indian craft.

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Who Are The Famous Designers Showcasing At Lakme Fashion Week?
Lakme Fashion Week 2006, held in collaboration with IMG featured 115 designers as opposed to 61 in the year before. Wendell Rodricks, Ritu Beri, Manish Malhotra, Tarun Tahiliani, Narendra Kumar, Ashish Soni, Ranna Gill, Monisha Jaising, Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, Rajesh Pratap Singh are amongst others who made a prominent part of the event.



Celebrities Spotted At Lakme Fashion Week 2019
Showstoppers are always the highlight of a show and especially when it’s someone from the Bollywood industry. Who doesn’t like the show to be ended with one of our heartthrobs? The event is marked by the presence of celebrities and traders all across the globe. Lakme Fashion Week is considered as one of the highest celebrity quotient fashion events.
Top actors from Bollywood grace the runway. From Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Farah Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Vaani Kapoor, Tara Sutaria, Shahid and Mira Kapoor, Nargis Fakri, Shilpa Shetty and many more. The who’s who of Bollywood has graced the ramp and this time around they will continue to do so.

What Does The Lakme Fashion Week 2020 Have In Store For Us?
Lakme fashion week resort summer 2020 edition is all set the take place on the 12th of Feb 2020 at JioGarden in BKC, Mumbai. (https://www.iknockfashion.com/lakme-fashion-week-announces-its-2020-summer-resort-edition/). Paying tribute to its 20th anniversary, Lakme fashion week has a host of celebrations including curated experiences and special events under its first edition in the new decade.  This year the platform will focus on fashion sustainability through path-breaking initiatives while further spreading the message of inclusivity and diversity. With the Summer/Resort 2020 edition, we also mark the beginning of LFW 2.0 – a journey where we revisit the past while building the future for the next 20 years." As said by Jaspreet Chandhok, Lifestyle Bussines IMG Reliance.




Who Are The Participating Designers?
From 33 designers in 2000 to now featuring over 200 labels, the Lakme Fashion Week is one of the most followed fashion celebrations on digital media. This year the four designers who will get an opportunity to showcase their creations at the fashion gala, to be held from February 12 to 16, 2020, are Akhil Nagpal from Mumbai, Ananya Modi Jain and the duo Mannat Sethi and Harshna Kandhari from New Delhi, and Chandrima Agnihotri from Noida. To name a few other designers who participate in the gala year after year there's- Amit Aggarwal, Monisha Jaising, Rina Dhaka, Nachiket Barve, Payal Singhal, Manish Malhotra, Rohit Gandhi – Rahul Khanna, Anushree Reddy and Arpita Mehta.

We are eagerly waiting to see what the new season of fashion has in store for us. From avant-garde styles to updated classics, we can’t wait to see a plethora of new designs for the upcoming season. So what are you waiting for? Visit the I Knock Fashion website to know more about the upcoming event scheduled to take place next month!



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