Bhubaneswar Style Week third edition to take place on July 28, 29

By

Isabelle Crossley

Published
Jul 5, 2018

Bhubaneswar Style Week, a fashion week to promote handloom from Odisha, will hold its third edition on July 28 and 29 at the Mayfair Convention Space in Bhubaneswar.

The fashion week will include runway shows featuring designers from the region of Odisha with a focus on those using traditional handloom textiles from the region. A lifetime achievement award will be presented to a designer at the event and an exclusive fashion magazine will be produced around the event. The magazine will include the event’s featured designers and, according to the event’s social media: “enlighten people regarding the BSW [Bhubaneswar Style Week] and the fashion trends it brings along with it to Odisha.”

This season, the event held open auditions for its runway models for the first time on July 1 at the Mayfair Hotel and Resort in Bhubaneswar. At the audition, eight models were selected from 30 hopefuls by a panel of judges that included the actress Poonam Mishra. The chosen models will appear on the runway on July 28 and 29. As the fashion week aims to shine a light on local designers, the organisers also wanted to do the same for local models.