FDCI, Tamana to host its annual fashion show ‘Unity in Diversity’

By

Maverick Martins

Published
Sep 14, 2018

The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) in collaboration with Tamana, a non-profit organisation, will host its annual fashion show titled “Unity in Diversity” on September 15 in New Delhi.
 

The show will kick off with the Inclusion Walk, wherein Tamana students will walk the ramp with the wife of the Japanese Ambassador of India, the Australian High Commissioner to India, and the New Zealand High commissioner to India.
 
The collections designed and manufactured by the differently-abled at Tamana’s Skill Development Centre will debut on the catwalk with differently-abled walking the ramp alongside leading models.

Some of India’s leading fashion designers showcasing at the event include Alpana Neeraj, Amit Aggarwal, Kiran Uttam Ghosh, Nitin Bal Chauhan, Payal Pratap Singh, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Rimzim Dadu, 11.11 CellDsgn, Asha Gautam by Gautam Gupta and Asha Rani Gupta, Ridhi Arora and Namita Bansal.
 
"Tamana, FDCI, and Hyatt have together put up this fascinating fashion show promoting 'We are One' irrespective of intellectual and physical differences. According to me, these kids are born with a mission to remind us that we may have everything, but they are much greater in their purity of heart," Shayama Chona, founder and President, Tamana, said in a statement.
 
FDCI's President Sunil Sethi, added, “The objective of the FDCI by being a supporter of this event continuously is to ensure that the social barriers are broken through the medium of fashion. The Tamana show is a fitting emblem of inclusion and we are proud of our association.”
 
Tamana NGO has been organising the annual fashion show for over a decade now with the support of the fashion fraternity to spread awareness about the ‘Inclusion and Integration’ of the differently-abled.