FDCI announces India Couture Week schedule

Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) has announced the show schedule for the India Couture Week 2016, which begins July 20, 2016 at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi.

Altogether, 11 couturiers will showcase their haute couture lines through 10 shows, including three offsite shows.

At 9.00 pm on July 20, Manish Malhotra will hold the first show, while Anita Dongre and Tarun Tahilani will hold their shows at 8 and 9.30 pm, July 21.

At 3 pm on July 22, Reynu Taandon and Rimple & Harpreet Narula will showcase their collections and Rahul Mishra will do so at 7.00 pm. Anamika Khanna will hold her offsite show at 9.30 pm the same day.

Varun Bahl will show his lines on July 23 at 8.00 pm followed by Gaurav Gupta at 9.30 pm.

The last day of the fashion show will see a offsite show from both, Manav Gangwani at 3.00 pm and Rohit Bal at 9.30 pm.

President of FDCI, Sunil Sethi said: “The five-day fiesta will be a spectacle of ebullient ensembles, grand sets and riveting concepts as well as off-site shows, by leading designers.”

“It will be a tribute to luxury and pen a new story of grandeur in keeping with the aesthetics of Indian traditions,” he informed.