India Beach Fashion Week to feature island runway in Goa

By

Isabelle Crossley

Published
Feb 9, 2023

India Beach Fashion Week will feature two days of runway shows from February 13 to 14 at the Goa Devaaya Mercure Resort. Designer Vikram Phadnis will launch the event with a resort wear runway show. 

Other designers and brands scheduled to take part in IBFW include Srishti Kaur, Isha Khanna, Ken Ferns, Moonshine by Swapnila, and Meeami Fashion by Amit Bharadwaj among others, the event organisers announced on Facebook. The fashion event focuses on swim and resort wear. 
 
“We target young and bold fashion enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, designers, content creators and artists, fresh graduates and early innovators,” said the event’s co-founder Pallav Ojha in a media release. “Their vision and outlook, design aesthetics and technology can help build India’s biggest creative ecosystem with consumers and brand custodians who stand up for green space energy and a circular usage economy.”

On February 14, the ‘Future of Fashion Conclave – Meet The Leaders’ seminar will feature Timex, Ikonic, and Samsonite’s managing directors as well as IBFW co-founder Pallav Ojha and Sasha Revanker, the founder of One Minute Sarees. The event’s ‘Men’s Grooming Partner’ is Gatsby and, although this is the ninth edition of IBFW, it will be its first to take place on an island. 
 
“Ikonic is elated to be joining hands with India Beach Fashion Week,” said Ikonic Professional’s co-founder Rayed Merchant. “As title sponsors, we look forward to being part of this vibrant event about all things fashion.”
 
“Watches are no more just time telling devices, but a fashion accessory and a statement piece which completes your look,” said Timex Group India’s managing director Deepak Chhabra in a media release. “We at Timex understand the ever-evolving futuristic fashion industry and applaud the disruptive fashion trends. And IBFW provides the perfect platform for this bold community. We are super excited to be a part of the IBFW. It will be a great place for us to empower the young and brave new designers of this era, staying abreast with the latest innovation, creative outlook and technologies in the fashion world.”