Noida: “Never before any fashion and design school has taken
so much of efforts to bring industry and education on the same platform to such
a magnificent scale. we have created a history and a wonderful beginning in
fashion and design world,” said Sandeep Marwah President AAFT School of Fashion
And Design.
More than 40 countries participation, 100 different
organizations of different fields including fashion, textile, furniture,
jewelry, yoga, spiritual, health, modeling, beauty, makeup, educational
institutions and media were the part and parcel of the show.
Painting exhibition, furniture exhibition, textile
exhibition and jewelry exhibition all were inaugurated by the important
dignities present at the show. Well-prepared fashion shows by the AAFT School
of Fashion And Design brought many accolades to the fashion week.
John Uche Jesus, Dr. Kusum Chopra, Prasoon Dewan, Rahul
Anand, Bharti Taneja, Iishika Taneja, Anushka Lal, shared their experiences
through seminar on how to bridge the gap between education and industry.
Renowned exporters Rajat Jain of Pooja International and Nishith
Sadh of Fancy Fashions, along with filmmakers from Los Angles Mike Berry, from
UK Amita Shankar and from Mumbai Ashok Tyagi had a brain storming session on
Film and Fashion moderated by Sandeep Marwah and followed by question answers.
Powerful workshop by young and known fashion designer Niket
Mishra attracted many delegates to understand Start Up concept of Government of
India in fashion and design industry. Renowned architect Harish Tripathi, fashion
designer Rochika Agarwal and jewelry designer Sharmila Katrey had another panel
discussion on ‘sustainable designing is a token of brand identity’.
Social issues were not forgotten and GFDWN in association
with International Children’s Film Forum picked up this time a sensitive
subject of child kidnapping under the guidance of Dr. Vandana Gulia of an
organization called ‘No More Missing’ anchored by Sushil Bharti and supported
by ICFF director Madhavi Advani discussed at length with huge participation bt
the delegates.
Ritu Lal the director of the show supervised all the events
and said that fashion week has brought new energy to the trade and turned out
to be a learning experience for all of us. The evenings were full of fashion
shows of different kinds.
