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Kolkata hosts Eastern Fashion Legacy, Chapter 1
19 Mar 2016, 10:31 am
Kolkata, Mar 19 (NITN) Some of the biggest names of the fashion industry assembled in Kolkata to showcase their collections at the Eastern Fashion Legacy, Chapter 1, which is one of the biggest fashion fiestas, recently.
The two-day fashion carnival was a synergy of the best designers from India, Bangladesh and Bhutan with their rich fabrics, heritage and culture.
Designers Bibi Russell , Agnimitra Paul ,Chimmi Choden , Abhishek Dutta , Chandrika Tamang , Sharbari , Atsu Sekhose , Monapali all mesmerized the audience with their gorgeous collections.
While it was Tollywood star Prasenjit Chatterjee who walked the ramp for Monapali, actress Rituparna Sengupta was the showstopper for Agnimitra Paul..jpg)
Arijit Dutta, Managing Director of Priya Entertainments PVT Ltd, who has conceived the Eastern Fashion Legacy said: "As I have said in a number of times before, I somehow felt East was not being positioned right as far as rest of India is concerned. Whenever we think of fashion anything that comes into our mind is Bombay (Mumbai), Hyderabad, probably Bangalore. Otherwise it’s probably Mumbai, let’s put it that way. Considering the fact that we have the north eastern states this side, Bengal here, and the three neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, which is more or less a cross pollination of culture. They have their own designs, but still there is a cohesiveness in this heritage. So why don’t we try and highlight it."
"This is the endavour where we have designers coming in from Bhutan. We are having Kelly Dorji, one of the supermodels in those days. After years he’s coming to work, he’s coming here. There is a sentimental issue to this whole thing. So we thought that we will only have eastern designers," he said.
Namit Bajoria, Director, Kutchina, & the promoter of Eastern Fashion Legacy said, “Bengal boasts of having some of the finest fabrics in the world. Our region has also given birth to some of the biggest fashion designers who are now internationally acclaimed names."
"Our idea of The Eastern Fashion Legacy was to promote these fabrics and encourage the designers to use them in their collection thus putting our state on the international fashion map. With the successful completion of the first edition of the Eastern Fashion Legacy, we look forward to a bigger and better second edition soon. I would like to thank all the designers, models and showstoppers for their participation and support," Bajoria said.
Designers Bibi Russell , Agnimitra Paul ,Chimmi Choden , Abhishek Dutta , Chandrika Tamang , Sharbari , Atsu Sekhose , Monapali all mesmerized the audience with their gorgeous collections.
While it was Tollywood star Prasenjit Chatterjee who walked the ramp for Monapali, actress Rituparna Sengupta was the showstopper for Agnimitra Paul.
Arijit Dutta, Managing Director of Priya Entertainments PVT Ltd, who has conceived the Eastern Fashion Legacy said: "As I have said in a number of times before, I somehow felt East was not being positioned right as far as rest of India is concerned. Whenever we think of fashion anything that comes into our mind is Bombay (Mumbai), Hyderabad, probably Bangalore. Otherwise it’s probably Mumbai, let’s put it that way. Considering the fact that we have the north eastern states this side, Bengal here, and the three neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, which is more or less a cross pollination of culture. They have their own designs, but still there is a cohesiveness in this heritage. So why don’t we try and highlight it."
"This is the endavour where we have designers coming in from Bhutan. We are having Kelly Dorji, one of the supermodels in those days. After years he’s coming to work, he’s coming here. There is a sentimental issue to this whole thing. So we thought that we will only have eastern designers," he said.
Namit Bajoria, Director, Kutchina, & the promoter of Eastern Fashion Legacy said, “Bengal boasts of having some of the finest fabrics in the world. Our region has also given birth to some of the biggest fashion designers who are now internationally acclaimed names."
"Our idea of The Eastern Fashion Legacy was to promote these fabrics and encourage the designers to use them in their collection thus putting our state on the international fashion map. With the successful completion of the first edition of the Eastern Fashion Legacy, we look forward to a bigger and better second edition soon. I would like to thank all the designers, models and showstoppers for their participation and support," Bajoria said.
(Reporting by Ankit Dey, Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
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