Anita Dongre is to mentor six young designers for Lakme Fashion Week’s Gen Next programme, with the designers presenting their creations at the upcoming Winter/Festive 2014 shows.
The programme is Lakme Fashion Week’s endeavour to promote and nurture young fashion talent.
“Through Gen Next, LFW has made a significant contribution towards shaping the future of the Indian fashion industry. I am looking forward to mentoring for the second time this year the young designers,” Dongre said.
Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive will be held from August 20- 24. The six designers were selected by the LFW Advisory board for the programme.
Among the designers, Delhi-based Anuj Bhutani will present his collection on winter dressing, while Dhruv Kapoor will highlight the raw and bold traits of women through his collection.
Other designers include Mumbai-based Arunima Majhi and Kristy De Cunha, who will show her La Casa Azul (the blue house) collection, which is a tribute to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Neha Agarwal will present a collection depicting a woman’s alter-ego, while Surbhi Shekhar’s collection is inspired by Fever Ray, the lead vocalist of Swedish music duo The Knife. The Gen Next programme has previously supported designers such as Swapnil Shinde, Rahul Mishra, Masaba Gupta, Archana Rao, Aneeth Arora — PTI
