Rohit Bal is grand finale designer for Wills India Fashion Week

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - He is known as the master of fabric and fantasy. Given this, flamboyant designer Rohit Bal is all set to present his opulent collection at the grand finale of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) here Oct 28.

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There were tall claims that domestic buyers would be around in plenty at India's first men's fashion week here, but were they all in hiding? Even those who were present at the three-day event preferred not to place orders. The Van Heusen India Mens Week (VHIMW), which concluded here Sunday, was high on ideas but low on business.

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At a fashion show, a designer's stall provides a first look at the collection. But going by the unimaginative stalls on show at the ongoing Van Heusen India Mens Week (VHIMW), many designers do not seem to have put any thought to the stalls this time.

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Designer Rohit Bal's flamboyance was mixed with a bit of naughtiness at the Van Heusen India Mens Week (VHIMW) as he got the male models to dance on the ramp in their bathing robes and boxers. At the finale of Bal's show late Friday, as soon as the popular song Dan Te Nan from Kaminey played out, the designer came onto the ramp and started dancing - and was joined by all the male models.

September 10th, 2009 Now-a-days Giselle Monteiro is better known as Harleen Kaur from Hindi film ‘Love Aaj Kal’. But when this Brazilian model took the ramp for designer Ritu Kumar at Kolkata Fashion Week (KFW)II, the audience could hardly recognize her.

September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The countdown has begun for India's first Van Heusen India Men's Week (VHIMW) here Sep 11-13 that promises to be a celebrity-studded affair with Bollywood hunks and sporty cricketers scorching the ramp in the company of professional models. Though nothing is official as of now, sources have revealed that the organisers of VHIMW, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), has approached Bollywood actors John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor to walk the ramp for the grand finale show of designers Ashish Soni, Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna of label Cue Sep 13.

August 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's first exclusive men's fashion week is all set to dazzle here next month with an impressive list of designers like J.J. Valaya, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Rina Dhaka, Rohit Bal and Tarun Tahiliani.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Finally the confusion is over and the verdict is out - there would now be only one fashion week as the industry's two main groups Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Fashion & Design Promotion Council (FDPC) have decided. After months of discussions and meetings, the decision was made keeping in mind the sentiments of the designers who were vouching for one fashion week.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Designers are queueing up to participate in the first Van Heusen India Men's Week (VHIMW) here in September that will feature as many as 15 shows and 40 stalls to display fashion wear and accessories under one roof, it was announced here Wednesday. "As of now, we haven't decided on the designers, but all those who want to participate should send in their applications and the jury will decide who all will showcase and who will be given stalls to exhibit their work," event organiser Fashion Design Council of India's (FDCI) president Sunil Sethi told IANS here.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hopes of consolidation in the country's style space have all but vanished with the newly-promoted Fashion and Design Promotion Council (FDPC) Wednesday announcing the debut of its India Fashion and Design Week (IFDW) here in October. On its part, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), which has staged 13 editions of what has till now been the country's premier business-business fashion event, reacted rather helplessly, saying: Let's see what happens now.

July 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Van Heusen India Mens Week - the first fashion extravaganza for men in India that will showcase the best designers in the country - will be held here Sep 11 to 13, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) announced. The three-day event will have 15 shows, where designers will cover the widest range of men's fashion - menswear and accessories under one roof.

May 27th, 2009 This weekend is surely going to be a grand finale weekend for the television viewers. As two of the most popular dance reality shows have their grand finale this week.

May 3rd, 2009 Watch designer duo Shantanu and Nikhil’s spring summer 2009 collection on ‘Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week’ on NDTV Good Times. Designers have an action packed life… they cater to trends, fashion journalists, the buyers, the sponsors and shopaholics, season after season.  This episode focuses on the creation of the spring summer 2009 collection by Shantanu and Nikhil.

May 3rd, 2009 Tisca Chopra who is basking the success for her performance in the recently released Nandita Das movie 'Firaaq', will be flaunting her style quotient as the show stopper on Saturday for new designer, Rohit Kamra at the Lakme Fashion Week held at Grand Hyatt. Talking encouragingly about Rohit’s collection, she says “I really like Rohit’s idea about the 'Dawn of India'  theme- India emerging  from its dark past to a golden future.

May 3rd, 2009 Grand finale of the Fashion Week started fashionably over an hour late. Vikram Chatwal, Anaita Adajania, Manisha Koirala, Sonam Kapoor, Manish Malhotra, Rohit BaL, Anupama Verma and Aditi Gowitriker were among the celebrity guests.