Kolkata Fashion Week Bash on 6th April 2009. Kolkata Fashion Week Ends With A Bang.
~ John Abraham, Chitrangada Singh, Mugdha Godse & Zeenat Aman Dazzles The Ramp ~
~ Overwhelming Response To the First Edition Of KFW ~
Kolkata, 5th April, 2009: The first edition of Kolkata’s very own fashion week – Kolkata Fashion Week (KFW) comes to an end with John Abraham breathing fire in the ramp in a unique Rohit Bal creation.
The final day also witnessed Bollywood Divas Mughdha Godse, Chitrangada Singh and Zeenat Aman sashaying the ramp in spectacular creations of Gauri Nainika, Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna and the Weavers. Designers Dev R Nil also showcased their creations.
The for day fashion fiesta witnessed participation from over 10,000 fashion enthusiasts of the city. Rituparno Ghosh, Raima Sen, Riya Sen, Minisha Lamba, Neha Dhupia, Dino Morea, Mahie Gill, Anusha Dandekar, Ranvijay Singh Singha, Sagarika Ghatge, June Malya, Shreya Pande, Monami Ghosh, Sonal Chauhan and Bipasha Basu, were the showstoppers at KFW.
The Kolkata Fashion Week, with its theme Return To Roots witnessed participation of the foremost fashion designers of the fashion world like Bibi Russell, Rohit Bal, Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna, Shane-Falguni, Mona Pali, Abhishek Dutta, Marg, Sharbari Dutta, Zubair Kirmani, Anjana Bhargav, Manoviraj Khosla and Narendra Kumar. KFW also gave a platform to three of city’s promising designers Arjun Agarwal, Sanchita Julkha and Kavita Banerjee to showcase their designs at the event.
Leading models of the country such as Noyonika Chatterjee, Candice Pinto, Laxmi Rana, Neha Kapur, Sapna Kumar, Bhavna Seth, Sonalika Sahay, Joey Mathews, Michelle Innds, Anusha, Aryan Baruah, Shayan Munshi, Pooja Gupta, Shrestha, Joy, Sanyukta, Ananda & Neeraj amongst others were the other popular participants at Kolkata Fashion Week.
“We are overwhelmed by the response that Kolkata Fashion Week has received. We never expected so much interest and enthusiasm from the people of the city. I take this opportunity to thank the Kolkatans for making this event a success. The media participation has been tremendous in all these days. We are thankful to each and every media personnel for their continuous support to us since the announcement of this mega even and help making this event reach out to people across the globeâ€, said Mr Yudhajit Dutta, Director, Mindscapes Group Of Companies.
KFW has also witnessed a plethora of sponsors including Aircel, United Spirits Limited, PC Chandra Jewellers, Kingfisher, Oh! Calcutta , The Park, The Telegraph – T2, Zoom, NDTV, Star Jalsha, Channel 10, Big 92.7 FM, MSN, Pepsi & Costa Coffee.
“We are already geared up for our second season of KFW, which will be held in September, 2009 and which, we promise, will be bigger than what Kolkata has experienced in the inaugural editionâ€, informed Mr Dutta.
Conceptualized and designed by Mindscapes Maestros Events & Sports Management Limited, a part of Mindscapes Group Of Companies, Kolkata Fashion Week (KFW) is a four day fashion blitzkrieg held through 2nd – 5th April, 2009 at PC Chandra Greens, EM Bypass, Kolkata.
About Mindscapes Maestros:
Mindscapes Maestros is a sports and celebrity management organisation with national presence. The Group has created many innovative and entertaining milestone event properties. Mindscape Maestros acts as a one-stop solution provider for branding, communication and media requirements of various conglomerates. The Group manages and promotes some of the most renowned celebrities from the field of sports, fashion and films like Mahendra Singh Dhoni and John Abraham among others. The team behind Mindscapes Maestros is already working with a vision to develop a host of innovative event properties across India and Kolkata in particular.