Expo’22,at Apparel House, Gurugram ended successfully with a Startup Fashion Show. The spectacular Day-1 witnessed a grand inauguration by the Chief Guest, Smt. Darshana Jardosh, Minister of State for Textiles & Railways, Trade commissioners from Australia & Canada along Top Apparel Exporters, Buying fraternity.
It’s also noteworthy to mention that 200+ top fashion buyers, exporters & manufacturers of Delhi, NCR had attended the event. Day-2 of the event showcased a Startup Fashion Show and also had industry experts highlight the importance of digitizing the textile eco-system & fast-tracking the design development process to optimize India Textile's recent FTA's with partner countries and achieve GOI’s target of $100 Bn fashion & Textile Exports by 2030.
The whole idea of STARTUP FASHION SHOW (SFS) was conceptualized by Mr. Yash Arya, Founder, IAMKHADI to promote Fashion, Textile, and Technology Startups to showcase Innovations & Sustainable Material development to Fashion Buyers, Fashion Manufacturers, Policymakers, Ambassadors, and further connect with Supply chain & look at the possibility of creating digital integration in near future.
SOWTEX the event organizer is a B2B MARKETPLACE for fashion and textiles with 20,000 business users from 10 countries connecting with buyers and sellers for focus Sourcing in the Value chain is digitizing Vendors, Materials and Stocks has collaborated with IAMKHADI and NIFT Foundation for Design Innovation (NFDI), an initiative of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Ministry of Textiles, Govt of India which is India’s 1st Incubator in the Fashion and Technology space.
The organizers being from Startup Domain have shown their sincerity and support to fellow young fashion startups to co-organize STARTUP FASHION SHOW (SFS) with an objective to give Quick & real-time MARKET ACCESS and visibility in front of the Fashion Export Community to curate high-fashion value-added product lines for international buyers.
On the occasion of Earth Day, Startup Fashion Show has showcased India’s Sustainable and Innovative product lines along with Supply chain partners.
Our Young & Celebrity Designers are joining hands to bridge the Gap between Buyers' expectations and sustainable materials which are available through the Indian Value Chain. As the world is going Sustainable & Digital, Fashion Manufacturers have to reposition themselves to adopt & showcase collections using these innovative platforms with designers and create an International experience.
STARTUP FASHION SHOW this season has represented three Spring Summer 2023 Forecast Trends:
- SUSTAINABLE FASHION
- FAST FASHION
- PRET FASHION
Yash Arya, CEO IAMKHADI was the moderator of the panel.
The first sequence of the STARTUP FASHION SHOW (SFS) was presented by Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC).
The NFDI which are APPAREL TRAINING AND DESIGN CENTRE (ATDC) Startup, BAMBOOLOGY TRENDS (NFDI Startup), TECTEX PVT LTD. (NFDI Startup), KALPTREE (NFDI Startup), ARRAS (NFDI Startup), HEMP AFFAIR (NFDI Startup)
Celebrity Designers include –
- TASNEEM MERCHANT (NFDI Startup):
- PALLAVI SINGH: ARCVSH- Pallavi Singh, is a Pret Label which was founded by Pallavi Singh.
- TARA BHUYAN: an international designer and founder of Tara Bhuyan Couture
- SHRUTI SANCHETI: an Indian-born fashion designer and senior educator is the Founder of a design firm known as Shruti Sancheti.
The show was attended by eminent personalities. Our Chief Guest was Mr. Jyoti Kalash (IAS), Chief Resident Commissioner Nagaland Bhawan, Govt. of Nagaland.
