India Fashion Week London to debut in October

The first ever India Fashion Week is set for a launch later this year, BizAsia can exclusively confirm.

The event, which will take place in October, is a celebration of Asian fashion by national and international renowned designers. A catwalk lined with the best creative talent of the industry alongside the best shopping experience in town, what better city to host this event than London.

India Fashion Week London adds to the impressive stats by bringing together pioneers of the fashion industry from both the UK and India to showcase a spectacular celebration of South Asian fashion. The conception of India Fashion Week London has been driven by the need for a platform to showcase the existing creativity of world-class designers alongside supporting upcoming NEWGEN designers.

Since the last decade the Indian fashion industry has moved from the embryonic stage to a globally respected powerhouse. Fashion designers have contributed immensely to the spread of fashion as a driving force, both among Indian consumers and select segments of Western markets. India can now boast of dozens of leading fashion designers, who can match any European fashion designer in their concepts, styles and designs.

Official figures by The British Fashion Council denotes that the direct value of the UK fashion industry to UK economy is �26 billion; up from �21 billion in 2009, showing an increase of 22% in nominal terms (source: Oxford Economics 2014, British Fashion Council). Fashion�۪s total contribution to the economy via both indirect support for supply chain industries and induced spending of employee�۪s wage income is estimated to have risen to over �46 billion. An increase of 23% since 2009 (source: Oxford Economics 2014, British Fashion Council).

India Fashion Week will be taking place at Novotel in London Hammersmith from 16th to 18th October 2015; this will consist of a shopping experience for any fashionista alongside catwalk displays running daily.

A media partner for the event will be officially announced soon.