HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, Sept 1: Fashion design student Heena Mour and interior design student Riddhi Agarwal of INIFD Guwahati were highly appreciated for presenting their creative design concepts to the panel of eminent jury at the virtual event ‘The Design Festival: Season 7’ for the selection to showcase at the upcoming FDCI x Lakmé Fashion Week – India’s premier fashion and lifestyle event.
‘The Design Festival’ is one unique platform by INIFD – the largest global network of design institutes and RISE Worldwide. It’s a series of nationwide 5 day events held bi-annually with a different set of pools of INIFD entries on each day where different panel of experts judge the design presentations of INIFD students.
INIFD Fashion Design students had to design garments inspired by ‘Street Style’ originating from the hip-hop culture that incorporates comfortable, casual yet trendy clothing. Whereas, the INIFD Interior Design students had to take inspiration from ‘Future and Fantasy’ to interpret the set design for the fashion shows and translate it with their aesthetics. Jury members judged the presentation based on thought process, design aesthetics, and theme compatibility.
Eminent personalities who were present virtually on the occasion were Rohit Gandhi, Rahul Khanna, Akshat Bhatt, Neeraj Gaba, Shefalee Vasudev, and Aman Verma, among others.