{{Short description|Bi-annual fashion week}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox recurring event | name = India Fashion Week | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_caption = | logo_size = | image_size = | caption = | status = Active | genre = Fashion catwalk shows & surrounding events | date = | begins = | ends = | frequency = Bi-Annual | venue = Different | location = New Delhi & Mumbai | years_active = | first = 2000 | founder_name = | organised = Fashion Design Council of India | last = | prev = | next = | sponsor = | website = {{URL|https://Indiafashionweek.co.in/|Indiafashionweek.co.in}} }} {{primary sources|date=August 2015}} [[File:Disha Patani at the ‘Amazon India Fashion Week Spring Summer 2017’.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Disha Patani at India Fashion Week, 2016|alt=Beautiful]] [[File:Salmanrampwalk.png|thumb|upright=0.6|Salman Khan walking the ramp, India Fashion Week]]
'''India Fashion Week''' is a bi-annual fashion week organized and promoted by the Fashion Design Council of India. Wills Lifestyle sponsored it from 2006–2014 before Amazon became the sponsor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://baeblush.com/collections/face|title=India Fashion Week - Sponsor Page}}</ref> The first event in 2000 featured the work of 33 designers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fashion week in India|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/884706.stm |publisher=BBC News|date=18 August 2000 |access-date=14 March 2013}}</ref> There were also over thirty presenters at the Spring Fashion Week in March 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ramp fun begins: Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013 opens today |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Fashion/Ramp-fun-begins-Wills-Lifestyle-India-Fashion-Week-Autumn-Winter-2013-opens-today/Article1-1025245.aspx |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=12 March 2013 |access-date=14 March 2013 |archive-date=15 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315022012/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Fashion/Ramp-fun-begins-Wills-Lifestyle-India-Fashion-Week-Autumn-Winter-2013-opens-today/Article1-1025245.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, fire permits were not secured in time for the first-day events which caused an extra day to be added to accommodate the presentations that had been canceled on the first day.<ref name="2010reuters">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2010/03/29/fashion-diary-clothes-controversies-and-a-finale-that-wasnt/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401030821/http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2010/03/29/fashion-diary-clothes-controversies-and-a-finale-that-wasnt/|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 April 2010|title=Fashion diary – clothes, controversies and a finale that wasn't|last=David Lalmalsawma|date=29 March 2010|work=Reuters|access-date=16 August 2015}}</ref>
The WIFW autumn-winter 2014 started on 26 March 2014 with actress Shilpa Shetty walking the ramp wearing the collections of designer Tarun Tahiliani.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shilpa Shetty shines in Tarun Tahiliani's Collections at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/shilpa-shetty-shines-in-tarun-tahilianis-collections-at-wills-lifestyle-india-fashion-week/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> The WIFW spring-summer 2015 event started on 8 October 2014 at New Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Monica Dogra goes bold at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/10/monica-dogra-goes-bold-at-wills-lifestyle-india-fashion-week/|access-date=12 October 2014|agency=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|date=12 October 2014}}</ref> The Indian fashion industry has become a growing industry with international events such as the India Fashion Week and annual shows by fashion designers being held across major cities of the country.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Cover Story: Global Design for Indian Fashion|journal=Markathon|year=2012|volume=3|issue=10|url=http://web.mit.edu/hauser/www/Hauser%20Articles%205.3.12/Hauser%20Interview%20Markathon%20April%202012.pdf}}</ref>
==See also== *Bangalore Fashion Week *Lakme Fashion Week *India Runway Week *Mysore Fashion Week
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