A Stylish Festival In India
India's first-ever Fashion Week showcased the spring-summer 2007 collections of 70 top designers in a lush swirl of color and glitter aimed at international buyers. Keep clicking for highlights of the shows, held in New Delhi from Aug. 30 to Sept. 30. At left, big flowers and bigger earrings accessorize a creation by designer Manav Gangwani, shown on Aug. 31, 2006.
A line of models show flowing dresses by Rohit Bal in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
Manish Arora, known for his wacky sense of design and color, took the audience to a paradise filled with birds, fish, flowers and rivers. He dressed models in brilliantly colored dresses -- with little feathered roosters atop their heads -- for the opening day of the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 30, 2006.
The Manish Arora collection includes dresses paired with breeches, cigarette pants, tights, shorts and skirts in fabrics splashed with all the colors of the rainbow. Here, a model walks the runway on the opening day of the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 30, 2006.
A model walks the runway in a flowered dress by Manish Arora in New Delhi, Aug. 30, 2006.
A model shows casual jeans with a dramatic cape by designer Manish Arora in New Delhi, Aug. 30, 2006.
A model gives the finishing touches to her makeup before walking the runway for the Shantnu and Nikhil fashion presentation during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
A model shows a casual outfit by designer Shantanu and Nikhil during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
A model carries a handbag by designer Shantanu and Nikhil during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
A model wears a modern take on traditional Indian garb by designers Ashima-Leena during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
Models walk the runway for designers Manju and Bobby Grover during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
Brilliant color and snaky accessories highlight a creation by designers Shane and Falguni Peacock during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
A model shows a casual summer outfit by designers Gauri and Nainika during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
A model poses in a summer dress by designers Gauri and Nainika during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
A model swirls in a white dress by designer Jatin Varma during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 31, 2006.
A model walks the runway in a formal white gown by Rohit Bal on the opening day of the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 30, 2006.
Models wear dresses by designer Anamika Khanna on the opening day of the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi, Aug. 30, 2006.