Ashish and Manish in London

Creation by designer Ashish Gupta at London Fashion Week (S/S 07)

Creations by Manish Arora at London Fashion Week (S/S 2007)
All photos from BBC.

NIFT students, among others asked to design posters for International Film Festival of India (IFFI) as part of a contest held by the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) – source

NIFT to open Rae Bareily center

NIFT is in the process of setting up a center in the campus of the National Textile Corporation in Rae Bareily. NIFT is to be set up with a budget of Rs. 12 crores and will enable students to persure fashion technology without look at other alternatives. This plan was announced by the Union Minister [...]

NID to redesign Rajdhani trains

All those questions on how to improve the situation of the Indian Railawys in past CEED, NID and NIFT entrance tests have finally been answered in real life.
Western Railways is thinking of approaching NID to redesign the Rajdani so they can attract more passengers in this age of cheap flights.
‘The exterior of the train is [...]

Investing in Textiles

The [textile] industry is one of the largest and most important sectors in the economy in terms of output, foreign exchange earnings and employment in India. It contributes 20 percent of industrial production, 9 percent of excise collections, 18 percent of employment in the industrial sector, nearly 20 percent to the country’s total export earnings [...]

Digjam

The textile outfit of SK Birla group, Birla VXL Ltd to give a boost to its readymade garment business, is planning to extend its fabrics brand Digjam to men’s apparel, group chairman Sudarshan Kumar Birla said here on September 17. – link