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Glam Slam in Mumbai as GICW sets the runway for its Season 6 debut
MUMBAI: Flashbulbs, fashion, and a fresh address India’s couture caravan is heading west. After five dazzling, drama-filled seasons in Delhi, Global India Couture Week (GICW) is stitching up a new chapter with its grand Mumbai debut for Season 6, scheduled for 19th, 20th, and 21st September 2025. One of India’s most influential fashion platforms, GICW is turning up the couture heat in the city that never sleeps bringing together legendary designers, Bollywood glamazons, and next-gen fashion firebrands under one sequinned roof.
The move marks a bold shift for GICW, promising a more high-octane, creative, and collaborative energy. Think red carpet dazzle, influencer-packed FROWs, and runway shows that go from classic couture to cutting-edge chaos in the best possible way.
“GICW is not just about showcasing fashion, it’s about shaping the future of Indian design,” said Flashbulbs, founder Satyajit Mohanty.
His partner-in-style, Flashbulbs director of operations Sidharrth Behera added, “Mumbai represents a new energy, and we’re opening our doors wide for young designers to step in, shine, and scale.”
Over the years, GICW has featured couture royalty like Anju Modi, Neeta Lulla, Wendell Rodricks, Narendra Kumar, Samant Chauhan, and Tanieya Khanuja. The film world has been equally smitten, with Karisma Kapoor, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Palak Tiwari, and Divya Khosla Kumar lending their star wattage to the catwalk.
Now, with applications open for emerging designers, GICW Season 6 is giving the fashion disruptors of tomorrow a chance to rub shoulder-pads with the greats. Limited slots are up for grabs, and the exposure is not just national, but global zero compromises, full glamour.
With India’s fashion industry valued at over 18 billion dollars and luxury couture seeing a sharp post-pandemic boom, GICW’s strategic shift to Mumbai is more than just a location change. It’s a sartorial power move, designed to tap into the city’s celebrity ecosystem, global connectivity, and buzzing fashion calendar.
So whether you’re a die-hard couturista or a meme-scrolling style enthusiast, brace yourself. September’s going to be all sequins, swagger, and seriously high fashion Mumbai style.
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Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
