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Lakme Fashion Week twice a year from 2006
MUMBAI: Lakme and IMG will be organising two Lakme Fashion Weeks in 2006 and every year thereafter. The Fall /Winter Week will be held from 28 March – 1 April, 2006 and the Spring/Summer Week in September-October 2006.
The decision was taken today following suggestions from the participating designers and buyers for the inaugural Lakme Fashion Week for Fall/Winter collections. This will enable the endeavour of designers and buyers to double the business opportunities by capturing both seasons for the domestic and international markets.
Lakme Fashion Week (LFW), a joint initiative between Lakme and IMG, has been conceived and created with an aim to integrate India into the global fashion world.
Lakme Lever vice president Anil Chopra said, “We have taken this decision in our inaugural year following the suggestions from designers and buyers. This is a reiteration of our long-term commitment to the growth of the fashion industry in India.”
IMG senior vice president and IMG-TWI South Asia managing director Ravi Krishnan said, “Lakme Fashion Week will be a “Ready-to-Wear” Fashion Week in, which the participating designers will have the freedom to show their collections at price points they have determined. This is a positive move, adopting international norms at major fashion weeks.”
Further, based on inputs from the designer community, Lakme Fashion Week has, for the first time in India, also decided to remove any price point restrictions on designers showing on this platform.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
