TV artist Neha inaugurates 2-day exhibition-cum-sale of NIFD

TV artist, Neha Bagga, having a look at garment designed by students of NIFD campus, Karan Market, Jammu. —Excelsior/Rakesh
TV artist, Neha Bagga, having a look at garment designed by students of NIFD campus, Karan Market, Jammu. —Excelsior/Rakesh

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 20: Entering the 20th year of its existence in the City of Temples, a two-day annual exhibition cum sale of National Institute of Fashion Designing (NIFD) titled ‘Krithi’—a work of art, was inaugurated by Neha Bagga, a well known face in the TV industry, better known as ‘Rajji’ of “Bani Ishq Da Kalma” fame here at NIFD Campus, Karan Market.
The budding designers of the institute worked according to their themes. Other than their regular curriculum work, students also displayed their designer creations in the exhibition.
Fashion Design department was divided into two groups. The first group under the guidance of Neha Mahajan displayed their garments under the theme ‘Prakriti’. They created the whole ambience as if someone has entered a valley of flowers and butterflies, beautiful and colourful, and pleasing to the eyes.
The second group under the guidance of Sunita Dogra depicted a rustic look and worked with rope and thread and giving it variant shape and form and called the section “AKRITI” wherein the material was mainly the art and craft section and worked on best out of waste. They reused waste material and reused them. The home furnishing items were also displayed in this section.
The last section was under the guidance of Rajwinder Kaur wherein the more established designers, the proud pass outs of NIFD put up their creativity on display. Since they came from all over India, their section was called ‘Rangriti’. The whole ambience was very creative with live size sketches painted on the walls and brightly painted.
Overall the students worked on the present trends in fashion. Garments displayed were Western, Indo Western and traditional garments. Latest techniques were used to make hand painted stoles and embroidered capes and shrugs.
Speaking on the occasion, Neha Bagga encouraged the students for their hard work, innovative ideas and creations which were presented very creatively and aesthetically.
Chairperson, Vanita Thakur, said that this year NIFD is celebrating 20 years of successfully nurturing the best designers in Jammu, what better way to celebrate it than in our own very creative style . She also announced a year-long celebration and called for all her pass out students to get in touch with the institute as there are big plans of celebrations throughout the year.

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