Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 6: Renowned glamorous and gorgeous models of the country are in the City of Temples to walk the ramp and display the garments designed by the budding designers of National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD).
Introducing the models here today, show director, Pallab Bose said that these leading models accompanied here are all and sundry from Mumbai and Delhi. He added that the models will display the dresses designed by the students of NIFD.
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The models which were introduced by Pallab Bose were Rashi Yadav, Hina Khan, Pooja Bhasin, Priyanka Khatri, Rakhee, Monika Awami, Aditi Sharma and Divya Mamgain.
Chairperson NIFD, Vanita Thakur, who is instrumental in holding the mega event introduced the theme of the show as “Cherry Blossoms…Spring is here again”.
“As the Japanese cherry blossom trees in spring are full of flowers and brings smiles on the face of everyone, similarly all the garments have been really made by lots of hard work and burning of midnight oil by students as their term end project work”, she informed.
Thakur further added that that there are 9 rounds in all out of which 7 rounds are of the present students. Two rounds of the ex-students of the institute Sunita Anand under the brand of “KBG Kashmiri Kreations” and Nidhi Gupta running her brand “Home Saaz” and both have carved a niche for themselves in the city and one round of Ragvarah an all men’s studio soon to be launched in the city.
All the models are of high repute and are supermodels who have worked for nearly all the prestigious fashion weeks and designers, she said, adding that the show stopper of the gala event in Rashi Yadav, Miss India Earth 2016.
She said that the five shortlisted male models, who walk the ramp with theses beauties are Dushyant Gupta, Manav Baldotra from Jammu, Neeraj Mahajan-a leading established supermodel from Naushera and Arfan Mirza, who has also walked the ramp before from Rajouri.
Vanita Thakur also introduced the sponsors of the show—Talla Jewellers, Shalz Medi Spa, KC Emporia, Oakland Bottling, Ryan Photography, Prince Photography, Saalvi by Kaarigar, Raghvarah, Shikargah, Designnama, KBG Kashmir Kreations, Home Saaz and Haute Coutre.
“I am looking forward for tomorrow’s big event with tremendous anxiety”, Chairperson asserted.