The Fashion Design Council of India is a not-for-profit organization that works to further the business of fashion in India and ensure its sustainable growth. It promotes and nurtures its over 400 members, who represent the best in Indian fashion. These members include fashion and accessory designers and professionals, educational institutions and corporates.
The FDCI’s calendar of events includes the bi-annual Lakme Fashion Week (prêt) for Autumn-Winter in and Spring-Summer in October, held in New Delhi & Mumbai. It also hosts India Couture Week, the country’s most exclusive and premier fashion event, every year in July, held in New Delhi.
Other than these, the Council collaborates with the Textile Ministry and the Commerce & Industry Ministry, Government of India, as well as other countries and organizations on hosting fashion- and textile-related events and initiatives and creating opportunities for FDCI members across India and abroad.
Fashion and textile - related programmes and collaborations with the Government of India, other countries and private organizations in India and abroad
The FDCI News Room section provides up-to-date announcements, press releases, and media coverage, keeping you informed about the latest developments in the fashion world.
The FDCI Members section highlights the esteemed designers, brands, and industry professionals who are part of the Fashion Design Council of India.
The FDCI Blog section offers insightful articles, interviews, and trends from the fashion industry, providing a deeper understanding of style, design, and innovation.
The FDCI Careers section offers opportunities to join India's premier fashion council. Explore current openings and become a part of the dynamic world of fashion and design.
The FDCI Events section highlights the latest fashion shows, exhibitions, and industry gatherings, offering a glimpse into the vibrant world of fashion and design.
From unabashedly loving colour, paying tribute to Japanese flowers, to engineering her own mesh-like fabric for LFW, Aisha Rao, hopes to go “green” by being mindful. By Asmita Aggarwal If you ever see Aisha Rao’s Hyderabad home, you will know how her upcycled philosophy reflects there too! The terrazzo tiles, almost 12 to 13 different colours have been used in the dining area, they were lying waste. She...
Centographs mirror world unrest through camouflage to crochet, cold pigment dyeing, paying tribute to Kantha, crafting arches where you least expect it—on a functional bag at FDCI’s Boys club showcasing by Countrymade. By Asmita Aggarwal Fashion is not an archipelago, it’s affected by socio-economic factors, even though it is low on the food chain it is affected by geopolitics-what’s happening in Iran to Ukraine-war that has destroyed the lives...
From burnt orange leather to khadi denim Pawan Sachdeva’s journey in dressing men has been a discovery of sorts-meet the new experimental man, who likes his shirt with zippers, pants with not so useful buckles and a stitched dhoti for some extra zing. By Asmita Aggarwal The craziest offering by Pawan Sachdeva till now over the last 20 years has been his experimental leather line—rust, burnt orange, to...
