Brief: India’s first and finest luxury destination, DLF Emporio, recently concluded the 4th edition of Design Awards 2015-16 announcing the winners of the annual design extravaganza.
The awards witnessed entries from both National and International fashion institutes with 23 candidates shortlisted by the designer Gaurav Gupta. These young and uber-talented minds took inspiration from fashion legends like Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and the classics of the 1900’s.
Adding to the final round up, the 5 member jury panel assessed the shortlisted designs while announcing the final winners. These esteemed members of the jury comprised names that included Bandana Tewari – Vogue fashion features director, FDCI president Sunil Sethi, ace designer Gaurav Gupta, veteran fashion designer Ritu Kumar and Senior Vice President, DLF Luxury Retail and Hospitality Dinaz Madhukar.
Take a look at the list of winners:
Apparel : Karan Torani (Pearl Academy,Delhi),
Runner-Up: Bhawdeep Singh (INIFD,Ludhiana).
Accessory : Winner – Aishwarya Jain (IIGJ,Delhi),
Runner-Up : Ashish Sahu ( NIFT,Gandhinagar).
People’s Choice : Sherry Khanna ( NIFT, raebareli).
To kick-start the careers of these winners, these students will now be given a chance to design and retail their collection at the DLF Emporio through an exclusive pop-up store for a period of 2 weeks in Delhi.
