It’s that time of the year when fashion takes centrestage as the curtains are raised for the 13th edition of the Mumbai Fashion Week. The event that will bring to the spotlight collections under the Winter/Festive themes, will throw open its doors for fashion aficionados, today, with 86 designers, including bright sparks Kallol Datta and Pankaj & Nidhi vieing for accolades as designers for the Grand Finale on August 7.

Aniket Satam has used bells and ghungroos in his collection

“Buoyed by extremely positive industry feedback and overwhelming business at the fashion week’s Summer/Resort season in March, we are now resolved to make the upcoming season even more successful with a formidable mix of upcoming and established designers. Our endeavour has been to demonstrate intent on taking the fashion industry forward on the path of growth,” says Anjana Sharma, Director — Fashion, IMG Reliance, who is one of the organisers of the event.