Fashion meets the future

The Blenders Pride Glassware Fashion Tour is all set to mark its 16th edition, which will begin on November 19 and continue until December 17, powered by the Fashion Design Council of India. The Pioneer connects with the chairman of FDCI, Sunil Sethi, who shares with us some exclusive insights about the upcoming tour.

Tejal Sinha

A true legacy can only be created when one is true to their individuality. With over 15 years of making its mark in the fashion industry, Blenders Pride Glassware Fashion Tour is once again back with its new edition of India’s most iconic fashion extravaganza.

Guess what? This year it’s a notch higher with “Pride and Authenticity” as the soul and substance of the grand event. with celebrated designer Ashish Soni as the curator-in-chief and a continued partnership with the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). The tour is all set to travel through Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Gurugram. In its bold new avatar, the tour will feature some of the leading designers who, through their inclusive, sustainable, and multicultural approach, are putting Indian fashion on the world stage.

The tour will begin on November 19 in Kolkata by designers Shantnu and Nikhil; on November 25 in Hyderabad by designer Amit Aggarwal; on December 3 in Mumbai by designer Falguni Shane Peacock; and on December 17 in Gurugram by designer Kunal Rawal. Without further ado, we connect with Sunil Sethi, chairman of FDCI, to learn more about the collaboration, what new we will be seeing this year, what the designers will bring to the table, and much more.

The connoisseur begins saying, “Both the Blenders Pride Glassware Fashion Tour and the Fashion Design Council of India are well-known platforms in the fashion and lifestyle sectors, and we are pleased to continue our collaboration with them. This collaboration is an appropriate method to demonstrate our desire to change and rethink the changing face of Indian fashion. It is incredibly fascinating to see how these two forces will work together to revolutionise fashion and build a platform for talent.”

The 16th edition of the Blenders Pride Glassware Fashion Tour has many new elements to it this year starting with the “Designer X Artist” format. “In its cutting-edge new avatar, the Fashion Tour will present a spectacular collaboration between leading fashion designers and renowned personalities from diverse fields who are reshaping the lifestyle interests of today’s youth,” said Sunil Sethi.

The Hyderabad chapter will present “Pride in Sustainable Fashion,” in which fashion designer Amit Aggarwal and Nuru Karim, one of India’s top 100 most influential architects who is dedicated to having a positive impact on the environment, will exhibit a blend of contemporary sustainable techniques in fashion.

Explaining in detail about its style gallery and metaverse, he goes on to say, “As an extension of the four themes, a “style gallery” called “This is not a T-shirt” has been curated by Ashish Soni and FDCI. It will showcase T-shirt outfits designed by over 60 designers and homegrown fashion labels, who have embellished or even deconstructed the basic T-shirt into a design celebrating their authentic interpretation of the four themes of the Fashion Tour. While the gallery will be constructed with undertones of sustainability, using recycled materials during the physical tour, the virtual avatar will be launched with a unique fashion show in the Metaverse. The Fashion Tour travels through the metaverse in order to provide the youth with an immersive experience.The Fashion Tour will launch an industry-first Metaverse platform. It will create an immersive world for young audiences to experience the Fashion Tour like never before.”

The aesthete believes that for its previous 15 editions, the tour has evolved from conventional runway shows to fashion festivals celebrating positivity, glamour, and cutting-edge technology with exuberant designs.

“We continue to stand by the Indian designer community, recognising and promoting art and craft in these challenging times. This year, with its 16th edition, the Blenders Pride Fashion Tour has become even more special and larger. The metaverse will also provide a much bigger platform for all the designers to showcase their work and collections,” concluded the virtuoso.