Fashion Design Council of India celebrates its 30th annual jamboree

For most designers, the upcoming collections mean coming full circle in their journeys

Designer Anju Modi is knee-deep in work, putting together the final looks for the upcoming Amazon India Fashion Week. This edition is a particularly significant one for her as it marks 25 years of being part of the fashion industry, and she is trying to encapsulate this journey through her Swadeshi collection. It’s a laurel that she shares with four other veteran designers — Abraham & Thakore, Ashish N Soni, J J Valaya and Payal Jain. The work by each of them has become a marker of sorts in contemporary fashion history.
 
However, the milestones don’t end there. Yet