In a tête-à-tête with Ameet Panchal, Director, Ethnicity, IMAGES Fashion Bureau discovers all about the evolution of the ethnic wear market in India and the unexplored opportunities in the segment.
Tell us about current standing of the ethnic wear market...
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India may be modernizing, and a global revolution may be gripping the country, but as people, Indians are still traditionalists at heart, preferring to don ethnic wear on occasions, festivals and weddings.
The growth in the Indian ethnic wear market...
A quick peek into an urban women’s wardrobe in India will accentuate the fact that Indian ethnic wear is facing stiff competition from western wear. Western wear has made strong inroads into the Indian woman’s closet, not just in...
A decade ago, ethnic wear in India meant having outfits being customised by a local tailor, and, for those into designer wear having it designed by a designer. Not that women today do not have their salwar suits, kurtis,...
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