NEW DELHI: Fashion Design Council of India, today announced the show schedule for the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, A/W 2013 along with the list of designers participating at the event. This season of WIFW A/W'13 will witness the participation of 128 designers from a mix of leading, as well as upcoming designers from all over the country.

The much-awaited fashion fiesta will take off in March with designers showcasing their magnificent creations. The five-day fashion event from March 13-17, 2013 at Hall no. 18, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi will see innovative themes and out-of-the-box conceptualizations through 32 shows which will wow the runway, hoping to leave guests in awe of the splendid shows.

SHOW SCHEDULE
Day 1, Wednesday - March 13, 2013
3:15 PM - Opening Show by Masaba for Satya Paul
4:30 PM - Anaikka - Kanika Saluja Choudhry / Anupamaa by Anupama Dayal
5:45 PM - Siddartha Tytler / Vineet Bahl
7:00 PM - Nikasha / Surily Goel
8:15 PM - Pankaj & Nidhi
9:30 PM - Namrata Joshipura

Day 2, Thursday - March 14, 2013
2:00 PM - Bodice by Ruchika Sachdeva / Paromita Banerjee / Tanvi Kedia
3:15 PM - Hemant & Nandita / Not So Serious by Pallavi Mohan
4:30 PM - Samant Chauhan / Urvashi Kaur
5:45 PM - Tarun Tahiliani
7:00 PM - Alpana & Neeraj / Rishta by Arjun
8:15 PM - Shantanu & Nikhil
9:30 PM - Anju Modi

Day 3, Friday - March 15, 2013
2:00 PM - Ekru by Ekta Jaipuria & Ruchira Kandhari/ Rajdeep Ranawat / Sonia Jetleey
3:15 PM - Joy Mitra / Preeti S Kapoor / Soltee by Sulakshana
4:30 PM - Mynah's Reynu Taandon
5:45 PM - Kavita Bhartia / Kiran Uttam Ghosh
7:00 PM - Abraham & Thakore
8:15 PM - Rajesh Pratap Singh
9:30 PM - Manish Malhotra

Day 4, Saturday - March 16, 2013
2:00 PM - Anand Bhushan /Narresh & Shivan /Pia Pauro
3:15 PM - Dev r Nil / ‘my village' by Rimzim Dadu
4:30 PM - Sanskar by Sonam Dubal / Taika by Poonam Bhagat
5:45 PM - Geisha Designs by Paras & Shalini
7:00 PM - Vogue Fashion Fund presents Pero by Aneeth Arora
8:15 PM - Ranna Gill
9:30 PM - Fiama Di Wills presents Payal Pratap & Rahul Mishra

Day 5, Sunday - March 17, 2013
1:15 PM - Chandrani Siingh Fllora / Mrinalini / Taurus by Dhruv - Pallavi
2:45 PM - Myoho by Kiran & Meghna / Pratima Pandey / Vaishali S
4:15 PM - Charu Parashar / Virtues by Viral, Ashish & Vikrant
6:00 PM - Nida Mahmood / Rehane
9:30 PM - Wills Lifestyle Grand Finale

Fashion Design Council of India: A non-profit organization, the FDCI is the apex fashion council of India. Represented by over 300 designers, the FDCI takes Indian fashion global by promoting the 'business of fashion'.
For details visit www.fdci.org

About Wills Lifestyle: ITC's Wills Lifestyle has been established as a vibrant fashion brand for the premium consumer. Wills Lifestyle offers a complete lifestyle wardrobe for the premium consumer, incorporating the latest fashion trends, comprising - Wills Classic work wear, Wills Sport relaxed wear, Wills Clublife evening wear, Wills Signature Designer wear, Essenza di Wills range of fine fragrances, bath & body care products and fashion accessories for both men and women.

A nationwide chain of exclusive specialty stores provides the Indian consumer a truly 'International Shopping Experience' through world-class ambience, customer facilitation and clearly differentiated product presentation. Currently there are 72 stores in 37 cities across the country, and the brand is making rapid strides in terms of expansion - doubling the number of stores over the next few years.

Wills Lifestyle, ITC's premium fashion & lifestyle brand has been recognised as the Retailer of the Year at the Asia Retail Congress 2011. Being one of Asia's biggest retail forums, Asia Retail Congress has also awarded Wills Lifestyle for the Best Retail Marketing Campaign for the year 2010. The brand was also declared as the winner for Customer & Brand Loyalty in the "Retail Sector" at the 4th Loyalty Awards presented by Carlson Marketing.