The biggest fashion extravaganza of the country - Lakme India Fasion Week 2005 – was held at Delhi from 20 th April to 26 th April with 61 designers (55 showcasing on ramp and 6 opting only for stalls) showcasing their collection with the primary objective of creating business relationships and facilitating a dialogue between designers, trade buyers and media.

The participating designers will showcased their Pret (ready-to-wear) and Diffusion (a line between ready-to-wear and couture) lines in Indian, Indo-Western and Western categories at the country's largest fashion event.

Nearly 60 international buyers from 12 countries, including UK, US, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the Middle East, and about 90 domestic buyers also participated in the event. Amongst the big international buyers who participated in the fashion week were Selfridges, Harrods, Okra and RCKC. Prominent domestic buyers included Ogaan, Shoppers Stop, Be, Elan Couture.

Designers who participated are:

Models who participated are:

48 leading models displayed the creations of India's top designers and added glamour to the prestigious Lakme India Fashion Week 2005.

The established and well known female models who participated are Jasmeet Kaur Randhawa (Jessei), Fleur Xavier, Vidisha Pavate, Nina Manuel, Tupur Chatterjee, Diandra Soares, Viveka Babaji, Bhawna Sharma, Carol Gracies, Kiran Rao, Binal Trevedi, Michelle Innes, Sapna Kumar, Joey Mathews, Laxmi Rana, Poonam Nath, Indrani Das Gupta, Sampada Inamdar, Shivani Kapur, Sonalika Sahay, Neha Kapur, Nolana D'Mello and Shivani Sabikhi. In the male category the list includes Ignatius Camilo, Muzamil, Upen Patel, Rajneesh Duggal and Gaurav Sachdeva.

The new female models who walk the ramp in LIFW for the first time were Krishna Somani, Sohini Jaitley, Himani Thapa, Tanvi Singh, Deepika Padukone, Monikangana Datta, Kiran Vajpai, Sucheta Sharma and Sunita Nagi. The male models making their debut were Aryan Biju Baruah, Bharat Arora, Amit Rampal and Sunny Arora, while the supplementary male models were Kushal Tandon, Abhinav Shukla, Rahul Jagtiani, Farhad Shahnawaz, Rahul Chaudhary, Navnit Sharma and Andre.

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