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  • Glam Slam in Mumbai as GICW sets the runway for its Season 6 debut

    Glam Slam in Mumbai as GICW sets the runway for its Season 6 debut

     MUMBAI: Flashbulbs, fashion, and a fresh address India’s couture caravan is heading west. After five dazzling, drama-filled seasons in Delhi, Global India Couture Week (GICW) is stitching up a new chapter with its grand Mumbai debut for Season 6, scheduled for 19th, 20th, and 21st September 2025. One of India’s most influential fashion platforms, GICW is turning up the couture heat in the city that never sleeps bringing together legendary designers, Bollywood glamazons, and next-gen fashion firebrands under one sequinned roof.

    The move marks a bold shift for GICW, promising a more high-octane, creative, and collaborative energy. Think red carpet dazzle, influencer-packed FROWs, and runway shows that go from classic couture to cutting-edge chaos in the best possible way.

    “GICW is not just about showcasing fashion, it’s about shaping the future of Indian design,” said Flashbulbs, founder Satyajit Mohanty.

    His partner-in-style, Flashbulbs director of operations Sidharrth Behera added, “Mumbai represents a new energy, and we’re opening our doors wide for young designers to step in, shine, and scale.”

    Over the years, GICW has featured couture royalty like Anju Modi, Neeta Lulla, Wendell Rodricks, Narendra Kumar, Samant Chauhan, and Tanieya Khanuja. The film world has been equally smitten, with Karisma Kapoor, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Palak Tiwari, and Divya Khosla Kumar lending their star wattage to the catwalk.

    Now, with applications open for emerging designers, GICW Season 6 is giving the fashion disruptors of tomorrow a chance to rub shoulder-pads with the greats. Limited slots are up for grabs, and the exposure is not just national, but global zero compromises, full glamour.

    With India’s fashion industry valued at over 18 billion dollars and luxury couture seeing a sharp post-pandemic boom, GICW’s strategic shift to Mumbai is more than just a location change. It’s a sartorial power move, designed to tap into the city’s celebrity ecosystem, global connectivity, and buzzing fashion calendar.

    So whether you’re a die-hard couturista or a meme-scrolling style enthusiast, brace yourself. September’s going to be all sequins, swagger, and seriously high fashion Mumbai style.

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  • Cohesive partnerships at Delhi Times Fashion Week

    Cohesive partnerships at Delhi Times Fashion Week

    Mumbai: Prius Brand and Business Partners has made a notable impact on India’s fashion landscape by elevating and redefining fashion shows. Recently, its collaboration with Delhi Times Fashion Week (DTFW) scaled up the aura of India’s biggest fashion show, making it an unforgettable experience for all attendees and stakeholders.  

    Prius Brand and Business Partners provided one-stop comprehensive solutions, from strategic planning and flawless production to celebrity sourcing, designer and influencer engagement, media outreach, and digital services, significantly boosting the DTFW’s brand visibility. Efficient coordination and collaborations with key sponsors, renowned designers and celebrity showstoppers resulted in elevation of the fashion event.

    “Prius Brand and Partners created a significant buzz in the fashion world by receiving a massive response from all stakeholders including designers, influencers, and sponsors. We are happy to be known as a one-stop solution for anything and everything in the fashion landscape. As we have developed several Intellectual Properties (IPs) for different sectors including fashion and lifestyle, our flagship company PRIUS COMMUNICATIONS has been successfully leveraging its expertise to scale up events like DTFW with associate Prius Brand and Business Partners,” said Prius Brand and Partners founder and chief Baldev Raj.

    At DTFW, renowned designer Narendra Kumar, in association with Prius Brand and Business Partners, showcased his newly launched exotic collection ‘Ura Street,’ inspired by Gen Z’s taste for pop, denim, and bright colors.

    In close association with Prius Brand and Business Partners, People for Fashion (PfF) reinvented the DTFW in terms of model sourcing, coordination, collaborations, presentation, and flawless production. “We strive to bring unparalleled fairness and ingenuity by providing end-to-end solutions in the fashion landscape. Our mission was to spotlight the incredible talent that fuels the fashion industry, and the recently concluded DTFW provided the perfect platform. This year, we scouted and curated a diverse array of models, designers, and artists who brought innovative and inspiring designs to the runway. PfF aims to provide suitable launchpads for the next generation of fashion leaders,” said PfF co-founder Amit Kumar.

    The event also featured famed designer Archana Kochhar and showstopper actress Chitrangada Singh, marking a fantastic finale. Cohesive partnerships at the DTFW offered a glimpse into the latest branding, business trends, and transformations. All partners, DTFW team, Prius Brand and Business Partners, PfF and others demonstrated their passion for fashion by taking the fashion show’s grandeur, creativity, and credibility to new heights.

  • Discovery Channel to air ‘Revealed: Siachen’

    Discovery Channel to air ‘Revealed: Siachen’

    MUMBAI: The Siachen glacier located at the Karakoram range in the Himalayas is the world’s highest and coldest battleground with army posts at over 21,000 feet. To stay atop on this 77 kilometers long glacier at 5,400 meters altitude means the Indian soldiers have to defy all their physical, mental and emotional limits to safeguard the motherland.

     

    Celebrating Army Day on 15 January and honoring the heroism and sacrifice of the Indian soldiers posted at the world’s most treacherous war zone, Discovery Channel will premiere Revealed: Siachen on 26 January 2016 at 9 pm.

     

    The one hour special Revealed: Siachen will take viewers through the extreme frontline in the world and what it takes to keep the Siachen glacier secure and peaceful. It will present the remarkable chronicles of the soldiers and their formidable challenges to manage the battlefield where temperatures reach minus 60 degrees.

     

    Commenting on the programme, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific executive vice president and general manager South Asia Rahul Johri said, “Revealed: Siachen is dedicated to every Indian soldier for their velour and sacrifice for the motherland. The program will offer viewers first-hand testimonies from the soldiers who have been at the battlefront and will present some intriguing facts to understand what makes Siachen toughest terrain in the world.”

     

    According to Col Narendra Kumar, first surveyor of Siachen for the Indian Army, “Siachen Glacier will always be one of the most compelling experiences for me and to my mind for all the Indian soldiers who have served tours of duty there. I am delighted to associate with Discovery Channel to experientially enable viewers to get a feel of the world’s toughest and coldest battleground through the experiences of those currently serving there, something that is not very frequently seen on Indian television.”

     

    Indian Army maintains a permanent military presence in the region and they are in a constant fight against nature, a fight for oxygen on icy mountain peaks at an altitude of 21,000 feet. The programme will give viewers an exclusive access to the intriguing facts about the extensive training in high altitude survival, rescue methods and excavation skills that soldiers undergo.

     

    Revealed: Siachen will narrate the first assault launched in the world’s highest battlefield, Operation Meghdoot in 1984 and the ceasefire in 2003. Starting from Col Narendra Kumar, a highly acclaimed mountaineer who led the first Indian expedition to survey the Siachen glacier in June 1978 to Honorary Capt Bana Singh who captured a crucial post in Siachen to Major Amit Aukta, Capt Deepshikha Pandey from the Army Medical Corps, Major Vikalp Sharma from the Army Aviation Corps and Col Hariharan, Base Commander at the Siachen Base Camp among others will recount their operations on land and in air under the Operation Meghdoot.

     

    Revealed: Siachen will also premiere on Discovery Tamil and Discovery HD World at 9 pm.

  • CTM Group ropes in Narendra Kumar as director – media ops

    CTM Group ropes in Narendra Kumar as director – media ops

    MUMBAI: Creative Thinks Media (CTM), an integrated media solutions company, has roped in Narendra Kumar as director – media operations for its print communication arm – Media Clinic.


    Kumar has also got shares of Media Clinic, CTM Group managing director Ritesh Malik said.


    Kumar comes with over 21 years of experience in the field of marketing and advertising. Prior to CTM Group, he was with Vermillion as vice president.
     
    Malik added, “Narendra and I share a great relationship. We have got this opportunity to work together and with his strong background in the print media and our penetrative knowledge about the North Indian market we all stand to gain a lot together as a team.”


    Kumar had started his career with Nachno Polyplastic (Ashima Group) in 1990 and later worked with Birla Textile Mills, Bhilwara Group and Oswal Group. Later, he switched to Brainbridge Advertising firm as Delhi head where he oversaw media buying for clients in FMCG, Automobiles and Restaurant Verticals.