New York Includes First Ever South Asian Feature in Fashion Week

For years, the biggest clothing trends in the world have been influenced by fashions that originated in South Asia. “Lehengas turned into co-ord sets. Sarees turned into gowns with drapes. Palazzo pants became wide legged pants.” For the first time ever, New York Fashion Week is incorporating a special series of events spotlighting South Asian fashion designers.

Aside from the obvious win for diversity and inclusion, the choice to finally feature designers from the South Asian diaspora connects their work to the broader global fashion community, creating new chances for collaborations and new audiences for their fashion. South Asian weddings, movies and designs have a global reputation for being wildly colorful, luxurious and larger than life. Now the global fashion community has the chance to see it for themselves.