Anamika's tryst with design and style began with the Damania Fashion Award in 1995 which jumpstarted her career, and saw the beginning of the label "ANAMIKA KHANNA".
With color, craft and texture as her forte, trousseau wear is naturally her area of specialization. Her look is global with ethnic Indian craft as her mainstay.
The year 2007 came with an invitation to showcase the brand at the Paris Fashion Week, the first for any Indian designer.
She retails through her flagship store in Kolkata, Carma and Ogaan (New Delhi), Ensemble and Kimaya (Mumbai), Evoluzione (Chennai) and Elahe (Hydrebad).

Anil Chopra, CEO – Lakme Lever, began his career with the industry heavy weight, Tata Sons and moved on to join Hindustan Unilver Limited, making significant contributions to the growth of the FMCG business. He has played a key role in the transformation of Lakme through its association with a premier fashion event, Lakme Fashion Week.

In the last 15 years, Arjun Khanna has established himself to be amongst the top rung of Indian Menswear designers. His usage of colour combined with his exquisite embroidery and clean cuts form an unmistakable signature style, which is so sought after today. Arjun Khanna's forte has always been impeccable, high end tailored looks for luxury couture garments. His signature style comes forth in from the trademark "Arjun Khanna Bundgala".

Dr. Alka Nishar is the Founder of AZA Fashions Private Limited, a retail business for Hi-Fashion garments and accessories which she started in 2005. She has opened multi-designer stores, AZA, in Mumbai and Delhi, show-casing the creations of India's most talented and leading designers. The first store catering exclusively for men, AZA MEN, has also opened in Mumbai. Under her leadership, AZA is on a high growth trajectory and Dr. Nishar has ambitious plans of establishing AZA stores in major cities in India and abroad.

Dr Darlie Koshy is the Director General ( Education & Training) of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (sponsored by the Ministry of Textiles, GOI) and is headquartered at Apparel House, Sector – 44, Gurgaon (NCR) and is responsible for all education, Training, Research and Consultancy initiatives of AEPC across India and Overseas. He is the CEO for all the Apparel Training &Design Centres across the country and the Institutes of Apparel management in Gurgaon and Mumbai. Dr Darlie O Koshy has been the Director of NID (Principal Admin. & Academic Office) and member of the Governing Council from 5th June 2000 to 26th October 2008. During his tenure, He has been involved in a major transformation of NID.

Fern Mallis, President of Fern Mallis LLC, an international consulting firm, has been an advisory board member of LFW since its inception.
As SVP of IMG Fashion for 10 years, Mallis will continue to consult for the Company. As the creator of NY's Fashion week, and organizer for 18 years, she has been instrumental in guiding LFW, bringing the international buyers and media to Mumbai, and bringing LFW's designers to other global fashion platforms and opportunities.
She is widely regarded as India's fashion ambassador and has been a steady source of support, encouragement and knowledge to the Indian fashion community.

Gaurav Mahajan is an alumnus of NIFT Delhi and has over 13 years of experience in organized retail with brands like Westside, Star India Bazaar, Littlewoods and Proline. The highlight of his career has been his contribution in the nurturing of Westside from a single store operation to the largest store chain in India (32store strong and growing). He has worked in various functional areas, including Buying, Merchandising, Sourcing and Supply Chain Management. He currently heads the Buying function at Westside.

Manish Malhotra's areas of creativity span the broad spheres of Bollywood design, styling, diffusion and the everlasting bridal and couture. His diffusion couture label ‘MANISH MALHOTRA’ has become a hot seller since its launch in 2004 & currently retails across Bombay, Delhi & Dubai among others. The label is a hot favorite when it comes to dressing up India’s most beautiful and glamorous women in Bollywood to the most stylish men and many more who swear by the designer’s acumen. He has also styled and designed for Brides and Bridegrooms all over the world, giving them something out-of-the-world for their big day.
Having designed for about 1000 films and being the Winner of the 1st FilmFare award for costumes for the movie Rangeela he has been felicitated with nearly 34 awards. Not only is he the most coveted designer in Bollywood, he has also styled Michael Jackson and his brother Jermaine Jackson & wife Halima, Van  Damme, Reese Witherspoon in Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair and Kylie Minogue. He has carved a niche for himself in the South Indian Film Industry too, by styling the look of Superstar Rajnikant for the Blockbuster Film Sivaji, The Boss and currently Robot. Besides films & fashion, Manish has also been associated with styling the entire look for Shahrukh Khan’s IPL team Kolkatta Knight Riders, & styling up market leisure properties both in India & New York!

Rajaram, Vice President - Hindustan Unilever Ltd., took over as the head of Lakme in 2008. Raja also leads Unilever's hair care portfolio in India. He has held various sales and marketing assignments at Unilever in India and overseas. He sees a significant opportunity for Indian brands to build a distinctive yet large space in the global fashion and beauty landscape.

One of India's leading designers, Nari had been offered Fashion Editor for the international ELLE magazine. He has also taught design, pattern making, and draping and fashion history at NIFT. During the recent show at Pret a Porter, Paris, Nari was well appreciated by the czar of international fashion, Claude Montana himself.

Nonita Kalra is the Editor-In-Chief of ELLE India and has been with the magazine for nine years now. In media since 1990, she has worked in both print and television. She also writes a fortnightly column for a leading newspaper in the country.

Pradeep Hirani is the proud owner of the successful retail fashion chain, Kimaya. He has replicated the success of his first store by opening up not only more stores but also separate and distinct ones for mens wear under the brand name 'Ayamik'. In addition to the presence in fashion conscious Mumbai and Delhi, Pradeep Hirani is also the only buyer representing India at both the Milan and London Fashion Weeks!

Priya Tanna in her enviable role as Editor, Vogue India makes a significant contribution to the Indian fashion scene through the sheer presence of this alma matar of fashion in India. Fashion has been her calling right from her childhood days and has translated into an ever evolving relationship through her association with Vogue. Prior to this assignment, she was with the media giant, Times of India.

Ravi Krishnan, Managing Director-IMG South Asia and Senior Vice President-IMG, is continuing to make significant contributions to the fashion scene. He has been associated with the divisional responsibility for developing IMG's fashion business throughout Asia Pacific. Apart from exclusively marketing and implementing Lakme India Fashion Week, in Asia he has been involved with the Shanghai International Fashion Week, the Singapore Fashion Festival and the Thailand Supermodel Search. His diversified knowledge ranging from marketing to finance to new business development has definitely come to play in his various roles.

Richa began her career in feature writing and went on to spend 14 years in the field of advertising and marketing. The common driver across her career has been opportunities to influence popular opinion and build appreciation, be it for a brand, a category or a piece of music. Richa was at JWT followed by United Colors of Benetton before joining HUL as Marketing Manager - Skincare. She moved to Lakme as Marketing Manager, in April 2007.

The man needs no introduction. His journey from a Gen Next designer to being a global fashion figure is enviable. He has successfully showcased at almost all the prestigious fashion platforms - New York Fashion Week, Olympus Fashion Week, Paris, Milan etc. His collection is stocked a t high end designer tores in India and abroad.

The princess of Kathiwada, Sangita's brainchild, Melange was one of the first multi designer stores to be set up in Mumbai, in 1993, and still retains its status as a "desired" fashion destination. It has been providing its niche global and local clientele fashionable garments and accessories that are conceptualised by a 'green' philosophy, characterised by eccentricity and meticulous finesse. Using the medium of Fashion and Melange as a platform, she has drawn attention to environmental causes and heritage conservation. With her commitment to incorporate the latest design with most ancient handicrafts, she went on to establish the no-profit Morarka Centre for Crafts at the NCPA. She continues her dedication to Art by serving on the Advisory Council for Aesthetics and Style of OSIAN'S Connoisseurs of Art Pvt. Ltd , besides being an important shareholder.

Sathya Saran in her own way defines fashion journalism. One of India's first few fashion editors, she played a key role in transforming the image of India's most widely read women's magazine, Femina. Her latest venture is DNA Me which has already reached new heights by going national from being a regional supplement. She has over 25 years of journalism experience and has been on the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Fashion Technology and Apparel Manufacture.

Sujal Shah, Vice President & Head of Fashion for IMG India, previously served as Senior Advisor to IMG for LFW Spring/ Summer 2010.  Before engaging with LFW, he was the Head of Strategy and Planning at Brand Marketing India where he focused on developing new business processes and innovative partnerships to expand the reach of business across international brands such as Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Bottega Venetta, Calvin Klein, French Connection and Tommy Hilfiger. Sujal brings with him, diverse experience in various fields focusing on Luxury and the HNI's in the US and India.  Previously, Sujal served as a Director of Co Branded Partnerships and Business Development for American Express in New York.  Sujal holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.S. from Georgetown University.

Sujata Assomull has a 360 degree perspective of the Indian fashion industry, which she has been part of for nearly 15 years in a range of capacities. She has been features, fashion and lifestyle editor with leading fashion magazines including Elle, Verve and Beautiful People, studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, has worked in television, as fashion expert for Times Now and has been a columnist for many of India’s leading newspapers. A winner of the ‘F’ Fashion Journalist of the Year award, she is familiar with the business of fashion. She worked with Business India before setting up Stylesmith, a media, style and image consultancy, and has been as the Communications Director of the Murjani Group, handling corporate brand building on Gucci, Jimmy Choo, La Perla, CK Jeans & Underwear and French Connection, among others. She joined Harper’s Bazaar from Reliance Brands where she had the twin responsibilities of being Communications Head and Head of Luxury Business Development.