Thursday, October 22, 2009

How Divyanka Bedi won the Van Heusen Emerging Designer of the Year Contest 2009

Divyanka Bedi, a graduate from the Raffles Design Institute, Mumbai was chosen together with Amalraj Sengupta, a NIFT Kolkata graduate and Varun Arora, a student at Pearl Academy of Fashion, New Delhi, as the finalists to the Van Heusen Emerging Designer of the Year Contest 2009 organized by the FDCI. The 3 were selected by an independent jury from over 70 entries received from the different fashion designing institutes across the nation.

Divyanka, Amalraj & Varun created a line based on the submitted sketches in accordance with model measurements provided to them to showcase their talent & creativity. The fashion line created by them was then exhibited at the ‘Van Heusen India Men's Week’ held between September 11-13, 2009. The jury selected Divyanka Bedi as the winner based on the presentation of the final line and felicitated the ‘Van Heusen Emerging Designer of the Year 2009’ with the winners trophy to her.

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