Chennai International Fashion Week (CIFW) is the first global fashion event to be held in Chennai
         Published on October 29, 2009 by indiainteracts team

For the first time in India a fashion week will see participation of more than 10 International designers showcasing their collections and 10 international beauty Pageant Winners from various countries walking the runway. CIFW will also feature select International Models scorch through the runway along with their Indian counterparts. In total 40 fashion designers including iconic Indian designers , established international designers and upcoming designers from India and abroad will be coming together at Le Royal Meriden Chennai from 14 - 20th Dec 2009.

Pria Kataaria Puri is going to be opening the show.


CIFW will have show stoppers from all walks of life walking the run way. Cine stars, sports personalities, common achievers, international personalities ….. all will feature on the run way.

The event is being backed by a very strong and accomplished board of professionals. Headed by marketing and services professional GAURAV SHARMA, the team's advisors include Chennai’s very own Shakthi Girsh, Pratap Pothen , Arun Mammen , Girish Ramdass and Meera Chopra. Advisors from outside Chennai include Jamshed Mistry, Atul Kelkar, Sandip Soparkkar, Sangeeta Sadarangani, Francois Lavergene, Vipul Mathur, Arjun Bajwa, Mehar Bhasin, Anupama Varma and Rahul Dev Shetty.

Gaurav Sharma, Producer CIFW said that “The newness of the city location, the accessibility to Tirupur and the response from the fashion fraternity and clients made us choose Chennai as the location for India’s first international fashion week. And we are most happy to bring international fashion to Chennai this December.”