Fifteen Lankan collections at HSBC Colombo Fashion Week 2009

HSBC Colombo Fashion Week 2009 will see 15 collections from Sri Lanka. This was confirmed by the organising committee after the third round of preliminary collection presentation by the designers.

These presentations were made after a common brief was handed over to all interested designers few months ago. The focus is on Spring Summer 2009 and partly on Spring Summer 2010. The organising committee felt the standards and application of Sri Lankan designers is much better than last year.

HSBC Colombo Fashion Week is being hosted in association with Taj Samudra on February 19,20 and 21, 2009. “The collections are already looking good and that’s the sign we were looking for, it definitely is a step up from the last CFW, and yet we still have to push the bar higher”, says Ajai Singh, “The collections are more focused and our designers are now following a global design cycle, however it will take more time, like any other country promoting their fashion industry”.

In 2009, in addition to 15 Sri Lankan designers, there will be seven international and regional designers. These designers are carefully picked based on the brief, their stature in the international fashion community and the opportunities they would provide for Sri Lankan designers to interact and learn from them.