LPU fashion design students visited Rashtrapati Bhavan to research on Indian Presidents' attires

Jalandhar, June 2, 2022: First-year students of the School of Fashion Design & Technology at Lovely Professional University (LPU) researched the dresses of  all  the Presidents of India, by staying  at  the Rashtrapati  Bhavan (the President’s Palace) in New Delhi. Under a three-day Khadi  fabric  project, students surveyed  top Indian leaders’ typical  style and attire in relation to the grandeur of India. This project will  indeed be a unique  salutation  to the topmost Indian leaders by not only using Indian cotton (Khadi) as a textile  medium but also recreating unique wears of elegance. Thus, LPU designers’ collection would  reflect  the distinct style of each of  the Indian  Presidents, and their individualized sartorial sophistication.

Inspiring  the creative students, LPU Chancellor Dr Ashok Mittal shared: “In today’s fashion & textiles industry, designers are  always  expected  to be creative on the cutting edge. On these lines, our students have always played an important part in the world of fashion.” Dr Mittal also informed that celebrating 75 years of India’s Independence; and, keeping up with the ‘Father of Nation’- Mahatma Gandhi’s dream to let ‘Khadi’ be an internationally recognized fabric, LPU students have opted this unique way of designing.

LPU team is now all set to complete the design process, and to further create a complete range of garments, including “Achkans, Sherwanis, Nehru jackets”. All of these will be created from Khadi fabrics to make a mark on the khadi day-the 2nd October. The range will be developed by the students at the modern labs of the university, and an outstanding presentation will be supposedly made before an elite gathering, in New Delhi. Head of the Schools, Prof. Bhaskar Mitra shared that LPU’s fashion design programmes are comprehensive, vocationally oriented and innovatively focusing on the specialized  area  of designing within a practical environment.

The 2nd October, the  birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, is also celebrated to promote Khadi products. It is felt that by creating demand for Khadi, many weavers and fashion designers will be able to get work throughout; and, it will also help retain their next generations in Khadi productions, creations  and businesses.  As such, Khadi quality, its comfort and suitability will be propagated more and more to draw a large number of customers and export processes.

In fact, India  is  the largest producer of cotton in the world accounting  for about 22% of the world cotton production. So, to fully utilize the natural resources in abundance in the country, LPU students are determined to make the most of it. Illustrative, LPU’s fashion school guides its students to achieve their full potential, and nurture free expression of diverse perspectives through related discourses and activities.