Designer Nachiket Barve Wins the International Woolmark Prize for 2016/17

p/p pandnbsp;/p pThe weekend that went by saw celebrated Indian designer Nachiket Barveandrsquo;s winning the International Woolmark Prize, beating competitors from India, Pakistan and the Middle East. He won the prestigious honour for his womenandrsquo;s wear line-up. The panel that announced Nachiket as the winner comprised industry influencers including Alison Tay - Editor-in-Chief, Grazia Middle East and Arabia, Mehernaaz Dhondy - Editor, Grazia India and renowned couturiers like Rachel Roy and Manish Malhotra and more. With a fashion career that started in Mumbai, designer Nachiket Barve is best known for his whimsical take on quirky prints, appliquandeacute; embroidery and digital prints; it is this very way with aesthetics that won him this prestigious honour./p pandnbsp;/p pExcited about winning, Nachiket said, andldquo;The International Woolmark Prize is one of the industryandrsquo;s most prestigious fashion awards, having discovered talents such as Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent;" he continued, andldquo;I am both humbled and honoured to be joining a list of designers featuring such incredible talent. I have always had this love affair with wool, and winning this award has validated that romance! This award allows me to showcase my work at some of the worldandrsquo;s most significant boutiques andndash; nothing could be bigger than this!andrdquo;/p pandnbsp;/p pNachiket, who won a prize money of AU $50,000, will soon set course for Paris to represent Asia at the international finale scheduled for January 2017. For the next six months, he will be expected to curate a capsule collection in Merino wool to showcase in Paris during the fall-winter fashion week./p pandnbsp;/p pWe canandrsquo;t wait to lay our eyes on his upcoming collection for the international competition. andnbsp;/p pandnbsp;/p pstrongMore On andgt;andgt; a href="http://www.luxpresso.com/style/fashion" target="_blank"Fashion/a/strong/p

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