Split Ends

About a year ago,Yudhajit Dutta,who was at the helm of the first edition of the Kolkata Fashion Week,was a picture of poise and confidence at the press conference to announce the event at a glitzy conference hall of a city five-star hotel.

About a year ago,Yudhajit Dutta,who was at the helm of the first edition of the Kolkata Fashion Week,was a picture of poise and confidence at the press conference to announce the event at a glitzy conference hall of a city five-star hotel. He went about beaming at photographers,making small talks with designers and telling us (reporters) how the Kolkata Fashion Week (KFW) is sure to be a major event in the citys social calendar.

But a year is a long time. A lot can happen within a year,more so in the mercurial world of fashion. Today,at a similar press conference to announce a rival fashion week to be held from February 24 to 28 (Kolkata Fashion and Lifestyle Week) Yudhajit Dutta,feigns ignorance when we ask him about the obvious clash of date with KFW which is scheduled to be held in the last week of February too. I dont know about any other fashion week apart from this one, shrugs Dutta. Of course we dont buy that. We know that a few months ago Dutta had a difference of opinion with the top brass of the Mindscapes groups of companies and decided to part ways with them.

Duttas fashion week will be held under the banner of Purple People Management. The much maligned PC Chandra Greens,where the first Kolkata Fashion Week was held,is the chosen venue for the first edition of KFLW too. Does that mean that the first edition of the KFLW will be plagued with dry toilets,impossibly cloistered venues and mosquito menace too? A lot of money has been pumped into this event and we will ensure that KFLW is a fashion week that not only Kolkata,but the entire country is proud of, says Dutta. John Abraham was in the city to announce the event and he had only good things to say about Dutta and the fashion event. KFLW is actually a platform to promote young designers from this part of the country,who dont get as much exposure as their Mumbai and Delhi counterparts. I feel Yudi (Dutta) is doing a great job, says Abraham.

With participants like JJ Valaya,Narendra Kumar,Rocky S,Neeta Lulla ,Mona Pali and Rina Dhaka,KFLW seems to have bagged the crème de la crème of the fashion industry. Where does that leave KFW? In fact,the buzz at the KFLW press conference was that there will not be a KFW this season at all. Is it really happening this year? asks Dutta. Insiders from Mindscape Maestros claim that a clash of dates is imminent. We will announce the dates and the venue in the second week of this month. And no we are not worried about the clash of dates with any other fashion event. As far as we are concerned there is only one fashion week in Kolkata. And thats Kolkata Fashion Week, says a spokesperson from Mindscape Maestros.

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