Dhaka Fashion Week

Event history

Dhaka Fashion Week (DFW), has become one of the most talked about event of the capital city these days, and is drawing lot of attention from fashionistas. It has helped to create necessary exposure for some of the fashion powerhouses of Dhaka city, and to create a global profile for Dhaka as a fashion capital. It has received wide coverage from many news dailies, namely The Times of India, and Dawn of Pakistan.

2008

The Marico sponsored 'Aromatic Gold Dhaka Fashion Week 2008' was a 7-day fashion fiesta, which celebrated 400 years of the city of Dhaka. For this, four themes were chalked out: 'Architecture of Dhaka', 'Fusion City', 'Natural Environment of the City' and 'Evolution of Urban Youth'.

2009

DFW 2009 was organized by Tupa And Associates and hosted by Dhaka Club Between June 24 and June 26 2009. Moon’s Boutique was the title sponsor and Parachute advanced and Pride Group were the co-sponsors. Trends/ New Age, IcE today, Ekushey TV were the media and persona was the make over partners. Bengal Music was music partner and Kawshiki Tupa Nasser directed and choreographed all the 15 fashion Shows except the one by Emdad haque.

References

• The Daily Star-Aromatic Gold Dhaka Fashion Week 2008
• DFW 2009
• DFW 09 in the Times Of India
• New Age DFW 2009 heats up the runway
• DFW 09 in New Age's Timeout

External links

• Official Dhaka Fashion Week homepage