Models and designers from the Northeast region made their presence felt at the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week that concluded here recently.
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New Delhi, Sept 17 : Models and designers from the Northeast region made their presence felt at the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week that concluded here recently.
Esther Jamir, a Naga model, feels proud to represent her state, and wishes that other models from the region also make a name in the glamour world.
"They (girls) should come out and try. They are not trying and once they will try, people will consider their looks as common Indian commercial look. Right now, people differentiate us. But once the northeast girls come up, they will take us as common Indian looking models," Jamir said.
Shruti Agrawal, a model from Sikkim, who also made a mark on the ramp, said: "It has gone very well, and this fashion week has proved positive for me."
A mix of North and East was visible in most of the designer wears at the fashion extravaganza.
Nordon Wangdia, a designer from Sikkim, created clothes that were a mixture of tradition and modernity.
He feels the time has come when the country recognises the talents of the fashion conscious Northeast.
Wangdi said: "Everybody is coming out in different areas and different spheres of life, and it's a great thing. Be it music or any other field, I want that everybody should go for it. Nothing is impossible."
The number of models and designers from the northeast trying to establish themselves in the fashion industry has gone up in the last few years. One of the best models from the Northeast is Monikangna Dutta from Assam, who recently shifted her base to Mumbai.
ANI