Indian designers need to tap own tradition: Australia Fashion Week founder

Indian designers need to tap own tradition: Australia Fashion Week founder

New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Indian designers are not doing enough to tap the country's traditional textiles and crafts, which are readily inspiring the foreign world, says Simon P. Lock, the founder of the Australia Fashion Week. He also says organisers need to cut down on number of fashion weeks in the country, and rev up the Indian catwalk. The fashion expert stressed that Indian designers must dig into their own roots for inspiration rather than emulate the West. "There are many designers internationally who are making collections inspired by India; then why can't an Indian designer do that? Indian designers are loved everywhere, but I think they are not motivated enough to use their own design aesthetics and this is a disappointment," Lock told IANS. Lock believes in the power of the country's textile and handicrafts, and foresees promising times for it in the fashion world.