Celebrities at the Red Carpet of 6th Edition of the 'Grazia Young Fashion Awards' held at Westin, Mumbai.

Date XXX, The Westin, Mumbai: Milestones are always celebrated with a bang, and there was no better example of it than Grazia India's eighth anniversary celebration along with the sixth edition of the Grazia Young Fashion Awards. As the magazine paid an homage to exceptional women with fantastic achievements across all fields, it also dedicated the evening to 2016's winners of the Grazia Young Fashion Awards. This was a talented bunch of designers, who are paving the way towards the future of Indian fashion.

The winners were as follows:

Label Alert – Chola by Sohaya Misra

Urban Wear – Lovebirds by Amrita Khanna and Gursi Singh

Indi-Cool – Shivangi Sahni

Innovation in Textile/Construction/Silhouette – Ilk by Shikha Grover Goel and Vinita Adhikari

Sustainable Aesthetic – Doodlage by Kriti Tula

Accessories, Jewellery – Misho by Suhani Parekh

Accessories, Bags (Tie) – Poem by Ridhima Sekhri and Cord by Pranav Guglani and Neha Singh

Menswear – Sahil Aneja

Breakthrough Designer – Suket Dhir

The Westin Goregaon played host to the fashion industry as the best of them walked the pink carpet to attend the awards night. The night opened with a fitting anthem by Manasi Scott and smoothly flowed into the event with the awards ceremony. It was also a evening of surprises – as the awards were immediately followed by a fashion show of Pepe Jeans' Spring-Summer 2016 collection. However this was not a regular show, and instead of models, the ramp was filled with friends of Grazia, dancing up a storm. These included Ali Fazal, Ashiesh Shah, Arjun Kanungo, Elton Fernandez, Vicky Kaushal, Kunal Rawal who showcased the men's collection, and Miss Malini, Priyanka Bose, Gabriella Demetriades, Radhika Apte, and Shilarna Vaz who sported the women's collection.

The guests in attendance also included the muses of the GYFA awards who walked the ramp along with them. In addition there were also the award presenters like Sabina Chopra, Jatin Kampani, Pernia Qureshi, Colston Julian, Anita Dongre, Amrita Puri, Troy Costa, Wendell Rodricks, Suneet Verma, Ayushman Khurrana, Atul Kasbekar and Sonakshi Sinha.

The Grazia Young Fashion Awards is judged by two separate panels from Mumbai and Delhi, and this year's judges included Sabina Chopra, Tina Tahiliani Parikh, Saket Dhankar and Aparna Badlani from Mumbai and Namrata Joshipura, Asha Baxi, Rakesh Thakore and Sunil Sethi from Delhi.

The piece de resistance of the evening was saved till the end. In addition to the nine awards, there was also a special set of categories. This included Grazia Style Debutant award for Athiya Shetty, the Grazia Muse for Kalki, Grazia and Pepe Crush of the Year for Fawad Khan, and the Grazia Trailblazer of the Year to Sonam Kapoor.

The night was energetic with a fantastic turnout of guests from the fashion and film fraternity. It was a celebration of achievements as well as a look ahead towards an exciting future for Indian fashion

About Grazia:

GRAZIA India, the 10th edition (of 23 editions) of this hugely popular title is a monthly fashion magazine with a powerful and unique editorial formula that makes it stand out from other publications in its genre.

GRAZIA works on a distinctive 'Easy Chic' philosophy, decoding fashion and the latest trends, keeping style upscale but wearable, chic but real. The spanking new look of the magazine is cut from a dyed-in-the-wool Grazia fabric: Fashion should be uncomplicated and fun. While the designs have evolved over time, what hasn't changed is the GRAZIA belief that fashion is for everyone. From catwalk fantasy to high-street steals, from budget-busting bags to the shoes to have, GRAZIA is ahead of the pack in delivering fashion's best, loveliest and most wanted. And featured trends are made easily accessible with tips on where to buy and how to wear. GRAZIA doesn't dictate. Instead it demystifies style.

GRAZIA is sassy, intelligent and clued up because its readers want it all and want it now: fashion, news, beauty, entertainment and lifestyle, plus a lowdown on what's hot and what's not. Readers get a ramped-up GRAZIA experience with edgier content, swank design and lots more. More stories. More designers. More must-haves. More beauty. More leisure. More living. More chic. More fun. More GRAZIA per issue!

About Worldwide Media:

Worldwide Media is a part of the Times Group, one of India's largest media and entertainment conglomerates and publishes Filmfare - India's No 1 entertainment magazine. Femina - the largest women's magazine in India, BBC TopGear, HELLO! GRAZIA, BBC GoodHomes, Lonely Planet, Home Trends, BBC Knowledge and BBC GoodFood are other exciting titles of Worldwide Media.

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