fashion week finales for the past three seasons have been about the promotion of handloom craft and banarasi weaves with many designers joining hands for these causes but the finale of the upcoming season of the fashion week isnt just about indian fabrics its about the indian gurushishya parampara the theme was conceptualised after taking into account many stories from the fashion fraternity of young designers being trained by the veterans and having made a name for themselves in the fashion world sharing the same platform with their mentors so for this season veteran jj valaya and young duo alpana and neeraj will come together to present a joint collection under the theme of the gurushishya parampara alpana worked under jj valaya for many years before she and neeraj started their own label read alsoindian textile takes centre stage at fashion weekmade in italy at upcoming fashion week in the capitalsays sunil sethi president fdci the idea was born on teachers day at the time i was having discussions on the theme of the finale with my sponsors and no other designer was involved in it in the fashion world i have seen so many examples of very good relationships between senior and junior designers how the juniors respect their mentors after making a name for themselves in the fashion industry we want to bring that relationship forward and it is also a very indiarooted theme we have started with jj valaya and alpana and neeraj and would very much like to take this theme forward as a series depending on its success this season this is something unique we are doing as a finale concept this seasonsays valaya its been several years now since alpana worked with me i think it was 10 or 12 years ago but i am still jj sir to her this finale is something different where the guru and shishya have to create a line despite having their own distinct styles