seriously namrata joshipura designeryou shouldnt care i dont think we attendees at fashion shows are normally judged by people but certainly if a political figure were to be there people would notice frivolous comments are often passed about the designers models or clothes but you only understand if you are on the other side of the stage and know the hard work put into it in fact im often sitting next to the people who pass comments but one should not care tanisha mohan front row regularindustry bodies give credibility to fashion toopeople who arent interested in fashion might think of it as frivolous but the industry should be taken seriously people are doing degrees in fashion now not just diplomas earlier organizations like cii and ficci mightve found fashion frivolous but now they have luxury conferences on it attended by industry experts when these associations are giving credibility to fashion why shouldnt the ministers queenie singh front row regularits like going to an art showi totally agree with the minister you have to work as hard to be a graduate in design and fashion as for medical sciences or engineering but people have never accepted this at the end of the day a fashion designer is not very different from an artist just like going to the theatre or going to an art show is acceptable for a politico in the same way no one should have to justify their presence at a fashion show in fact fashion and design are the two new things which represent incredible india outside the country it bothers me a lot that despite the industry giving employment to so many people tailors hair and makeup people choreographers set designers etc it is not recognised properly it not only provides a platform to the creative but also bread and butter to labour it is not nautanki and theres no reason for him to defend himself it was no celebration but creativity at display sunil sethi fdci presidenttheres nothing to be apologetic aboutfashion is serious business and not nautanki please its one of those skills that allow you to become selfreliant and not only get a job but employ people too considering that do we really need validation for the work that people do in this industry fashion in every other country is considered serious business where a creative field is linked with an industry linked to export the gdp etc its a farreaching intensive field so is there any way it can be frivolous also a fashion show is like 1 of the entire gamut and its a promotional activity in this entire setup of the fashion industry since its about promoting fashion theres nothing to be apologetic about different businesses have different ways of promoting themselves and this is one way to promote your collection just because it involves models catwalk or glamour theres no reason it is less serious than someone elses work i think people need