day 1 of the ongoing wills lifestyle india fashion week had a lot of action off the ramp as well in the evening just before the special show by australian designers anna plunkett and luke sales which kicked off the second edition of the oz fest a reception was hosted at the venue where a medley of events took place one after the other first brett lee officially launched the brett lee six stitcher limited edition scarf collection which has been handloomed by the panchachuli women weavers and is the result of a partnership between lee the woolmark company and the panchachuli women weavers in between posing for pictures with awestuck fans brett told us these are women whove faced terrible things in life and i just wanted to create awareness and do something for them that would go on for generations i have been involved in fashion for many years and i understand it a little now so this was a nice mix of both caroline poiner founder of artisans of fashion whose initiative this is told us brett is so loved in both countries india and australia that he seemed like an excellent choice for this when someone asked brett who he thinks is the most stylish cricketer pat came his reply virat kohli an exhibition titled yatra a photographic journey was also on display here showcasing photographs of some of aofs work after this a short film called holi holy directed by bharat sikka and conceptualized by manish arora was screened here patrick suckling the australian high commissioner to india along with fashion design council of india president sunil sethi announced its premiere suckling added manish will also travel to australia soon to show us what he can do and see what australian designers can do hopefully there will be a collaboration soon the film explained manish was about the varanasi widows who were allowed to play holi for the first time in 2013 before the film began he warned everyone and rightly so its quite abstract after the film ended and manish was being cheered on by fellow designers someone realized that bharat was nowhere in sight manish said bharat is somewhere in the back and hes very much a part of the film but i dont know where he is at this point sethi tried to help by standing in the middle and yelling bharat really loudly but he didnt materialize