panaji a silver lycra gown designed by goan fashion designer wendell rodricks has been picked by the museum at fashion institute of technology fit new york for the global fashion capitals exhibition after the curators of the exhibition saw the gown at the amazon india fashion week grand finale in new delhi the 30m gown adorned with net panels and modeled by sony kaur opened the amazon india fashion week and was picked by director of the museum at fashion institute of technology valerie steele and curators ariele elia and elizabeth for the global fashion capitals exhibition that opens in new york on june 3 the museum is part of fit a state university of new york suny college of art design business and technology that has been at the crossroads of commerce and creativity for 70 years the exhibition traces the trend of global fashion capitals milan london new york tokyo to more recent fashion capitals the world over the exhibition also explores the factors that enable emerging cities such as seoul shanghai berlin istanbul johannesburg sao paulo mumbai and stockholm to rise to global prominence the wendell rodricks gown will join the ranks of designers from worth to dior in paris i am happy that india will take its place via delhi and mumbai among the worlds fashion capitals rodricks said adding we had a lot of hard work and fun putting together this fuschia and orange gown with floating satin orbs and circles in satin suspended from nylon wires i am indeed honoured and happy for both amazon and fashion deisgn council of india that indian fashion advances on a global platform