Emami pulls out of Kolkata Fashion Week
By IANSTuesday, September 8, 2009
KOLKATA - The Kolkata Fashion Week-II, beginning Wednesday, received a jolt Tuesday with title sponsor Emami pulling out over contractual issues.
“There were some contractual things, which they wanted us to do but we could not agree,” event promoters Mindscapes Maestros managing director Yudhajit Dutta told IANS.
“So Emami said they will not be there in this edition of KFW,” he said.
Dutta said they were not scouting for some other title sponsors. “We will go ahead without any title sponsors this time.”
The KFW-II has Earth Couture as the theme celebrating India’s ethnic roots, in view of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation declaring 2009 as “The International Year of Natural Fibre”.
Star cricketer Virender Sehwag, sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and film actresses Rituparna Sengupata and Sameera Reddy would be among the showstoppers at the five-day event concluding Sep 13.
