The Diamond Council of India (DCI) and Vogue India have recently launched Forces of Fashion—a digital platform celebrating creativity and innovation across the fashion industry. The collaboration is aimed at providing a platform to spark conversations and dialogue around this theme, allowing individuals involved in the fashion industry to express themselves through thought leadership and purposeful conversations. Forces of Fashion is a global platform that celebrates creativity, innovation, and resilience in the fashion industry. It seeks to encourage thought-leadership, purposeful conversations, and solutions-driven approaches to the future of the fashion industry and beyond. This platform acts as a source of inspiration, information, and collaboration for the fashion industry and its people globally. Forces of fashion covers all aspects of the fashion industry, from art and design, to production, education, media, and sustainability. In India, the collaboration between the DCI and Vogue India has especially important, as India is one of the leading countries in the fashion industry. In fact, the Indian apparel industry contributes to more than 3% of the country’s GDP and is the second-largest employment provider in India with 48 million direct and indirect jobs.
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Online fashion market in India is ever-growing and is projected to reach US$56.6 billion by 2023. With the launch of Forces of Fashion in India, DCI and Vogue India plan to provide a common platform to encourage fashion professionals to share their perspectives and insights. The platform will also provide a space for creative exchange through stories, interviews, and expert-led sessions. By bringing their collective knowledge and experience together, the collaboration will help to further the fashion industry in India and develop a better understanding of the industry’s current climate and the opportunities ahead. This collaborative platform not only aims to emphasize the importance of sustainable production and consumption patterns in fashion, but also to recognize and celebrate talent from diverse backgrounds. This will be done through creating a platform which will encourage collaboration between fashion professionals and their respective creative communities. DCI and Vogue India also plan to curate events and other initiatives that will stimulate the conversation and create a wider recognition of the industry in India.