The Partition Museum in Amritsar presents The Partition Project, an installation and conversation to mark 70 years of the 1947 Partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan at the Lakme Fashion Week WF 2017.
In the months leading up to August 2017, seven fashion design icons – Sabyasachi Mukherji, JJ Valaya, Tarun Tahiliani, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Shantanu & Nikhil, Abraham & Thakore and Narendra Kumar Ahmed – were invited to reflect on the Partition through their garment creations.
These garment installations will be showcased at Lakme Fashion Week by curator of The Partition Project, Mallika Ahluwalia, CEO and co-founder of the Partition Museum, Amritsar. All seven garment installations will subsequently be housed inside the permanent collection of the Partition Museum, Amritsar.
