21st January 2017, New Delhi: Launched in 2012, the DLF Emporio Design Awards has been created to encourage and support young fashion designers. Each year, DLF Emporio recognizes and honours young, innovative and emerging talent in the field of fashion and design.

The 5th Edition of DLF Emporio Design Awards received more than 300 entries and witnessed overwhelming design creativity from all over the country. The theme this year was “Red Carpet Glam Chic”. Designers were seen taking inspiration from fashion legends like Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe or classics of 1900’s like The Great Gatsby in their beautiful creation.

India's ace designer duo Shantanu & Nikhil renowned for creating contemporary pieces came on board to judge each entry across various parameters and choose the Top 25 finalists of the competition. While going through the entries together, Neha Lidder, Head Marketing DLF Emporio commented “This year we have received the best entries for the competition and it was extremely difficult to choose the finalists. Every year the entries keep getting better and better and we get to witness great talent from across the country”.

On this occasion, Shantanu Mehra said “DLF Emporio Design Awards is a great initiative taken for young aspiring designers. There were a lot of creatively designed entries to choose from for the final jury round. The DLF Emporio Design Awards are a unique platform which give design students an opportunity to the showcase their designs at the best retail space in the country” and Nikhil Mehra said “This experience of short listing 25 designs is quite exciting, the entries look incredible this year, these chosen students have a great opportunity to make it big in their chosen field”.

The grand finale will be held in Feb 2017 amongst other stalwarts of Indian fashion industry wherein the finalists will give life to their short-listed designs.

Nikhil Mehra shortlists top 25 designs for Design Awards 2017			Neha Lidder & Shantanu Mehra
Nikhil Mehra shortlists top 25 designs for Design Awards 2017			Shantanu Mehra shortlists 25 designs for Design Awards 2017