Money-Makers: What Mumbai earns from Lakme Fashion Week

With various European fashion weeks and New York Fashion Week Men's drawing to a close at the end of the month, it is time to head east to India for Lakme Fashion Week, which will take place from February 1 to 5 2017 at the recently opened Jio Garden at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. With 15,000 visitors expected to attend this season of Lakme Fashion Week, the immense costs linked to staging a catwalk show or presentation is no secret. In this mini-series, FashionUnited asks how much money cities gain from hosting a fashion week and examines how much money Mumabi makes from Lakme Fashion Week.