CFW: From the 70s to the present A fashion design exhibition that will highlight the work of 12 pioneering local designers and fashion films for Colombo Fashion Week View(s): View(s):Colombo Fashion Week’s 16th edition will hit the ramp this week and running concurrently at the Colombo Hilton will be a CFW innovation – the Fashion Design Exhibition which celebrates the craft of fashion design in Sri Lanka and the designers behind it. CFW Fashion Films, in its fifth season, creates a platform for aspiring film directors to showcase their work shot on smartphones. Fashion Films will take the lead this season, with the creative industry of films coming together to collaborate with fashion and creating a platform to promote fashion through films and vice versa. This will lead into a Fashion Film Award, where one director wins the award at the CFW Fashion Films Festival. The fashion films will be screened on February 25 at the Galle Face Hotel at 6.30 p.m at the Museum.

Source: Sunday Times February 23, 2019 19:07 UTC