India is an ancient country with an amazingly diverse culture. A five thousand year old cultural consciousness, which was continuously shaped by a variety of foreign influences, has done a lot to create fashion in India. India fashions are like a beautiful catalogue of unity in diversity.

India metro fashion differs from rural areas. This is because of the cosmopolitan nature of the crowd, foreign influences and the liberal socio-economic pace. Metro fashions in India for men and women bear the distinct imprint of the western world. Men and women are both seen sporting the latest western wear like trousers, shirts and skirts. A blend of western and ethnic wear usually dominates formal occasions in the big cities. Modern Indian metros are a veritable picture of east and west in terms of fashion and clothing.

Fashions from India have taken big strides in the last two decades. 2006 can be identified as the year when Indian fashions took a visible position on International stage. India is no longer the place to source exotic textile and embroidery only. Indian designers are now going global like Indian IT. Indian clothing like the saris and the salwar kameez are receiving global attention and more and more people are being fascinated with the same.

The concept of Indian institute of fashion designing has also carved a special niche in the global fashion fraternity. Students from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and National Institute of Design (NID) are given fantastic opportunities in and outside the country. Besides these there is more than one famous India fashion school in India like the JD Institute of Fashion Designing and other Poly Tech Institutes like the Sophia College, Nirmala Niketan and Pramila Vithaldas Polytechnic in Mumbai.

Fashion designing in India has become big business in recent years. Famous Indian designers like Ritu Beri, Kiran Uttan Ghosh, Manish Arora, Ashish Soni, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Narendra Kumar Mehtani, Manish Malhotra, Priyadarshini Rao, Surily Goel and Sonal Dubal are shown participating in International fashion events again and again. Paris coutre fashion week, Rome fashion week, London fashion week and the New York fashion week have all set the stage for Indian fashion designers in recent years. Number of invitations is received by leading Indian fashion designers to show their creations abroad.

National Institute of Fashion Technology is one of the leading fashion designing schools located at various parts of the country producing excellent Indian designers. NIFT offers a wide range of courses in fashion designing. The courses involve diploma in fashion designing, diploma in accessory design, diploma in garment technology, etc. With globalization, India has surely benefited in the field of fashion too. India is now being seen as a platform for fashionable and designer innovative garments. Indian cities like Mumbai and Delhi have been mainly responsible to bring Indian fashion in the Global fashion industry.