Fashion an important medium to express changes in society, says designer Amit Aggarwal

It is important for designers to understand and reflect the changes happening around them in their craft, says celebrity favourite couturier Amit Aggarwal.

The designer, who has dressed the likes of Shahid Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Sonkashi Sinha, says a creative person should be open to criticism.

"Fashion is an important medium to express the feeling of the society. I feel we need to notice the changes which are happening around us. I'm extremely happy that in the last few years we have created a market of people who have their mind and are dare to look different, because they think different," Amit told PTI in an interview here.

The designer, who launched his eponymous label in 2012, is all set to showcase his new collection, "AXIL" at the grand finale of the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Summer/Resort 2020.

Known for using recycled polymers created through industrial waste and manoeuvred into avant-garde fabrics via handcrafting in his designs, Amit says it is ...