#BNHAF International Beach and Fashion Week launched during New York Fashion Week February 2023
#BIBFW is an international beach and fashion week for established as well as upcoming models, influencers, designers, brands, stylists, photogs and everything related to fashion. #BIBFW Pre-season launched with the screening of signature-film during a fashion week & a film festival in Vienna in September 2023
#BIBFW has since had extended pre-seasons coinciding with
- Cannes Film Festival 2024 and 2025
- International Film Festival of India 2024 and 2025
#BIBFW was set-up by Amit R Agrwal, after being invited to one of the shows during New York Fashion Week 2023 and then a model-search camp in NYC and then in India to speak on "The Art of Being A Winner in Life"
250 models turned up to fill 21 spots! Highlighting the huge gap between the opportunities available and the talent available
The model, Agrwal was shooting with, suggested Agrwal to launch a global Fashion-Week brand - #BNHAF International Beach and Fashion Week was born with filming of candid fashion films and reels. These fashion-reels were fused in a long-format feature film screened in multiplexes in India under #HKCU
#BIBFW showcase in Vienna included unveiling of the official logo of #BIBFW followed by the Official Premier of #BIBFW Pre-Season Signature-film together with six candid fashion reels shot with the models that walked for New York Fashion Week February 2023 and Vienna Fashion Week September 2023
The launch of #BIBFW across continents was abuzz with photo-shoots, model-search events, fashion-films, awards and gifts given to models and influencers. #BIBFW is the one-stop hub, fashion industry needs
#BIBFW is an all inclusive fashion-week for the young and the old, reason being, worldwide once the model crosses 30, she finds getting paid-assignments tough
Upcoming models also celebrated the benchmark of 10-Million readership of #BIBFW founder, Amit R Agrwal's 3rd book The Making of Virgin.. Mira
#BIBFW is sponsored by long-term sponsors of #BNHAF Awards and Festival, Gem Mines and Rekha Vohraa Foundation
Gem Mines, the principal sponsor, got specially curated photo-shoots and digital-films featuring models that walked the red-carpet and made an impression at Cannes Film Festival
#BIBFW signature film has screened in cinemas across continents since its launch in 2023
