In Pictures: India Fashion Week

1 of 6 India's Lakme Fashion Week for Autumn/Winter 2005 is under way in Delhi with leading Indian designers like Rocky S parading a riot of colour.

2 of 6 Designers such as Suneet Varma are out to catch the eye of more than 160 major buyers from around the globe.

3 of 6 Rina Dhaka (R) joins her models on the catwalk for a collection where the accent was on Indian wool.

4 of 6 Perhaps the biggest splash of colour came from one of Indian design's leading lights - 56-year-old Ritu Kumar.

5 of 6 Hundreds of journalists are also present for the week - in its sixth year - which is presenting about 40 catwalk shows, including this by designer Ranna Gill.

6 of 6 Designers Ashish and Smita Soni add a touch of humour. The Indian fashion industry has come on in leaps and bounds in the past two decades.