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At Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI (Fashion Design Council of India) in Delhi this October, finalists of the Circular Design Challenge (CDC) will take to the runway to show off their collections of upcycled designs, made using materials such as banana crop waste, factory surplus fibres and zero-waste pattern-making techniques. Circular design principles, social impact, the UN’s sustainable development goals and the potential for scalability were front of mind.