Top 10 Fashion Designers in India | Famous Fashion Designer

Manish Malhotra



Born:  December 5, 1966 (age 47), Westminster, United Kingdom

Education:  Elphinstone College

Awards:  Bollywood Movie Award – Best Costume Designer
  
               Manish Malhotra is one of India's most successful fashion designers. He has designed for many leading actresses in Bollywood. He is known for designing the costumes for Urmila Matondkar in the film Rangeela. Stars includingSridevi, Kajol, Karisma Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukherji, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone,Sonakshi Sinha, Preity Zinta and Parineeti Chopra have worn his designs.


           His popularity soared during this period when he was exclusively asked to design clothes for Michael Jackson for his appearance during the Bollywood Awards held in New York. The performer was so please that he requested Manish to design outfits for his show in Munich and to design clothes for his children.

Wendell Rodricks



Born: India Goa

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Fashion designer

                Wendell Rodricks is a prominent fashion designer based in the western Indian region of Goa. His minimalist chic style is a rage among Indian clothes lovers and he is known for his passion for . The multi-talented designer`s work includes theatre design, advertising styling and forecast portfolios. In 1994, the Ministry of Culture displayed the Wendell Rodricks Shiva Temples Collection at the Festival of India in Peking, Canton & Shanghai. The designer is a keen art patron and promotes Goan artists through special promotions at the Wendell Rodricks Couture Salon.

               The Fundacao Oriente awarded a scholarship to the designer to intern at the prestigious Museu Nacional do Traje in Lisbon, Portugal. Wendell Rodricks also interned at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York to learn costume preservation and conservation.


Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla 



Born: Kapurthala, Punjab

Residence: New Delhi

Occupation: Fashion designer, Interior designer
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               The boys’, as the twosome of Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla are known in the fashion circuit, can be considered among first names in that made it big, by way of success, attention, fame and hype. It is a creative alliance that exudes attitude and talent. They were one of the first to display their creations at Harrods. Ever since, the Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla show is a much awaited, though not so frequent event.
                           He is best known for his ability to infuse Indian craftsmanship and textile heritage with European tailored silhouette


Tarun Tahiliani



Born: Mumbai

Residence: New Delhi

Occupation: Fashion designer

                He is one of the most celebrated fashion designers of India. He acquired a degree from The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. When Tarun Tahiliani came back to India, he realized that there was a huge scope in India in the designer wear sector. He brought a revolution in the field of fashion in 1987, by opening the first fashion boutique in India, ‘Ensemble’.

         Tahiliani has taken on several projects in interior design. He has designed interiors for hotels (such as The Sofala, Goa), restaurants (the Aish at the Park, Hyderabad)


JJ Valaya



Born:  8 October 1967, Jodhpur, India

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Fashion designer

                  Born and raised in the historical city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India’s premier fashion designer, JJ Valaya, has made a name for himself as one of the most original and inspired designers working today.

                     The revolutionary fusion of traditional crafts and contemporary haute couture generates an alluring, urbane, one-of-a kind handiwork is the signature of the House of Valaya. Valaya has rejuvenated and redefined age-old Indian crafts as a profitable niche within the cosmopolitan market, allowing the valued artistic processes to live on despite the pressures of globalization.


Rina Dhaka



         Rina Dhaka is India’s leading fashion designer who burst onto the fashion world in late 1980s. Winner of Yuv Rattan Award, she is counted among the creative and innovative designers of the country. 

          Rina Dhaka has held shows in London, Paris, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Jakarta. Her Singapore shows in 2001 and 2002 were major success. International fashion magazines ‘Vogue’ and ‘Elle’ featured her work. With brothers Shantanu and Nikhil joining her in late 1990s, Rina Dhaka’ s fashion design has become a family affair. Her designs are available in at Carma -Delhi, Design Studio-Mumbai, Kimaya-Mumbai, Selfridges-London, Coin-Italy and Lord and Taylor-New York.


Manish Arora



Residence: New Delhi, India

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Fashion designer

                   Manish Arora is an Indian fashion designer based in New Delhi. In 1997 Manish Arora launched his Label “Manish Arora” and started retailing in India. Collaboration with MAC in the pipeline, a successful eyewear range for Inspects just launched and two new stores ready to open in India in the next couple of months Manish Arora is one busy designer. 
                  The Indian designer, known for his colorful fashion shows, has created a collection of lip glasses, lipsticks, blush and a fabulous eye palette (Eyes on Manish, £30) with bright shades from Yellow to Bright Pink and Acid Green for MAC. 


Rohit Bal



Born: May 8, 1961, Kashmir, India

Nationality:  Indian

Occupation: Fashion designer

            Titled as the ‘India’s Master of fabric and fantasy’ by the Time magazine in 1996, Rohit Bal’s sense of aesthetics is finely honed, and each of his creations is handcrafted to perfection, with meticulous attention to detail.

         Most of the Rohit Bal’s fashion shows in India, New York, Paris, and Singapore are sponsored by The Swatch Group, and he is the brand ambassador for their Omega Watches, since 2001.


Ritu Beri



Born: New Delhi, India

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Fashion designer

                Ritu Beri is a New Delhi based International fashion designer.
She was the first Asian designer to head the French fashion brand, Jean-Louis Scherrer.

                 She is one of early fashion designer whose collection made it quite big internationally. Ritu started her illustrious career in fashion when she created her first line of clothing in 1990, called Lavanya. It was a complete success for Ritu in India and on the international market, with the range selling out very quickly.


Ritu Kumar



Born: 11 November 1944, Amritsar, in Punjab, India

Nationality:  Indian

Occupation: Fashion designer

             Ritu Kumar is one of India’s foremost fashion designer, and the first woman to introduce the ‘boutique’ culture in India under the brand name ‘Ritu’. 

               Her designs reflect the ancient traditions of Indian craftsmanship in a contemporary fashion. With a background of art history and musicology, which has enriched her horizons, Ritu Kumar understands of ancient designs and the innovative use of traditional crafts has created a new classicism. Ritu holds the status of a revivalist in the Indian fashion industry, which has successfully bridged the gap between traditionalism and modernity.

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