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
.
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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