List of Indian Fashion Designers

Designer couple Bhumika and Shyamal Shodhan started off at Lakme Fashion Week in November 2006. Bhumika’s passion for textiles and fashion led her to study fashion design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology. A dream to create their own label led them to establish SHYAMAL & BHUMIKA. After setting up the label, Shyamal left for London to research fashion and thereafter researched Italian Design in Milan. The label known for its bridal couture and prêt collections retails at Shyamal & Bhumika Ahmedabad. [… Next …]

Mona and Pali share a home and a cause: Designing. The duo gave in to an inner compulsion, a natural aesthetic urge to pursue a dream in design with total dedication and determination; thereby opting out of their respective professions. They were amongst the first few designers to hit the Indian catwalk nearly two decades ago, creating a niche for themselves. The designers started from home in 1985 at the behest of their friends, who persuaded them to design clothes, which they executed competently and successfully. In 1987, they flagged off their boutique ‘Monapali’ in Kolkata making their dream a reality. [… Next …]

Through a decade of detailing and upgrading craft of Lucknow and Kotwara, Meera & Muzaffar Ali have brought centuries’ old tradition back to life. Both Chikan and Zardozi today have become contemporary and the label of KOTWARA is internationally associated with the philosophy of clothes that integrates aesthetics and humanity, peace and harmony. The wearer of Kotwara, experiences an inner tranquillity as a contrast to a highly consumerist outlook. Living Sufism has been able to establish a hitherto unknown genre of clothing created amidst nature and music with love and sensitivity. [… Next …]