Monisha Bajaj is India’s leading light in couture. A fashion designer who is focused in her design style Monisha is a synonym of under-played chic. One of the most versatile member of the couture industry in India; she has many a firsts to her credits. Including the decision to emerge from the confines of the Indian boundaries and find a place for her design internationally. The designer has gained a lot of admirations for being folklore and traditional in fabric and contemporary and classic in style. She plays with colors, cuts and various wraps, using different techniques in tailoring in her attires. Her designs have met with critical acclaim internationally as well, especially when she had taken her designs to New York, Los Angeles and the other ports abroad. Monisha Bajaj’s collections are classic yet contemporary, which suit both the Indian and western markets.
For Monisha fashion is all about belonging to an aesthetic idiom. Borrowing inspirations from elements that go with her innate style and creative disposition. Essentially a classicist she brings in the thrill of experimentalism too into her design. Fine detailing with heritage fabrics, the use of embroidery for textural enhancement and the crafty use of silhouettes that are functional yet feminine; Monisha creates fashion with a strong flavour. Her textile story is lure. Her colour statement is varied with the binding force of Bajaj’s colour palette being the art of mixing bold with soft and neutral with colour. Weaves are a strong statement .So is the interplay of fit with form, integral to the Indian drape tradition. Monisha’s design sense is innovative yet moulds well to classical forms.
