In a world when designers find it hard to manage between creativity and innovativeness, designer Gurpreet Pia Fleming has managed to strike the right chord. She embarked on her career in fashion after graduating from the 1st nominated class of National Institute of Technology (NIFT), New Delhi at its inception. Under the charismatic guidance of Dean Streiter (the Dean of FIT who helped establish NIFT in India), she traveled to New York to study, to further strengthen her knowledge in fashion at FIT. Pia apprenticed at Tommy Hilfiger and Nordstroms. She then launched her line of accessories in 2002 in New York called BIAN (which deciphers ‘Mysterious’ in Vietnamese). Soon after, she participated in the Toronto Fashion Week and introduced her contemporary design collection BIAN which stole the limelight and soon she was a hotcake in the fashion industry. Aesthetic, sharp and contemporary clothes are what one can always expect from Pia’s stable. Her collection always strives to define a woman with a sense of purpose, sensuality, accomplishment, love and ambition. BIAN was introduced in India in the year of 2006 at the opening of her flagship store in the destination shopping area in Lodi Colony (New Delhi). The juxtaposition of old and new is what appeals to the fashionistas these days and she very well tries to imbibe this thought in her clothes. She combines the ancient aesthetic of Indian craftsmanship with her own inimitable spin, creating beautiful modern pieces that are utterly wearable.

In the last few years BIAN has become a brand name in the Middle East, Australia and Japan, and scores of boutiques in the US carry the line. Fleming has now a flagship store in Delhi, and is involved with all the Fashion Week carnivals in place in India. She has certainly paid her dues and shows how fashion careers are going full circle globally.

You can get G Pia at:

Address:

256, Shahpur Jat, 2nd Floor

New Delhi

Her label is known for its innovation, impeccable finish and distinctive look that combine classic elegance with soft sensuality. Lina Tipnis is distinguished for her diffusion clothing and prêt, which has carved a niche in the fashion arena by moving both genres with innovative styling. The label LinaTipnis was launched at the Collections Premieren Dusseldorf( IGEDO), after establishing the Linarika label (selling pret lines) successfully in India.

• Showcased at CPD (Collection Premieren Dusseldorf) –IGEDO Co. in 1997 and 2006

• She won the Indira Gandhi Young achievers award in 2002

• November 2006 had an exclusive showing at the Katonah Museum, New York

• She was awarded the Lion’s Gold International award for the designer of the year 2009

Lina Tipinis has always been intrigued by trompe l’oeil technique of embroidery, there by been interested in keenly observing jewels to embroider them on fabric. It is her ability to set new trends within the highly volatile fashion industry that she has set new standards of high fashion and style. Never taken back by hurdles she says, “The challenges and hurdles make the results more rewarding”.

The designer who walks in hand with the fashion zeitgeist also advocates Go Green and promotes the use of organic fabrics and vegetable dyes through her designs and fashion statements.  Her design inspirations translate the shadows the renaissance in Europe and the Ottoman period in Turkey. And glimpses of the eighties also play a major role in her collections.

Besides successfully retailing through stores in India, Europe, Middle-East, US and South Africa, she has also been a consultant to the Raymond Group for setting up their designer prêt stores-BE.

You can get Lina at:

www. Linarika.com