Epitomising modern Indian glamour, sister-in-laws and designer duo Gari and Radhika Tandon together curated their niche jewellery brand ‘ISHARYA’. Founded in 2004, the brand focuses on blending California chic aesthetic with Bollywood glam. Inspired by India’s intricate and vibrant style, Isharya blends modern techniques with heirloom details to create on trend, high quality jewellery that is provocative and sophisticated, yet available at accessible price points.

Speaking of the brand’s accomplishments, the jewellery made to the Accessory Council Top Picks List. Besides, the sisters have been privileged by getting featured in all major lifestyle and fashion magazines like Vogue, L’Officiel Paris, Grazia and Marie Claire to name a few.

Besides, the jewellery has also been worn by Bollywood and Hollywood celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, and Jennifer Lopez among others.

The milestone of the designers’ careers includes participation and public appearance in platforms like the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week. The brand also marked a debut at the Fall Winter 2014 Jewellery at ENK Accessorie Circuit in New York.

The collection can be found in over 500 retail and online stores including Harvey Nichols, Bloomingdales, MyTheresa.com and SAKS. Also, it retailed in designer studios located in sixty countries worldwide.

You can get Gauri & Radhika at:

www.isharya.com 

This diversely talented designer seeks immense amount of keenness in textile designing and writing poetry. Additionally she belongs to the textile background from Banaras and graduated in Textile Designing from NIFT in 2003. She launched her eponymous label in 2003, a brand which believes in strong colour combination and using pure fabrics to create effortlessly stylish silhouettes in Contemporary Indian Wear with no compromise on fabric and finish.

Her earlier years include her designing on a small scale for her family business of home furnishings and Indian Wear. Following which she ran her own design studio, ‘Swechha’ in Varansi for four years and held several exhibitions there and in Lucknow and NCR. Besides, she also showcased her creations at an exhibition in FUEL.

Among her achievements, she had been a board member on the Advisory Committee to DC, Handlooms in 2006. Besides, she also possesses a vast experience in textile printing and was also a preliminary member of Fashion Design Council of India.

She marked the milestone of her career when she made a debut appearance in 2012 at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week. Thereafter she showcased her collections at Spring Summer 2013 and Autumn Winter 2014 collections in the same platform.

You can get Chhaya Mehrotra at:

www.chhayamehrotra.com

This designer grew up making paper dolls with Origami and dressing them up with cut-outs. Navigated by the career choices of her father, she joined the National Institute of Fashion Technology. Under her eponymous label, she launched her prêt fashion studio titled ‘French Curve’ in 2005, which is replete of western wear, Indian traditional wear and bespoke bridal wear.

Before emerging as a self-styled designer, Anjali’s earlier years were spent as a faculty member in NIFT. Also, she gained her expertise and further refined her knowledge in designing as she worked with fashion labels like GAP, Banana Republic, Liz Clairborne, Debenhams, NEXY PCL and JouJou.

Speaking of her accomplishments as a designer, Anjali won awards like the YSL Young Designers Award and GJEPC Jewellery Awards. Besides, she has been a part of some efficient platforms like the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week and Kolkata Fashion Week among others, which helped her in gaining wide-scope popularity and getting her collection to the mainstream fashion world.

She retails her collection from her studio and various multi designer stores in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata and Nagpur. Her online can be bought at scarletbindi.com.

You can get Anjali Sharma at:

www.thefrenchcurve.com

Ami is the first designer in India to introduce the genius technique of sequin work on jersey fabric. The Californian born stylist turned designer graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. She curated her glamorous evening and party wear label ‘Raven & Rose’ in 2003. The garments include jersey dresses, tights and blouses with sequence and beadwork embellishments.

The designer’s exquisiteness lies in her focus on providing fine quality and craftsmanship to her customers. During the beginning years of her career in fashion, she started working for various stylists in the American Entertainment Industry. She also gained commendable experience when she worked in edgy clothing stores in Telegraphy Avenue in San Francisco. Thereafter, her label got featured in the highly acclaimed fashion magazine, Vogue.

Making a grand public appearance and milestone in her career, the designer made a debut appearance at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2014.

She is currently based in Goa, where she opened her first boutique in 2011. Retailing her collection from her exclusive design studio there, Ami also holds various exhibitions in USA and India.

You can get Ami Grewal at:

www.ravenrose.in

This designer has a strong belief for story-telling and expression. He graduated from NIFT Kolkata and won the award for Best Collection in 2008. He started his career as a designer in an export house earlier, and after gaining momentous amount of experience, he curated his unisex label, ‘Theorem’ which is comprised of luxury leather handbags, wallets, garments and accessories.

His early years of experience include trainings and internships under renowned designers and leading fashion brands, which concluded to the fine quality that he provides his customers with, in Theorem. The label effectively portrays that one’s subconscious mind has the ability to let deeper thoughts lying in the mind’s fold resurface to the fore and contemplate about them in ‘Detail’.

Besides, the designer has also been privileged by getting his collection featured in acclaimed fashion magazines like Elle and Grazia. He has also been a part of the grand platform like Lakme Fashion Week for two years. Having showcased his collection in seasons like Autumn Winter 2013 and Summer Resort 2014 under the Gen-Next category, the designer has vastly exhilarated the onlookers and the fashionistas with his exclusive collections.

With his collection being found on online portals like behance.net, the designer now looks forward to further such platforms and filling the fashion arena with his long lasting glamorous collections under his label.

This designer feels passionate for hand embroidery and describes her brand ‘Mirage Paris’ as a luxury label with Indian roots. She graduated in Fashion Textile Designing from the University of Arts, London. She also pursued training with Ecole Lesage in Paris, which handles embroidery for Chanel in Paris. She also possesses a degree in Business Administration from De Montfort University in UK.

Besides her commendable professional qualification, through her label, the designer purports to fill the gap between traditional Indian craftsmanship and sophisticated French design aesthetics.

Her earlier experiences include working under renowned designers like Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla from India and Sophia Malig from London. She made a grand debut and a glorified public appearance at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2014. She launched her label at the same platform and enthralled the onlookers with her collection titled ‘Serenity’.

She now retails her collection through Mirage Design Studio SAS in France and through a designer store in Mumbai.

You can get Parul Bhargava at:

www.mirageparis.com

This woman’s nineteen years with the entertainment industry concludes to no introduction to be given to her. She has laid her footsteps in the field of acting, anchoring, sports presenting and finally fashion designing. All this while, her ensembles have widely included ethnic and glamorous sarees, with which she possesses a deep and a never ending connection. Having a well-defined and diversified knowledge of the silhouettes, the fabrics and the colours, this multi-talented star curated her eponymous label in 2013.

In her own words, her creations are extension of who she is. Since the launch of her label, she has organised exhibitions in Mumbai and Singapore to bring her collection to the mainstream fashion world. Bringing forth her admiration for the versatility attached to this traditional Indian wear, the designer makes it sure that the garments are comfortable and easy to wear.

She officially made her turning into a designer public by making a debut appearance at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2014. Her collection was away from the bling, the sparkle, the loud embroidery and other heavy works. Concentrating more on the fabric and the colour combination, the designer switches to keeping it simple with minimalistic embellishments.

The exquisiteness further lies in the fact that the sarees are wearable at all occasions and suitable for women belonging to all age groups. Her sarees are vastly unique, inventive with the excellent blend of classy and traditional.

She retails her collection through her flagship store in Mumbai. Also, her collection at the Lakme Fashion Week can be found at www.mandiradesigns.com.

You can get Mandira Bedi at:

www.mandirabedi.in

This designer duo together curated and conceptualised their men’s wear, women’s wear and accessory label ’11.11/Eleven Eleven’ in 2008. Shani Himanshu and Smita Singh Rathore graduated in fashion design and leather design respectively, from the Domus Academy, Milan in 2003. They joined hands with the artist/designer Mia Morikawa, a graduate in graphic design from Central Martins, London, in 2010. Her presence in the team bought great amount of dynamism and individuality to the label.

While Shani and Smita have worked closely as fashion consultants with several fashion brands in Italy, they have also won awards like the GIFU Award in Japan and Most Innovative Collection DEAGU Award in Korea, during their early years in the fashion arena.

The label essentially aims at bringing together Indian heritage of textile crafts, and Indian traditional Khadi wear to the centre of International Fashion Industry. Besides, the designers made their grand public appearance in the country by showcasing their collection at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2014.

They vastly retail their collection at their flagship concept stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. Their international retail stores are located in USA, UK, Japan, France, Australia, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Singapore and Brazil.

You can get Shani Himanshu and Smita Singh at:

www.11.11.in

This Kolkata based designer graduated from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai. During her graduation, she won the Most Commercial Designer Award from Pantaloons Retail India Ltd. She curated her eponymous label in September 2011. It comprises of complete hand-woven clothing made from rich and intricate weaves woven on simple handlooms.

The designer has always adored detailing, hand woven fabrics, and ideating interesting silhouettes. As she grew as a designer, she got selected for the giant platform like Lakme Fashion Week and has been part of Spring Summer 2012 and 2013 and Summer Resort 2014. Her latest collection at LFW Summer Resort 2014 was showcased under the category of gen-next designers and was titled ‘Summer Houses’.

Speaking of her other milestones, her designs have been gracefully appreciated and worn by celebrities like Ilena D’Cruz, Vidya Balan and Priyanka Bose to name a few. Also, her label was mentioned in the BTW magazine as one of the ‘Rising Stars’ in its June issue of 2013. Furthermore, she was privileged by her label being featured in the Verve and the Abraxas Lifestyle Magazine.

She successfully retails her collection at leading designer stores like Melange, Creo, Kimaya, Anonym and Collage in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Her collection can also be bought online at jabong.com.

This designer believes in exploring the fabric and creating garments at their natural best. He pursued a designing course from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Thereafter, he graduated in textile designing from the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology. Ujjawal has been always inclined towards the spiritual aspect of life and therefore named his label accordingly as ‘Antar-Agni’.

His men’s wear label is replete of garments that are a departure from the traditional, conventional style, reflecting a positive individuality and a graceful personality of a man. Having launched his label at Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2014 under the category of Gen-Next designers, he marked the milestone of his career. While creating his garments, he takes inspiration from the silhouettes and hues of the cold deserts of the world.

The nature admirer’s earlier experiences include working under the fine designers like Shantanu and Nikhil. Also, he showcased his label in ‘Summer Sorbet’, a multi-designer exhibition held in Dubai.

Along with some exclusive clothing, the designer also plans to create extraordinary pieces of ethnic jewellery under his label. He now looks forward to taking his label on some huge platforms and making it enter the mainstream fashion world.

You can get Ujjawal Dubey at:

www.ujjawaldubey.com