Simrat D’Mello is a forager of dreams. She picks up the bits and pieces the world leaves behind in its haste, and weaves them together to reveal images we have all conjured in our sleep. She has done her graduation in fashion designing from NIFT, Delhi and has also persuaded Jewellery Manufacturing Course from IIGJ, Mumbai.

She started her own label ‘Chiria’ in 2012. Using animal bones, brass pipes, fabric, glass, spikes, jute, copper and a million other things, the brand creates dreamscapes that take you on journeys across lost kingdoms, forbidden valleys and virgin lagoons. Each single-edition neckpiece has a Bohemian spirit that is inimitable and priceless. Each piece is soft, sensual yet bold glittering in its very own uniqueness.

She has showcased her collection at prestigious platforms like Lakme Fashion Week and many other exhibitions in India.  Her designs have been graced by many celebrities including Tisca Chopra, Priyanka Bose and Mahnaz Damania to name a few.

Simrat’s designs are currently available at The YOGA House, Loose Ends Store, Creo, OMO and Parvati Villa in Mumbai, Paper Boat Collective, Flame at Thalasaa, OMO and Syne in Goa, The Chalk Boutique in Bengaluru and Dhora in Jaipur.

You can get ‘Simrat D’Mello’ at:-

www.chiria.in

Pallavi Dhyani is a fashion graduate from Pearl Academy of Fashion, Jaipur. She grew up essentially as an introvert kid who found solace in the realm of design; crafting together clothes that helped express her inner state of mind. At college, she received the award for Best Practical Collection. She has also worked with Aneeth Arora for her label, Pero as an assistant for two years. She also won Grazia Young Fashion Award 2015.

In 2014, Pallavi went on to launch her own label ‘Three’. The label is a modern mix of conceptual and wearable clothing which defies age bar as the collection features comfortable and anti-fit silhouettes. Clever cuts, interesting silhouettes, asymmetric patterns and simplicity of geometric details defines the basis of the brand.

She has showcased her first collection at Lakme fashion Week 2015 winter festive. Her designs have been adorned by celebrities like Anushka Manchanda and former Miss India Hasleen kaur to name a few.

Currently her collections are retailing from Second Floor Studio in Khan Market, New Delhi.

Goa based designer Stephany Dsousa is known for easy and quirky designs. She has a diploma in fashion designing. She has also worked with renowned designer Saviojon and has also assisted many designers at India Fashion Week.

She started her label Stephany in 2011. The label is for the people who are not afraid to try a little creativity in their wardrobe. The designs from the label are a melange of vibrant summer shades, flowy deconstructed garments.

Stephany has been showcasing her collection at Lakme Fashion Week, Mercedes Benz Asia Fashion week and many other platforms. Her designs had been adorned by celebrities like Shradha Das, Shweta Salve and Kagna Ranaut to name a few.

Her designs are currently available Babel in Goa, Ogaan, Ensemble and Santushti in New Delhi, Melange, Creo, Ensemble, Fuel, Colaba in Mumba, Anonym in Hyderabad, The Verandah in Bangalore and Collage in Cochin. Internationally her collections are retailing from Melag in Qatar, Roxx in Dubai and My Dezigner label in Malaysia.

You can get ‘Stephany Dsouza’ at:-

www.stephanydsouza.com

Designer Baani Sachdev and Nikita Jain have enormous love for minimalism and fluidity in design. They both met and became friends during their training at London College of Fashion.  The designers believe that less is more, and simplicity is the key to the greatest sense of dressing.

Fin 2011, the duo went on to launch their own label Endless Zest to Rise Above was born – E.Z.R.A. It is a chic, easy resort wear brand, with hints of a bohemian influence, which believes in comfort in style. Each of the collections from the brand is portrayal of the designers’ passion and love for the new and unknown. The brand is distinguished by its unique designs, unusual drapes, subtle hues and anomalous silhouettes with an element of comfort.

Baani and Nikita have been showcasing their collections various platforms including Lakme Fashion Week. Their designs have been adorned by celebrities like Sonali Bindre, Tabu, Shibani Dandekar, Evelyn Sharma and Kalki Koechlin to name a few.

Their collections are retailing from Aza, Fuel, Creo and Atosaa in Mumbai, Anonym and The Project in Hyderabad, The Verandah in Bangalore, Aananya Pret Ensemble in Pune, Theory in Surat, Maal Gaadi in Chennai, Kate Malaya in Goa. The brand also has a flagship store in Bandra, Mumbai.

You can get ‘Baani Sachdev and Nikita Jain’ at:-

www.ezra.co.in

Jyoti Sachdev Iyer is one of India’s leading fashion designers who burst onto the fashion world in late 1990s. Graduated with a Diploma from NIFT Delhi, Jyoti Sachdev has 20 Years of Industry Experience. She has worked with Worked with International design houses like La-Perla, Fendi, Kenzo.

Her eponymous label “Jyoti Sachdev” pays attention to smallest of details and believes God lies in small details. Every design is created to suit individual characteristics and style. The brand’s creations reflect the persona of the urban, well-informed woman of today – conscious of her heritage, but not bound by it.

Jyoti has showcased her collections at prestigious fashion shows across India, Europe, Australia & USA. Jyoti Sachdev does Customised clothing for Women and Men as well and specializes in trousseau wear.
Her designs are available at Amaara in Mumbai, Ffolio in Bangaluru and Sasya in Kolkata. Internationally her label is available at Aara in Dubai and other premium outlets in London, Milan and Sydney. She also owns a design studio in Jayanagra, Bangaluru.

Hyderabad-based designer Jayanti Reddy is passionate about working with natural fabrics, such as weaves and ikats. The designer holds a business degree but her love for fashion landed her into the world of fashion designing.

She launched her eponymous label ‘Jayanti Reddy’ in 2011. The label infuses traditional clothing with a unique style and understated elegance. The result is a classical and intensely personal fashion statement. Naturally dyed and hand woven textiles are finely embellished with intricate hand embroidery in designs of timeless beauty. The brand’s casual wear, in sleek signature style, and opulent formal/festive collections are both characterized by the sense of craftsmanship, style and creativity that is quintessentially Jayanti Reddy.

The designer is will be showcasing her latest ‘Haldi Kumkum’ at Lakme Fashion Week winter festive 2015. The collection will include earthy hues, floral inspirations and tasteful patterns. The designer has also been part of many other fashion shows and events in Hyderabad.

Her designs are currently retailing from Elahe and Angasutra in Hyderabad, Aza and Fuel in Mumbai, Ogaan in Delhi, Elan in Ahmedabad, Amithyst in Chennai and Cinnamon in Bengaluru.

The 36-year-old Bengaluru-based designer, Ajay Kumar was born in a middle class family of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. He grew up in Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand, where his father was Deputy Post Master. He graduated from NIFT, Delhi and has worked with Blackberry’s, Indigo Nation, Reid & Taylor, and Peter England. He now lives in Bengaluru with wife Lavanya Venkatraman, co-founder at a fashion startup, and son Siddhanth.  He even bagged the Most Practical Collection Award at the final Design Collection in the early 2000s.

His eponymous label “Mr. Ajay Kumar” is an extension of his personal style statement that amalgamates classic menswear tailoring with modern cuts, traditional motifs with modern print patterns giving it a futuristic outlook. The line is effortlessly stylish and red carpet worthy. The label has been designed for the genre of social celebrities, shining personalities and achievers. The designer also owns his own design studio in Bengaluru.

He will be launching his label at the Gen Next designer platform of Lakmé Fashion Week in its Winter/Festive 2015. The collection he’s taking to LFW has lots of layering of patterns, colors. The silhouettes are structured yet flowy, Indian yet contemporary.

If you leave 27 year old, Delhi based designer Kriti Tula in a warehouse full of waste fabric, she is likely to emerge with an entire collection a few hours later. Swatches of fabric, an old pair of denims, tested pieces and even vintage garments – Tula salvages all by creating new garments out of them.

In 2012, she co-founded her label Doodlage with Rachna Jhunjhunwala, Paras Arora and Vaibhav Kapoor. The label is a blend of sustainable and exclusive high street fashion. The brand aims to merge innovative pattern making with intensive surface techniques to make fashion not just chic, also eco-friendly. The designer is set to open the brand’s first flagship store in 2016, with collections for men and children as well as home linens.

Kriti Tula will present her eco-friendly designs to vast audience with this year’s Lakme Fashion Week winter festive.  The designer’s next move is to work on a collaborated collection for Fabindia out of its post-production waste.

The label is currently available at Almari and Anonym in Hyderabad, The Orange Bicycle and Collage in Bangalore, Bliss, Creo and Sobo in Mumbai Sobo, Either Or in Pune, Teatro Dhora in Jaipur, Artisans Cottage in Ahmedabad, Sugar in Surat, Twist and  Green The Gap in New Delhi, Casa Maia in Raipur. Internationally the brand is available at Shop Indigo in UK and Fripe Fabrique boutique & atelier D.I.Y in Montreal, QC.

New Delhi based designer Siddhartha Bansal’s vision is to give customers an experience of a lifetime through his clothes which have feminine cuts fused with fresh color combinations and intricate detailed motifs. Siddhartha pursued textile designing from Northern India Institute of fashion technology. He did internship at Stubio B and Satya Paul. Later he worked with designerNida Mahmood and Manish Arora.

His label Siddhartha Bansal epitomizes its design philosophy touring around ‘Golden bird’ nation to present day India, in the wanderlust for rich craft and culture. Crafted prints and embroideries is the brand’s USP. The label’s designs exhibit a kaleidoscopic and intricate vision.

He is going to present his autumn/’winter collection Storyteller at GenNext platform of Lakme Fashion Week winter festive 2015. The collection will showcase rich cultural diversity of India through a burst of color in complicated and fine geometric patterns.

Sidhartha’s ensembles are currently retailing from his design studio in Shahpur Jat, New Delhi.

A graduate of National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi, Shivangi Sahni started her career with an internship with Vogue India and to gain further experience she worked with some of the most renowned names in the fashion industry. Constantly changing and evolving with time, she finds her deepest well of inspiration in simply creating something out of nothing.

In 2013 Shivangi decided to launch her own eponymous label. The label is distinguished with its sharp tailoring, clean silhouettes and intricate detailing. The main principles of the label are high quality craftsmanship, fine quality materials, contemporary functionality, and timeless design. The label represents a deeply free spirited woman who´s artistic expression extends beyond her attitude and directly on to the clothes she wears.

The designer is set to make debut of her first fashion show with Gennext platform of Lakme fashion week winter festive 2015.  At LFW, the designer is set to presents her vision of deconstructed elegance with a subtle feminine confidence. Her designs have been adorned by celebrities like Yami Gautam, Shradha Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra to name a few.