This designer believes in creating extremely wearable garments that effectively display the personality of the wearer and are distinctively unique with minimalist detailing. She graduated with a diploma in Fashion Designing from NIFT, Delhi in 1992. Thereafter, she successfully launched her eponymous label and introduced a new dimension of fashion and styling.

Among her earlier achievements, the designer got selected by late Rohit Khosla wherein she got the mind-blowing experience to intern with him. Along with being an enthusiastic fashion designer, Aparna is also a fashion stylist who designs subtle and sensual designs with the required amount of sex appeal.

She debuted with her solo show in Delhi, when she showcased the first ever collection under her label, ‘Aparna Chandra’, in 1997. In the forthcoming years, she held many exhibitions and participated in high-ended platforms like the Wills India Fashion Week and Lakme Fashion Week, which helped the designer to showcase her creations in the conventional fashion world.

Meanwhile, Aparna has also styled the look for many high-profile advertising campaigns like Ray- Ban, OCM, Orion Biscuits, The Hyatt Regency Hotel, Monte Carlo sweaters, Van Heusen, Arrow, De Bees, Motorola, and Numero Uno amongst others.

She now successfully retails her collections through her personalised designer studio in Delhi. Her creations can also be found at Ensemble in Mumbai and Delhi, White in Delhi, and Evoluzione in Chennai.

This designer duo believes in pattern exploration, youthful colour combinations along with an intact comfort factor. Of the two, Anshu graduated from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi. Thereafter, in 2006, ‘A Small Shop’ took birth, a collaborative effort between Anshu and Jason.

A women’s wear, kidswear, accessories and home linen label, ‘A small shop’ is the fashion hub of casual and playful ensembles, which moves beyond pret and simplicity. The garments here go through a series of processes, with the use of most natural fabrics, which gives them the artistic and soft touch.

Speaking of the designers’ early years in the fashion arena, in 2011, they got into collaboration with Deepti Sudhindra for a Jewellery Project. Having created some exquisite pieces of ethnic jewellery with here, they showcased the collection at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week the same year. Besides, Jason and Anshu held numerous exhibitions in major fashion pivots of the country, in an attempt to promote their collection in the mainstream fashion world.

Meanwhile, among their earlier achievements, Anshu and Jason got their collection featured in highly acclaimed fashion magazines like Elle and Vogue. Furthermore, the designers marked the milestones of their career as they participated in platforms like the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week and the Delhi Fashion Week to name a few.

Anshu and Jason now successfully retail their collections ‘smallshop’, Raintree in Bangalore, Bombay Electric, Le Mill, Aza and Kimaya in Mumbai, Evoluzione in Chennai and Delhi, Muse at the palace in Jodhpur and many more.

You can get Anshu Arora and Jason Cheriyan at:

www.smallshop.in

This designer duo believes in creating boundless art with sufficient amount of sophistication and style. They launched their label ‘Anant’ in 1993, and have been known in the fashion world for their exquisite creations ever since then. Of the two, Vijay is an MBA from the prestigious Cornell University, USA and had minimal professional about designing. Taking forward his belief of manifesting his personal artistic impression on the fabric, the designers under ‘Anant’ create timeless ensembles which are replete of excessive amount of detailing and embellishments.

Speaking of their achievements in the fashion arena, after their debut men’s wear collection in 1993, the duo progressed to creating unisex ensembles in the forthcoming years. Thereafter, they held multiple exhibitions and shows in Delhi to bring forward their collection to the mainstream fashion world.

Among the milestones of their career, the duo made their official public appearance in a grand platform like the Lakme Fashion Week in 2002, 2003 and many more. Besides, the designers are also listed as Associate Designer Members of the Fashion Design Council of India.

Meanwhile, they are currently based in Delhi and retail their collection through their flagship store at Greater Kailash in South Delhi.

This Mumbai based costume designer and stylist has pursued no formal training in designing and yet succeeds to enthral fashionistas with her terrific and innovative ideology. She is an alumnus of Loreto Convent School and a graduate from the Lady Shri Ram College of Women, Delhi University.

Having launched her label ‘Shunya’ in 1999, the designer used to retail her collection in multiple high-end stores in India and US. Thereafter she kick-started her career in Bollywood by designing costumes for the actors and the actresses that the movie features. She got her first break with the movie ‘Let’s Enjoy’, in 2004, after which she climbed the ladder till highest point and never looked back,

Today she counts among the most sought after costume designers of Bollywood, where her career includes her name being credited for exquisite costumes designed for movies like ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, ‘Zinda’, ‘Banaras’, ‘Guru’, ‘Positive’, ‘Shortkut: The Con Is On’, and ‘Teen Patti’ to name a few. Besides, Ameira also got the privilege to work with the internationally acclaimed designer, ‘Wong Kar Wai’, for the movie ‘Déjà vu’ in 2012.

Speaking of her achievements during this long journey, the designer had been nominated for her costumes designed for the actors in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’ and was graced with the ‘Best Costume Design’ Filmfare award.

The hardworking designer now looks forward to designing for the Bollywood diva, Rekha and engages herself in designing for various commercials and music videos.

Anandita is an independent designer from Mumbai and is extremely fond of aesthetics and philosophy. She pursued an accessory design program from the prestigious London Institute and a degree in economics and business management. Thereafter she conceptualised her label, ‘500 B.C.’, a handcrafted handbags and accessory designer brand.

500 B.C is a unique combination of the ancient and the modern. For the innovative bags and accessories, the designer draws great amount of inspiration from an era which talks about historical figures like ‘The Buddha’ and ‘Mahavira’.

Giving a close look to the collection, one realises the ethnicity and the modernity have been so consciously juxtaposed, that they can be used for multiple occasions. Gracing both the casual and the formal look, the accessories and the bags have been made with a combination of vibrant colours like magenta, turquoise blue, bright yellow, leafy green and many more. Also, the clutches are dominated with jute and leather as the label’s prominent fabrics.

Meanwhile, the brand’s earlier achievements count to being featured in acclaimed magazines like Vogue and Wmagazine and in the New York Times. Besides, the designer also lists among the accessory designer member of the Fashion Design Council of India.

She now successfully retails her collection through select boutiques in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai, and internationally in New York, Dubai and Saint Tropez.

You can get Anandita Shah at:

www.500bc.in

This designer launched his label ‘Whatever’, an initiative of Ballyfabs International Limited – a Kankaria Group company, in 2014. Through the bags, jewellery and funky accessories label, Abhishek believes in giving craftsmanship of the highest quality and stylistic originality.

The brand celebrates attitude, independence and confidence of today’s fashionable youth and produces designs that are witty, vibrant and exuberant at heart. Abhishek concentrates on being fun, flirty and edgy through the collection, of which the bags produced can exhilarate and make to any teenager’s list of favourites, with its casual and trendy prints and textures.

Speaking of the accessories, they include a bunch of pretty, ethnic, and royal kind of jewellery made with the use of stone works, beads and other exquisite elements. Available in different sizes and colours, the bags and the jewellery caters to the needs of a chunk of women who believe in the beauty of colours and love playing around.

The unique feature, however, is the fact that the bags created are according to changing seasons, changing moods and even according to the changing times of the day.

Meanwhile, the designer marked his milestone of his career by making a grand public appearance at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week this year. Also, he retails his collection through high end boutiques and fashion stores all over the country.

You can get Abhishek Kankaria at:

www.whateverfashion.com

Viral and her husband Ashish together launched the label ‘Virtues’ in 2003. Vikrant, a young qualified designer and model from New Delhi joined the team in 2007 and worked as an associate designer with them. Of the three, Viral is a graduate from NIFT, Delhi and Ashish is a well taught MBA from Australia.

Ashish is from the ‘Manchester of the East’-Ahmedabad, with no formal grooming in fashion and textiles, has mastered the art of whipping fabric around a woman’s body. Controlled use of textured fabrics to the likes of georgette, French chiffon and satin together with strategic draping acknowledges his lines of creations. Experimenting with yarn and weavers has always been a passion for him. Each fabric he works on reflects a period and represents a particular region from the vast Indian Heritage. He lays emphasis on fabric texturing and yarn dyeing. Playing around with fabric right from the yarn stage is what makes any design stand out distinctively and that is what he believes is his design credo.

Speaking of their early years, Viral has had the commendable experience of working as an intern with Dior, Paris. She assisted John Galliano’s his Autumn Winter Haute Couture collection ’98.

Meanwhile, Virtues is all about high quality Indian Handloom silks that are used to create depth. The designers derive a lot of inspiration from geometry and origami. However, Ashish always dedicates a part of his collection to Ikat- a traditional yarn dyed weaving technique that creates dynamic designs with vibrant colours on a loom. His macrocosms have already made waves and stood out in class and originality. They are so smitten by traditionalism that they have a set of weavers in Varanasi exclusively weaving on handlooms and power-looms for their creations.

Over the years, the designers have made their magnificent public appearance at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Weeks, and have been massively appreciated for their creativity and innovation.

The label is retailed through 21 stores all over the world with the designers’ exclusive studios in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, New York, Vancouver and Singapore.

You can get Ashish, Viral and Vikrant at:

www.studiovirtues.com

This designer is the co-founder along with Isha Kapoor for their women’s wear label ‘Dozakh’, founded in 2006. However, Nitin later expanded his own line of garments and launched his eponymous label ‘Kartikeya’, from the house of Dozakh, in September 2013. A design graduate from JD Institute of Fashion, Nitin’s label creates art by recreating the past, focussing on the heritage, myth and superstition of history and is a blend of Indian and western couture and evening women’s wear. For the garments that he creates, Nitin focuses on creating silhouettes that imbibe ‘colloquial eras’ by bringing a touch of tradition and mythical elements

Speaking of his achievements in his career, the designer’s collection has been worn by Bollywood celebrities like Malaika Arora Khan and many others. Thereafter he got the privilege of getting his collection featured in the highly acclaimed fashion magazine, ‘Vogue’, India. Furthermore, he marked his glamorous entry into Bollywood by working with the stylist for the movie ‘Prague’.

Meanwhile, Nitin has also made so successful public appearance by showcasing his collections in major platforms like the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week and Lakme Fashion Week. His enthralling pieces of evening and couture wear have received huge appreciations, both among the buyers and the fellow designers.

He retails his creations through multiple retail designer studios like Aza, Carma, and Ensemble to name a few, in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. Internationally Kartikeya sells at Moda in -Kuwait, Saraf fashions, Philosophy, Front Street in Riyadh and Touchwood boutique in Preston, London.

This extremely qualified, multi-talented designer believes in creating garments with the revival of classic crafts with the touch of modern taste. She possesses a degree in Bachelor of Arts and completed a one year designing course from the National Institute of Designing, Ahmedabad. Thereafter, she pursued a three years post graduate diploma in Leather Garments Design and Technology from NIFT in 1995 and launched her label, a brand which is replete of hand bags, leather bags, leather accessories and garments.

Speaking of her early years, her collections and developments in NIFT were selected as the best designs. Following which, she worked as faculty member in the same college for six months. Besides this, she has also attended course/training at Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI), Noida, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai, Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), Denmark, Reach Fashion Studio (Software for designing of Garments & Accessories), Reach CAD (Software for Pattern Making, Grading, Averaging etc.).

After gaining sufficient amount of learning and experience, she started her business for manufacturing and exporting of Garments & Fashion Accessories according to the prevalent world fashion with the help of small group of tailors and women of local areas under the name and styleM/s. Jalaj Exports.

Some of her milestones in her career also include her participation at the grand platform, Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week. Besides, Jyoti also retails her collection through her outlets in Jaipur and Mumbai.

You can get Jyoti Kant at:

www.jalajlifestyles.com

This designer’s ideology in fashion counts to constant change and dynamism. A graduate from NIFT Kolkata, Josh’s definition for styling summarises to longevity. Having won an award for excellence during his graduation, the designer launched his eponymous label in late 2010.

His early years in the fashion arena include working with designers Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna for five years. Thereafter, he launched his label and initiated with his struggle to enter the mainstream fashion world.

Speaking of his achievements, in 2013 Josh won the fifth season of India’s biggest design competition, ‘Let’s Design’, supported by Cotton Council International and the Fashion Design Council of India. Furthermore, he got the privilege to get his collection featured in highly acclaimed fashion magazines like Vogue, Elle, Grazia, Verve, Klickfashion and Platform magazines to name a few.

Meanwhile, the designer’s creations are also worn by ace Bollywood celebrities like Rajkumar Rao. Besides, his career’s milestones include his grand public appearance at wide scope platforms like Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.

His collection is retailed through leading online designer stores all throughout the country and can also be found online at Pernia’s pop up shop.

You can get Josh Goraya at:

www.joshgoraya.com