Medhavani Khaitan Agarwala’s fashion touches blending with style and subtlety brings her extraordinaire collection alive. Fashion conscious she always was, passion and profession merged with her enrollment at Wigan & Leigh College for a diploma in fashion design. She did a couple of fashion programmes at the London College of fashion, Central St.Martins College of Art & Design and the Inter-Continental University in London. She then studied menswear at London Centre for Fashion Studies, finally launching her menswear label in August 2004.
Declared a Winner at the ’Parampara Pret’ show in Kolkata in 2004 by Sabyasachi Mukherjee and by Anamika Khanna in 2005, Sabyasachi marked her as the girl to watch out for in the near future. ‘Her work is simple and very mature. I love her creations’, certified Sabyasachi. Medhavini has also successfully been a part of the ‘Call of the Peacock’ exhibition organized by the IMC and the Portobello fashion market for upcoming designers in London.
Lounge-wear being her forte she describes her line as: “My collection reflects the choice of the upwardly mobile urban men – trendy with wearibility being the prime preference.” She loves playing with colours and experimenting with texturing. With her range, Medhavini has struck a perfect balancing act, where simplicity remains the essential mark of the collection, yet it’s not short on versatility.
Participating in the Van Heusen Men’s Week for the first time, she showcased her Indian line inspired from water. Done in Creams, kesar, limegreen, blue, coffee and black, a lot of texturing in the form of ripples, waves and zig zag thread work has been used. Two tone texturing, pleating, plaits and kantha embroidery brought the short & long jackets, kurtas, achkans & angarkhas an aesthetically arresting appeal, keeping the festive season ahead in the mind. On the other hand, shirts with formal fabrics, stripes and white cuffs have been designed keeping Friday dressing concept in mind.
