DESIGNER PROFILES AND CONCEPT NOTES

1. Quirky motifs, colorful surfaces, innovative silhouettes truly describe RITU JADWANI’S design approach. When patterns are slashed, tessellated, exaggerated, seams are twisted and shifted; new silhouettes emerge out. A blend of modern drapes and intelligent pattern making: TRIAL N ERROR is born.
2. DEEPAK KOUNDAL being versatile likes to design for men and women. His forte is in designing high street fashion. MINERS is inspired by the dark side of society called “Miners”, who gave birth to today’s most sought after fabric “Denim”.
3. Fashion to PRACHI MISHRA is, comfort and style. Being a sportsperson she tries to bring a sporty element in her clothes. SIXTIES BOUNCE adds a dash of peppy colours in the muted tones to inject a ‘happy n peppy’ spirit in the 1960’s fashion era.
4. ANJALI SHARMA, brought up in a culture of traditional values and fashion fever in mind, loves to contemporise Indian ethnic clothes to western looking garments.A FOLK STORY-KALBELIA , tells u about a nomadic tribe of Rajasthan called Kalbelia.
5. AJAY KUMAR’S design sensibility is highly distinctive, with a strong respect for material and form. He has taken Golden Ratio as an inspiration to create THE RULES OF NATURE as Golden ratio is applied to all beautiful and balanced parts of the nature, either in flower, leaf, cactus, snake, sea shell  or human body
6. Design to RADHIKA JINADAL is a reflection of oneself, of what you are and how you feel at the moment. CHIC BANJARAS is all about mixing and matching in the right amount – the juxtaposition of two opposite styles the classy with the nomadic.
7. ABHILASHA TANDON’S interests lies in sculpting and giving form to challenging patterns and creating surfaces which have a lot of bling in it to add a glamorous touch to it. GAUDIFIED by the inexplicable creations which can be commonly seen in Barcelona by Spanish Catalan architect, Antonio Gaudi, she has made high fashion garments.
8. According to ROHINI GHOSH research, the demography involving single, working women are in thirst of delicate yet meaningful embroidery work to be comfortable with a hint of color in their mundane lives. GAUTEMALA PANELS is inspired from the beautiful embroidered work of the Mayan Civilization of Central America.
9. PALLAVI PATEL’S garments have an essence of Indian ethnicity, with western and non-fussy silhouettes. YAJNASENI is inspired by the strong female character of Draupadi, draws visual reference from the Costumes of ancient India.
10. RADHIKA AGRAWAL has a modern outlook with an ethnic taste  is always excited to learn about different craft oriented textiles and surface techniques. MATRITVA CHHAYA talks all about a mother-daughter relationship.
11. RACHANA PATEL likes to keep her silhouettes simple and practical she adds in colors and surfaces to make them look attractive. Keeping in mind the elaborately embellished garments with surfaces using Pakko and Neran, Rachana has made a beautiful Indian contemporary wear.
12. Effortless silhouettes and unforced embellishments are ISHITA KANODIA ‘S forte. SPLURGE O’ STEALis derived from cut and paste of collages where opposites attract, and silhouettes play.
13. RATNAPRIYA has always believed in designing clothes which make people feel comfortable and feel beautiful. MOR CHOWK is inspired by the City Palace of Udaipur& art pieces. Ratna has incorporated them in her garments in forms of silhouettes and surfaces.
14. For ROHIT JAISWAL, a woman is a canvas, where he paints his ideas. The subjects he chooses are mostly the ones that lie around him. LOOM STITCH is an output of his sheer quest for art, craft and innovation.  After travelling for days altogether, the designer got acquainted with the Bhatia tribe of Daarchula, in the hills of Uttaranchal.