Indian most common and beautiful fashion
From the traditional sarees, to the exquisite collection of fabrics, the Indian fashion industry has embraced its inner beauty, and displayed to the world the immense talent of Indian designers.
Here is a list of top fashion designers in India, who have captured the imaginable of the fashionable the world over:
- Ritu Kumar
She is among the earliest, and most reputed, fashion icons from India. After having developed her own unique style, Kumar catapulted to the top of the industry, both in India, and the world.
Ritu is globally recognized for her astute styles that reflect ancient Indian traditions, and the use of locally produced fabrics. With a background in histry and musicology, Kumar has displayed to the world a new face of Indian clothes – one that surges forward by delving deep in the past.
Having successfully bridged the gap between traditional and modern India, Ritu Kumar is a formidable designer, and is a brand in herself.
She has also designed the wardrobes of three Miss India winners, all of whom went on to win the crown at their respective international pageants.
With the successful launch of a new brand, titled LABEL, in 2002, Ritu now caters for the everyday wear of Indian women, who while rooted in their traditional upbringing, are looking towards to brighter future than imaginable earlier.
- Manish Malhotra
At the age of just 25, Malhotra made a firm entry into the Bollywood film industry, by styling actress Juhi Chawla in Swarg. If you look at 34-year-old Manish today, one can’t help but wonder about the accelerant behind the man behind the starry looks, that Indians can’t seem to get over.
As a costume designer, Manish has dressed some of the most beautiful women Bollywood has ever been graced with. Names of the stars Malhotra has dressed include Karishma and Kareena Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, the evergreen Madhuri Dixit, Raveena Tandon, and many more.
It was only in 1998 that Manish took a detour from his career of making the films stars look good, and launched his flagship store, aptly named Reverie.
A high-point during his many years of designing for the stars came when he was asked to dress the late pop-music icon Michael Jackson for the Bollywood awards held in New York. Impressed by the Indian’s work, Jackson asked Manish to style his Munich show, and design some outfits for his children.
- Ritu Beri
