The inspiration behind today's Indian fashion is century old traditions, culture, weaving techniques, designs, patters, embroideries and textile. If we talk about the bygone era, Indian textile and Indian fabric was famous world over and was one big reason that many foreign emperors came in India to trade with us. The main attraction was high quality silk and weaving techniques.
We all know that India is a land of diversities and these diversities has blessed this nation with varied textile heritages. Each state or region in India has its own costumes, textile, embroidery and native dress. If we combine all these together, we have an array of costumes, textiles.
Indian fashion industry saw the major boost during late 90's when many of the Indian women participated and won international beauty pageants. They won the biggest titles i.e. "Miss Universe" and "Miss World". Whole world was embraced by Indian beauty, Indian designs and Indian designers.
If we talk about today's scenario, Indian designers have ample scope of creativity to play around mix and match with the textile heritage. These designers are the people who have taken Indian Fashion and Indian Textile on to international level.
Following are the Best Fashion Designers of India :
Ritu Kumar
A lady who has personified the look of an Indian woman. She seems to be in love with Indian dresses, Indian textile and Indian Embroideries. She is one of the famous and well renowned face in International fashion industry. She introduced saree to the world in complete new definition.
Her designs reflects a mix of ancient and modern techniques. Most of her creations are a canvas of ancient traditions of Indian craftsmanship in a contemporary fashion.
She has been designing clothes for the most important beauty pageants in the world. In the year 2002 she launched a new sub-brand of her own - "LABEL". The 'Label' focuses on cut, color, drape and feel of the garment that caters today's Indian woman.
Ritu Beri
She is the first Indian Fashion Designer who displayed her collection in Paris. She is a pass out of NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology), Delhi. She stand among first few Indian designers who made a mark in International Fashion Industry within the initial stage of their career. Today she is a well known designer and her designs have become a highlight in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, USA, London and Paris.
She Introduced her first line of clothing 'Lavanya' which was a huge success in India and on the international level, her collection sold of very quickly. Her 'ready-to-wear' couture creations are a huge success in international markets and a center of attraction for french media.
Rohit Bal
He is from the few early designers of India. In 1996, he was titled as the 'India's Master of fabric and fantasy' by the Time magazine. He is one designer who is know for his sense of aesthetics with meticulous attention given to details. Each of his creation is handcrafted to perfection.
Rohit Bal is a big name in Hollywood, his clientele include celebrities like Uma Thurman, Cindy Crawford, Pamela Anderson, Naomi Campbell and Anna Kournikova. He himself is a Brand Ambassador of Omega Watches since 2001. The man has the key to doors of discovery. He can take you to villages where local craftsmen weave dreams with magic fingers, to factories, workshops and outlets where retailers jostle for survival, to the glitzy boutiques and malls at the best addresses in the big cities of high fashion.
Tarun Tahiliani
After acquiring a graduate degree from Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, Tarun Tahiliani came back to India and cognized that India has ample scope in designer wear sector. In the year 1987, he revolutionized Indian Fashion and Indian Fashion Industry and opened first ever fashion boutique, 'Ensemble', in India.
His creations are sold in Tokyo, New York, London, Hong Kong, Dubai and in his stores in New Delhi and Mumbai. Tarun also designed Shilpa Shetty's wedding trousseau. In October 2010, Timex has teamed up with Tarun Tahiliani and will come up with a collection for Indian Market.
"We had teamed up with Tarun Tahiliani two years back. This is our first major tie up with an Indian designer. We will unveil his first collection by October-end this year," Timex Group India Managing Director V D Wadhwa
Manish Malhotra
He is Bollywood's favorite designer. He is one designer responsible for revolutionizing fashion in Hindi movies. He design clothes according to the character and not the actor. He has designed clothes for Sridevi, Urmila Matondkar, Karishma Kapoor, Kajol, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Twinkle Khanna, Shilpa Shetty, Kareena Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta.
He gained popularity when he was asked to design clothes for Micheal Jackson for an appearance in bollywood award function held in New York. Later, MJ was so pleased with Manish Malhotra's creation that he requested him to design clothes for a musical event held at Munich and to design for his kids too.
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