Bangalore Fashion Week Designers

Abdul Halder

Amita Sharma
Anitha Vadivel

Archana Kochar

Arshi Jamal

Babita Malkhani

Claudia Antonini

Deepti Reddy

Kavitha Chandak

Kunal Chatterjee

Laksmi Jagmohan

Rehane

Ishata Singh

Neerus

Neha Poddar

Nitish & Snehal

Pankaj And Ajeet

Prashant

Preeti Chandra

Priya Singh

Ramesh Dambela

Shantanu & Nikhil

Sharad Raghav

Sumana & Neema

Swapnil Shinde

Vipin Batra

 

 

Their ensembles present eternal femininity draped in lush classicism. Culling the essence and emotions of Indian culture and marrying it with a modern western sensibilty, Shantanu & Nikhil have a deeper, less obvious take on this new exotic fusion. With their unique subtext of delicate details, simple harmonies and rich textural formats, the brand has come to epitomise refinement and luxury in fashion. While keeping the handwriting essentially subtle with Indian monochromatic tones, the language is most definitely contemporary and silhouette centric, thereby making it marketable to a global woman who is not only confident and independent of her surroundings but also someone who is a young well-traveled sophisticate. A color palette that envelops India in its purest form, from the virginal whites to the vintage chromes have in fact become a true signature of Shantanu & Nikhil, priding themselves on the philosophy that a smart interplay of vintage colors on beautiful Indian skin tones is what makes India such a hugely inspirational land of cross-cultures and future global trends

 

The creative half of the team, Nikhil Mehra pursued his Masters in Fashion from Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandise (FIDM), Los Angeles, while Shantanu completed his MBA in finance from Ohio State University. Thereafter, Nikhil worked directly under Mrs. Gray for St. John Knits, while Shantanu was with the corporate finance wing of General Motors. Their love affair with USA ended in 1999, after which both came back to India to chase their dreams of launching a fashion brand that could be housed in the very essence of a business of fashion set-up. "We believe that we are the best combination of art and commerce in the creative world of fashion. This mindset is what prompted us to cross-synergise our respective backgrounds into something worthwhile that could withstand the pressures of the ever-challenging and the ever-evolving fashion industry". Hence, the birth of Shantanu & Nikhil in 2000

 

These daring designers were among the first to venture into the business of redesigning an entire look for the Indian superstar, Amitabh Bachchan, in a look which took Gaming on Indian Television by storm. Today, some of the leading sports personalities of the world (like Serena Williams, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Glen McGrath, Stephen Fleming) and Bollywood stars (like Hrithik Roshan, Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Neha Dhupia, A.R..Rehman, Kunal Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Shilpa Shetty, Deepika Padukone, Preity Zinta) have become lead purveyors of their style. Their sophisticated design aesthetic goes beyond the ramp to the field of cricket, where they have designed uniforms for five ICL (Indian Cricket League) teams. Their cutting edge evening wear for men, has graced the leading Mohali team, owned by leading Indian film actor Preity Zinta for IPL (Indian premier League)

 

Shantanu & Nikhil

0120-2423983

9810164417 / 9810088780

nikhil@shantanunikhil.com / shantanu@shantanunikhil.com

 


 


 

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