Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla I Aki
Narula I Arshiya Fakih I
Anuradha Vakil I Anamika
Khanna I Anita Dongre I Anjana
Bhargav I Anshu Arora Sen
I Aparna Jagdhari I Arjun
Khanna I Ashima & Leena Singh
I Ashish Soni I Azeem
Khan I Deepika Govind I
Hemant Trivedi I Jattin
Kochhar I JJ Valaya I Kiran
Uttam Ghosh I Krishna Mehta
I Lalit & Sunita Jalan I Lina
Tipnis I Manish Malhotra
I Manoviraj Khosla I Meera
and Muzaffar Ali I Mona & Pali
I Monisha Bajaj I Monisha
Jaising I Niki Mahajan I Payal
Jain I Poonam Bhagat I Priyadarshini
Rao I Puja Nayyar I Ranna
Gill I Rina Dhaka I Ritu
Beri I Ritu Kumar I Rocky
S I Rohit Bal I Rohit
Gandhi and Rahul Khanna I Shahab
Durazi I Shantanu & Nikhil
I Sangeeta Chopra I Savio
Jon I Tarun Tahiliani I Vandana
Roy I Vijay & Shobna Arora
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It was to discover the great Indian Pandora box of design
that this young designer returned to her illustrious roots.
A graduate from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise,
Los Angeles, she chartered a new course for her design .One
that infused folklore of the past in a totally contemporary
palette.
Today, just five years down the line Monisha Bajaj is India's
leading light in couture. A fashion designer who is focused
in her design style Monisha is a synonym of under-played chic.
One of the most versatile member of the couture industry in
India; she has many a firsts to her credits. Including the
decision to emerge from the confines of the Indian boundaries
and find a place for her design internationally. After showcasing
her collection at the Dubai Fashion Week in Summer 2001, she
is now all set to take her Fall Collection 2001 to New York
for a solo showing at a high profile charity event.
For Monisha fashion is all about belonging to an aesthetic
idiom. Borrowing inspirations from elements that go with her
innate style and creative disposition. Essentially a classicist
she brings in the thrill of experimentalism too into her design.
Fine detailing with heritage fabrics, the use of embroidery
for textural enhancement and the crafty use of silhouettes
that are functional yet feminine; Monisha creates fashion
with a strong flavour. Her textile story is lure. Her colour
statement is varied with the binding force of Bajaj's colour
palette being the art of mixing bold with soft and neutral
with colour. Weaves are a strong statement .So is the interplay
of fit with form, integral to the Indian drape tradition.
Monisha's design sense is innovative yet moulds well to classical
forms.
It was in 1996 that Monisha Bajaj launched her own label after
a successful career abroad working in the Contemporary Design
Department of the store Fashion Destination. Since then Monisha
has showcased her collections in shows all over India and
abroad .She presented her first solo in Fall-winter '97 at
Park Royal, New Delhi. Taking the label further, Monisha in
'98, opened her solo store in Defence Colony titled Monisha
Bajaj. Avidly reviewed and retailing from most of the reputed
design stores of India, Monisha Bajaj for summer 99 had a
ramp show at Imperial hotel .The same winter the designer
created 'Millennium Magic at Manesar', Heritage Village with
a eclectic collection that had folk, traditional and contemporary
elements blending well together.
In the summer 2000 Monisha joined hands with the high profile
NGO Savera to show-case her Spring-Summer line at a charity
do in the gracious lawns of the British Ambassador's residence
.In the first ever Lakme India Fashion Week, Monisha Bajaj
presented her collection of prêt a porter in a solo show that
combined wearable chic with some fine touches. This year as
well Monisha will present her prêt and diffusion lines for
the Winter of 2001 at the 2nd Lakme India Fashion Week to
be held in Mumbai this August.
Last year Monisha Bajaj took her collection to New York, Los
Angeles and other ports abroad. The label met with critical
acclaim at every destination. The 'Monisha Bajaj' label is
classic yet contemporary: Suited both for the contemporary
Indian and western markets.
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