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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Fame rests lightly but with certainty on Rohit Bal, whom Time
magazine in its recent Special Report on India (March 25,
1996) profiled as 'India's Master of fabric and fantasy.'
The regard he commands among the top echelons of Indian fashion
is endorsed by a discerning, high profile clientele, that
includes some of India's biggest names in the media, film,
fashion and corporate world.
His affair with the media has been long-standing and passionate.
Never, it seems, has one man been the focus of the attentions
of so many. Reams of adulatory print continue to roll off
the presses as he unveils one collection after another, each
one more fantastic than the last.
Intensely concerned with design as an art form, he draws upon
history, fantasy and folklore to create his masterpieces,
which retail for up to 15,000 USD. These are gone before you
know it, snapped up by the discerning and needless to say,
the wealthy. So completely does he seem to have understood
the psyche of the target consumer, that fashion pundits credit
him with setting the trend for every season. His address to
the fashion scene is intelligent and studied, yet imaginative
and inspired.
Graduating from New Delhi's St. Stephen's College with a first
class (Hons.) degree in History, the compulsive designer worked
for a few years with his brother's export company. In 1990
he created his first line, traditional designer wear for men
and the rest, indeed, is history.
The 34-year-old designer's sense of aesthetics is finely honed,
and each of his creations is handcrafted to perfection, with
meticulous attention to detail. He has access to the best
the industry has to offer in terms of materials and workmanship.
From villages where local craftsmen weave dreams with magic
fingers, to factories, workshops and outlets where retailers
jostle for survival, to the opulent grandeur of glitzy boutiques
and malls at the best addresses in the big cities of high
fashion, Rohit Bal can lead one to the doors of discovery,
and he holds the key.
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