The new faces of fashion

Aiman Agha and Armaan Randhawa
Age: 25 and 23 

Cities of birth: Lucknow and Amritsar

How do you interpret style and fashion?
Style for us is the personification of one’s character and fashion is a tool to represent style.

Sum up your design aesthetic in five words:
Experimental, exploitative, ornate, meticulous and intricate. 

Who would you love to dress up?
We’d love to dress up Meryl Streep, she is an amazing combination of beauty and brains and would love to have her inputs on our designs.

Fave fabrics and silhouettes:
Natural silks, satin, chanderi, jacquard are our favourite tools in terms of fabrics and we like to keep a minimalist but very meticulous approach to our silhouettes.

What inspires you? Your springboard of inspiration…
We are highly inspired by architecture especially from art Nouveau — mix of both ornate designs and geometric forms.

Nitin Chawla
Age: 29

City of birth: Gwalior

How do you interpret style and fashion?
Fashion changes every season but style is constant.

Sum up your design aesthetic in five words:
Modern, detailed, utilitarian, conceptual and chic.

Who would you love to dress up...anyone you think complements your design aesthetic.
Ranbir Kapoor.

Fave fabrics and silhouettes:
Wool blended fabrics, tweeds, brushed cottons, checks, jersey, leather, linens, khadi are some of my favourites.

What inspires you?
It is sometimes an amalgamation of facts and fiction. A lot of artists and today’s modern technology also inspire me.

Aditi Holani
Age: 26

City of birth: Kolkata

How do you interpret style and fashion?
Style and fashion are synonymous to me. Trends are short-lived in my opinion. On the whole, comfort is paramount.

Sum up your design aesthetic in five words:
Conceptual, eccentric, androgynous, intriguing and ruminative.

Who would you love to dress up?
Cate Blanchett and Kiran Rao.

Fave fabrics and silhouettes:
Jersey, habutai, sand wash satin; Anything involving new cuts/shapes/patterns..

What inspires you?
Philosophy, art.

Rixi Bhatia and Jayesh Sachdev

Age: Jayesh (32), Rixi (31)

City of birth: Pune, Mumbai

How do you interpret style and fashion?
Style is individual, and inherent, it doesn’t follow fashion or trends. Fashion is constantly changing, style is permanent. Fashion gives you the canvas to interpret your individual style, never imitate and be yourself.

Sum up your design aesthetic in five words:
Pop art, modern, balance, texture, edgy.

Who would you love to dress up?
Anushka Sharma.

Fave fabrics and silhouettes:
Pure cottons and silks, since we work with prints, the quality of colour and design is beautiful on these fabrics. Classic silhouettes, with colour blocking, structure but with a sense of fluidity in the garment. Jackets would be the top favourite!

What inspires you? Your springboard of inspiration...
We are inspired by our experiences. We are a sum of our experiences. Japanese Graphics have had strong influences on our work.

Pronoy Kapoor
Age: 28.

City of birth: Ajmer

How do you interpret style and fashion?
While fashion influences are wide spread, style is something very personal and differs from individual to individual.

Sum up your design aesthetic in five words:
Unexpected, exaggerated, harmonious, mysterious and individualistic.

Who would you love to dress up?
Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta, essentially women with real and strong personalities.

Fave fabrics and silhouettes:
Any fabric that has a personality to it. It just can’t be a run of the mill fabric. It should have a story, a sense of history. I like clean silhouettes and beautifully cut fabric.

What inspires you? Your springboard of inspiration...
Stories inspire me. I love stories. Anything from fairy tales, fantasy, myths to legends and even real life episodes.