In this blog post, you are going to know about the top 11 fashion designers in India 2022.
In modern times, Fashion designing is one of the most desirable works and youngsters have a great craze for this.
1st of all, one must know what is the work of fashion designer,
Generally we can say that fashion designers are the person who does an Incommensurable work on clothes which enhance the beauty of a person.
They consider who is likely to wear a garment and the situations in which it will be worn, and they work within a wide range of materials, patterns, styles, and colors.
Here is the list of the top 11 fashion designers in India 2022
1. Manish Malhotra
Manish Malhotra, Who doesn’t know this name. This name is itself a big brand in the world of fashion designing. He currently lives in Mumbai Maharashtra and he is an alumnus of Elphinstone College.
He is now a costume designer who especially works in Bollywood and Indian movies. His designed dresses are worn by famous celebrities in B-town.
Personal Life:
He was born on 5th December 1966. He currently lives in Mumbai Maharashtra and he is an alumnus of Elphinstone College. When he was in college, he started his career as a model. Manish got his first appreciation in the year 1999.
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Professional life:
He is now a costume designer who especially works in Bollywood and Indian movies. His designed dresses are worn by celebrities in B-town. Not only he is widely known in Bollywood, but he is known for his work in Telegu, Tamil, and Hollywood as well. Manish also launched his couture in 2007 that offers bridal, diffusion, and men’s wear.
2. Sabyasachi Mukherjee
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He is one of the most famous Indian designers and is known for his unique style. i.e he prefers simple and significant designs in his products. He is also known for his costume designing in movies like Guzarish, babul, and English English.
He is a former student of the National Institute of fashion technology. His brand label is Sabyasachi and he currently operates his fashion business from his home state capital Kolkata.
Personal life:
He was born on 1974, February 23, in a Hinduism family. His family belonged to a pure Brahmin Bengali family. His current age is 48, as of 2022. He was born and brought up in West Bengal, Manicktala. He completed his schooling and high schooling from ‘Sri Aurobindo Vidyamandir’, situated in Kolkata.
Due to his keen love for designing, he decided to pursue his career in Fashion. He was passionate and curious about style, fashion.
He went to St. Xavier’s college because his parents didn’t like fashion and styling. He earned his qualification from (NIFT), ‘National Institute of Fashion Technology. He was a graduate. His mother’s name is Sandhya Mukherjee, and his father is Shukumar Mukherjee.
He has a sibling named Shingini Mukherjee. According to sources his favorite color is Pink, Gold, and Silver. He loves rice and fish curry.
Professional life:
He is a renowned personality, known worldwide as an Indian couturier, fashion, and jewelry designer. In his entire 46 years, he has gained massive fame and prosperity.
The way he resembles saree and uses Indian style to elevate fashion in this western era is innovative and commendable. In 2004, he was that one personality who was urged to his designs at Italy’s Indigenous. Sabyasachi is known as the youngest member of ‘National Museum of Indian Cinema’.
3. Tarun Tahilani
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Tarun Tahiliani completed his education at the doon school in Mumbai. After completing his fashion education from Wharton school of the university of Pennsylvania, he joins the family business in oil field equipment.
But after some time, in 1987, he with shailaja opened the 1st multi-designer boutique in India with the help of designer Rohit Khosla.
Personal life:
Tarun Tahiliani is a remarkable Indian designer, popular for bridal wear. He was in Mumbai, among a Sindhi family. His father’s name is Admiral R H Tahiliani, who served the Indian Navy. He has a sibling named Tina Tahiliani. Initially, Tarun was studying in Mumbai.
But unfortunately, he died suffering from cancer. But later he completed his education at, The Doon School. Later he got admitted to St. Stephen’s College as a graduate. His mother was Jaswanti Tahiliani. She was known to be the first women engineer residing in Mumbai. Tarun went to the Us for acquiring further higher studies from ‘The Fashion Institute of Technology. In the year 1980, he married Sailaja.
Professional life:
Tarun Tahiliani is the most notable designer in Fashion Industry. The change and revolution he made through his fashion are unbelievable. He gathers inspiration from embroideries and Indian textiles. In 1987, he opened his first boutique, entitled ‘Ensemble’, in India.
He has his brand label called ‘Ahilian’. In New York, Dubai, Tokyo, Hong Kong his clothes are sold. He has designed for stars- Ramola Bachchan and Simi Garewal. His few awards are- “Best Womenswear Couture Designer award”, “Women’s Wear Designer of the Year”.
4.Ritu Kumar
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Ritu Kumar is one of the oldest fashion designers in India. She began her fashion business in Kolkata with very few types of equipment. She began her design career with bridal dresses and evening outfits in the 1960s and 70s. Ritu Kumar is one of the best-selling labels. Often This label can be found in all big malls.
Personal life:
She is born on 1944, 11 November. According to 2022, her present age is 78 years. She is born and brought up in Punjab, Amritsar. She finished her initial studies at Shimla, Loreto Convent. Her education qualifications include- A course in Art History, graduate, and Museology.
She went to Briarcliff College, New York. She tied knots with Shashi Kumar, who is a director. She has two sons, Ashvin Kumar and Amrish Kumar. Her favorite color is Peach.
Professional life:
She is a very prestigious and oldest designer in the fashion Industry. The leading designer in India who is in fashion past 40 years. She has her own boutique house and brand named ‘RITU’. The yearly turnover of her brand has was 10 billion, more than any of the designers.
Ritu Kumar is one of the best-selling labels. Often This label can be found in all big malls. She has designed clothes for celebs like- Madhuri Dixit Nene, Dia Mirza, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Soha Ali Khan, Lara Dutta. Her greatest achievement is the ‘Padma Shri’ award, in 2013 by the government.
5. Anita Dongre
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Anita is the founder of the House of Anita Dongre, an Indian fashion house. She is from Bandra West Mumbai and completed her education at SNDT women’s university. She also launched her fashion jewelry brand Which is named on her Anita dongre pink city, which is a sub-brand under her original label.
Personal life:
She was born in the year 1963, 3 October, in West Mumbai, Bandra. She is 59 as of 2022. She belongs to a Hindu Sindhi family. Her mother is Pushpa Sawlani and her father had his business. She has three siblings. Two sisters, Priyanka Hira and Meena Sehra.
Mukhes Sawlani is her brother. Anita completed her studies at NM college. After that, she enrolled herself in SNDT Mumbai University, for a fashion degree. She is married to a talented Businessman, Pravin Dongre. They are blessed with a son who is as well a businessman, Yash Dongre.
Professional life:
She is an extremely talented and admired designer in India. She has her brand called ‘AND’, which has 41 stores working in India. She has 200 lifestyle stores like Pantaloons, Shoppers’ Stop, Kapsons, Central.
Under her fashion house, she launched “Pink city’, a jewelry brand. High premium clothes created for stars include Shilpa Shetty, Anushka Sharma, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon.
6. Rohit Bal
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Everyone is aware of Of Kaun Banega Crorepati, one must be thinking that who designs such premium-looking outfits which are worn by Mr. Bachchan, He is non-other than Rohit Bal.
Rohit Bal, born in Kashmir, working in Mumbai alumni of St. Stephen’s college. He launched his own label named Rohit Bal. He started his career in New Delhi in 1986 with his brother Rajiv in Orchid Oversea ltd.
Personal life:
He was born in the year 1961, 8 May in Kashmir. He studied at Delhi Public school and Woodlands. He did his graduation from Burn Hall, in Kashmir. Later he went to Delhi and got admitted to ‘National Institute of Fashion Technology.
Professional life:
He is the man behind all beautiful creations. He is a celebrated designer, known for his exceptional works. He was the person behind designing for the famous show Kaun Banega Crorepati.
Omega watch has its brand ambassador as Rohit Bal. In 2006, he was awarded ‘Designer of the Year’. In 2012, he was famed with ‘Lakme Grand Finale Designer’.
7. Masaba Gupta
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She is the daughter of actress Neena Gupta and Cricket Sir Vivian Richards. She is the founder of her own brand named ‘house of Masaba’.
Gupta is known for her creative and unique design. She began her career at the age of 19 by applying to Lakme fashion week. She named her 1st collection Kattan.
She also collaborated with Maybelline new york to produce a collection of clothes that are inspired by the new lipstick line.
There is also a web series on her life in which she is playing her own role named ‘masaba masaba ‘ on Netflix.
Personal life:
She was born in 1989, on 1 November. As of 2022, she is 33 years. She is born and brought up in Delhi. Her mother is Neena Gupta, a prominent Bollywood star. Her father is Viv Richards, an established Cricketer. She has a degree in ‘Apparel Manufacture and Design’.
She went to ‘Shreemati Nathibai University’. She married in the year 2015 with Madhu Mantena, but they got separated.
Professional life:
At a very young age, she has earned immense wealth and name. When she was just 19, she applied for Lakme Fashion week. She has received huge acknowledgment for the artistic names, she keeps for her designs. She dis a collaboration with Maybelline for the production of dresses, in 2016.
8. Neeta Lulla
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Neeta Lulla is an Indian fashion designer and costume stylist. She will have worked in more than 300 films. She is designing wedding dresses for 35 years. She is famous as Aishwarya rai Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit wore her designed costumes in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas. She has also won National film awards for best costume design.
Personal life:
She was born on March 5, 1965. As of 2022, her age is 57. She was born in Maharashtra, Mumbai. She belonged to a Hindu family. She completed her diploma from SNDT University. She got married to a Psychiatrist, Shyam Lulla. They have a son Siddharth Lulla.
Professional life:
She is one of the most talented fashion Designer residing in India. The first Bollywood film she created costumes for is Tamacha. In 2002, Devdas, Aishwarya Rai, and Madhuri Dixit wore her designs. She has worked for Isha Kapoor, Sridevi, Shilpa Shetty, Salma Azad, etc.
She created designs for famous comedian Bharti Singh’s marriage, in 2017. Currently, she is known as an International Brand. She has successfully designed for 10 lakhs consumers, internationally. She has her fashion label, “Little Nisshk”.
9. Manish Arora
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Manish Arora is a fashion designer from New Delhi. He was appointed as creative director of the women’s wear collection in Paco Rabanne, a french fashion house. He was brought up in Mumbai and completed his fashion designing course in NIFT and graduated in 1994 and also wins the best student award.
Personal life:
He was born in 1973, on 21 January. He was born and brought up in Mumbai. Initially, he had opted for commerce but later on changed his line to fashion designing. He graduated from one of the prestigious institutions of India, the National Institute of Fashion Technology.
He has revealed that At NIFT, he felt more comfortable and opened about his homosexuality. He, later on, added, “I came to NIFT Delhi, I was more open than ever. My classmates knew it and everyone was cool about it. I think at a fashion school in Delhi, I got an environment to be myself.”
According to him, he never had to think twice or never got confused about his sexuality, in fact he had a long relationship and didn’t have to flinch while introducing him to his family. In his words, “I had a partner when I was 21, then I had a long relationship for 12 years and he did come to meet my parents.
It was not like I had to say, ‘Hey, meet my boyfriend!’ It was just obvious and clear. A lot of people get anxious or depressed when they come to know about their sexual orientation, but I didn’t even think about it twice. It was as natural as anything else. I didn’t feel bad about it.”
Professional life:
After completing his graduation from NIFT in 1994, he stayed in Delhi for another few years. After working on his style for 3 years, Aroura launched his first label in 1997. In the year 2000, he made his debut in the first-ever Indian fashion week in Delhi and showed his ready-to-wear collection.
After one year, ie, 2001, he launched his 2nd and one of the most famous labels, fish fry in the following year his first flagship store named Manish Aroura Fish Fry. Manish was amazed and inspired by Indian music culture tradition, food, and colors and thus all of these segments can be seen in his unique style range. Speaking of uniqueness, aurora won the second prize in the young Asian Designers Competition and also took the award for most Original Collections.
Because of this quirky and unique style, he even got a chance to work at french vogue, but he turned down the offer as he wished to be connected from his Indian roots as he is very much inspired by the Indian culture.
10. Sandeep Khosla
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Sandeep Khosla is also a famous Indian fashion designer, who owns the label, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla. Sandeep is a fashion designer based in Punjab. Along with Neeta lulla he also was the winner of National awards for best costume design in Devdas.
Many international celebrities have opted for Khosla’s outfits for awards shows.
Personal life:
He was born in a Punjabi family, in Kapurthala. Before entering his family business, he went to The Doon School. Even as Sandeep Khosla was always more interested in extracurricular activities rather than in basic studies, it is said that this passion became one of the reasons that led him to become one of the most successful fashion designers in India.
Professional life:
Sandeep Khosla is a notable designer in the history of fashion. He is well-known for blending European Silhouette with Indian textiles. He infuses old vintage things with modernized designs. He received the Best Costume Design, award for Devdas. Before pursuing his passion in Delhi he also tried his hands at the family business of leather.
But later he moved to Mumbai and joined Xerexs Bhartena. This place became the reason for the emerging of the legendary duo, Abu-Jani Sandeep Khosla labels as here he met his business partner Abu Jani.
Abu Jani has come up with many fame achieving designs. In 2016, the duo made the famous costume for Beyonce for the epic song of Hymn of the weekend and has also worked for the movies like Pyar ka Saya, Devdaas, the hero, Umrao Jaan and Veere Di Wedding.
11. Anamika Khanna
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Anamika is an Indian fashion designer who basically operates her business from her home state, Kolkata. Before entering in fashion designing industry, she was a classical dancer and painter. She is the 1st Indian designer who has an international label ‘Anamika’
Personal life:
She was born in 1971, 19 July. She is 51 years, as of 2022. She was born in Jodhpur, but her hometown is Kolkata. She is from a Hindu family. She is married and has two sons named Vishesh Khanna and Viraj Khanna. She has a sister named Suruchi.
Professional life:
Her name is enough for people to recognize her brilliant works. Globally is she popular and reputation for her designs. She is the creator of her brand ‘Anamika Khanna’. She has designed for stars like Deepika Padukone, Oprah Winfrey, Kiara Advani, and many more.
She received the Damania Fashion award. She was the one woman from India, who showcased her designs at ‘Paris Fashion week’.
FAQs
Who is the richest fashion designer in India?
Manish Malhotra is the richest fashion designer in India. His net worth is around $20.5 million, in Indian currency, it is approx 150 crores
Who wears the most expensive clothes in Bollywood?
Urvashi Rautela wears a 37 crores dress, made of fine gold in Dubai for a film.
Which is the costliest dress in India?
The costliest dress was worn by Isha Ambani at her wedding. Her lehenga costs about Rs. 90 crores.
Can we rent Sabyasachi lehenga?
It is a dream come to offer. Yes, we can now rent Sabyasachi’s designer lehenga, the mastermind of some beautiful B town bridals. But before renting those expensive lehengas there are few things you need to consider
- You need to check shipping cost information
- For a hassle-free experience make sure to understand the return and exchange policy
- To get customize fittings, check the sizing and fitting option
What is the cost of Deepika Padukone wedding lehenga?
The cost of Deepika Padukone wedding lehenga is Rs- 12,00,000 and it was designed by none other than Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
