Shantanu & Nikhil

'Shantanu & Nikhil', is a label with an eye on the young and trendy Indian garments market.

'Shantanu & Nikhil', is a label with an eye on the young and trendy Indian garments market. The company is in the business of manufacturing high quality Indian ethnic garments both for the national and international market. Shantanu and Nikhil Mehra make a winning team with a unique blend of creativity and management skills and hence have established a brand that has been able to capture the imagination of its target audience.

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Shantanu, having done his MBA from the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA and Nikhil, a product of FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandise) Los Angeles decided to pool in their entrepreneurial & designing skills in the business of fashion. This led to the birth of 'Shantanu & Nikhil' as a label in 1999.

The label is synonymous to 'future fusion'. It stands for a lot of innovative ideas, freedom of speech in fashion and wearability in creative aspect of Indian Fashion. The style exudes vibrancy and confidence. This makes the brand an obvious choice for those who are outgoing, upwardly mobile and have a keen sense of style and sophistication. The label 'Shantanu & Nikhil' spells out effervescence and celebration of being young. The garments include sensuous sarees and chiffons georgettes with intricate embroidery ref1ecting the richness in its essence. 'Shantanu & Nikhil' is a trendsetter of many styles and innovations such as fashion designing like short fitted kurtas from the 70's for men.

'Shantanu & Nikhil' provides a perfect combination of traditional and contemporary silhouettes. The label also has an exclusive line for the Indian groom varying from Jodhpuri Nehru jackets to sherwanis and waistcoats.

GURU SHABAD - The words of God

'Shantanu & Nikhil', once again squeeze an outburst of emotions carrying soul and sensitivity throughout their Fall-Winter 2005 collection. This time they open their collection marking the tercentenary of the Khalsa by celebrating the remarkable history of Sikh Punjab. The collection pays its tribute to Sikh religion and Sikh culture for its purity and tranquility. Khalsa, or order of the Pure, has given Sikhism its unique identity of strength and has opened the way for a new consciousness

The collection depicts the strength of the Sikh women, whose life is reminiscent of love, sacrifice, struggle and pain.

The focus of the collection is on body conscious silhouettes through exaggerated drapes. The collection is an amalgamation of luxury and glamour reflected through silhouettes comprising, skirts, roughed tops, t-shirts with Indian yokes, churidar teamed with chogas

However there is a very strong emphasis on coordinates especially churidars which have been given extensive drapes and texturing through mismatch of pleats and fabrics, thereby giving it a warrior like look.

The collection is given a rich legacy by the use of luxurious and heritage fabrics that are an extreme epitome of structured and sensual femininity. Delicate and multi-faceted fabrics like silk chiffon, silk georgette, silk zaris, siflis with an interesting twist of structured voiles have been used extensively to bring forth the element of subdued glamour and relaxed sophistication

Colours put together are very vintage and luxurious, characterized by humanism, universalism and pluralism -The Sikh Baptism. There is a very strong focus on navy blues and royal blues, the colour of the 'Nihangs', teamed with fluid shades of light grey. These colours through out the collection preach a whole-life religion for the full and balanced development of an individual.