Payal Jain

Payal Jain
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Fashion designer

Payal Jain is an Indian fashion designer.^[1] She is popular for her corporate uniforms.^[2]

Early life

She was born in New Delhi and graduated summa-cum-laude in 1993 from Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, California.^[3][4]

Career

Jain worked as a design assistant in some of the prestigious European fashion houses Fritzi, San Francisco and later worked with leading couturiers Jacqueline De Brey in San Francisco and Ulrich Engler in London.

She returned to India to work. She designed corporate dressing for The Leela, Goa in 1993. After which she designed for over 40 hotels. She participated in some major international fashion shows including Toronto.^[5]

She wrote a book called as Fashion Studies for aspiring young designers.

Style

She works with craftsmen in tiny villages across Rajasthan, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Bihar to integrate their designs in the mainstream. She works with indigenous material like silk, brocades, zardosi and chikankari, and gets inspiration from Mughals and other royal eras.

References

1. http://www.thehindu.com/arts/do-you-know-what-we-read-last-year/article4253261.ece
2. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/05/07/stories/2007050750330800.htm
3. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-30/designers/28250685_1_payal-jain-lakme-india-fashion-designs
4. http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Payal-Jain/Article1-9178.aspx
5. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/09/25/stories/2004092500160400.htm