Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Aparna & Norden : FREE FALLING






NORDEN BHUTIA
After completing his graduation from St Stephens College, Delhi University, Norden went on to arm himself with a post graduate degree in Garment Manufacturing Technology from NIFT (national institute of fashion technology) New Delhi .
He worked as a manager of production in an export house for three years in India , where he had to coordinate the procurement of fabric, dyeing, printing and the manufacturing of the garments. After this, he went to work in New York, USA the hub of the global fashion Industry with a prominent buying house supplying to fashion power house, the likes of Bloomingdale, Kenneth-Cole, Wal-Mart, Ms Erica, Danny and Nicole, Kenwood, Macys.
As the merchandiser and Production coordinator he had to get production done from China, Dubai, Indonesia and in India .
APARNA
Aparna did her graduation in Fashion Design from NIFT. She did projects in various fields of design after NIFT like product design and furniture design in wrought iron and wood, interior design with soft furnishings, costume design for theatre and shawl weaving, apart from doing projects in Fashion.
This gave her a lot of knowledge of different materials and the flexibility to use them in her design process. She did three extensive researches, design and development projects in shawl weaving in Kullu.
Apart from this, she did costumes for many theatre productions. Her forte lies in the unique juxtaposition of different fabrics, colors and various surface ornamentation techniques in a single garment. Her design credo is to explore, innovate, experiment and enjoy.