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Nachiket Barve

Nachiket Barve (Born 1981) to Doctor Parents Dr. Jayant Barve(Father) and Dr. Rekha Barve(Mother) in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India. A post-graduate in Apparel and Accessory Design from the prestigious National Institute of Design [NID], Ahmedabad. He was awarded a scholarship by the French government to study at the venerable Ecole Nationale Superieur des Arts Decoratifs [ENSAD] in Paris, where he worked with the master craftsmen of Haute Couture. He has trained with Michael Kors at CELINE, a part of the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy [LVMH] Luxury Conglomerate, in Paris. Nachiket has also worked with Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla and textile designer Neeru Kumar.

He started his Label in 2007, at the Gen-next show at Lakhme Fashion Week.

Apart from being creative, Nachiket is a nature lover, Photographer, enjoys cooking, and loves his Pet "Sir Theodore Goldenridge" aka 'Theo" his six year old Lab.

His collection reflects good taste, intellectual use of color, fabrics, intricate details, cutwork, applique, beautiful use of shibori.