Rohit Khosla

Rohit Khosla

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Rohit Khosla Profile

  • Name:
  • Rohit Khosla
  • Born:
  • November 29, 1959

Rohit Khosla Biography

Rohit Khosla was an ace fashion designer in the 1990s. He along with his sister Rohini Khosla started his own fashion label at New Delhi in 1987 and Rohini, too has been a leading fashion designer of the country. Aparna Chandra, Ranna Gill, Sonam Dobal and J J Valaya are among the leading fashion designers trained under him in the early 1990s. Though Rohit dreamt big, he was short lived. He died at a comparatively young age of 36 due to HIV Aids. He started Ensemble - the designer label store in New Delhi in 1987 aside Tarun and Sal Tahilian, which included 5 labels of fashion designers - Tarun Tahiliani, Rohit Khosla, Neil Bieff, Amaya, Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla.

 

Rohit Khosla was born on November 29, 1958. A talented young man, way ahead of times, he established himself as a leading fashion designer of the country in the late 1980s, when fashion industry had just started to boom. Before he left the world in 1994, this short-lived fashion icon left his fingerprints in the fashion industry, for many aspiring youngsters to follow. He played a significant role in initiating the fashion industry in India. Since very young he has always dreamt to become a fashion designer. He schooled at Doon school and later went to Britain for higher studies.

 

Many regard Khosla as the man who brought together and galvanized the Indian fashion movement, a time when there was less awareness of fashion in Indian scene. He started the kind of styling and fashion that we see today. In Fashion week's grand finale 2007, ace designer Rohit Bal dedicated his collection 'Syaahi' to the master creator. Rohit Khosla Award was instituted by 'India Zee F Awards', given to The Best Debutante Designer of the Year.

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Updated: March 20, 2016

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