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35 years of Abu-Jani and Sandeep Khosla

Updated on: 16 August,2017 04:00 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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Of course, yesterday was celebrated across the land as the anniversary of the nation's Independence

35 years of Abu-Jani and Sandeep Khosla


Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla today (left) and in their youth; (right) Dame Judi Dench wearing an Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla creation


Of course, yesterday was celebrated across the land as the anniversary of the nation's Independence. But, for a few, the day also marked the anniversary of another fortuitous date: when Abu Jani met Sandeep Khosla by chance at an Independence Day Brunch exactly thirty-five years ago.


Both young men were recent entrants to the nascent fashion industry, from considerably different ends: Khosla, the Doon school educated son of a well-heeled clan from Punjab and Jani, the wildly creative aesthete son of a creative suburban Muslim clan. That this chance meeting resulted in so much artistry, harmony and beauty, not to forget one of the country's most successful design labels, is as much to do with the perfect matching of the two, as of luck.


If they had not met and forged a deep and enduring bond, so many things might never have happened: High society women might never have discovered their inner Mughal princesses; no one would have worn double pallav saris, or crinkled silk dupattas or extra-long chikan dupattas; then again, a swathe of young heiresses would have never been schooled in the niceties of serving high tea and society dos; and no one, no one, might have experienced candlelit rooms aglow with white mogra garlands and distressed wooden frames.

Which is why as the two celebrated designers ('Boys' as they are still referred to by some) clocked in the thirty-fifth anniversary of their wildly successful partnership, many took to social media with congratulations. Oh one more thing: Dame Judi Dench would have had nothing to wear to receive her numerous awards at marque presentations.

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