I don't believe that a bride has to be wearing 50 kilos
worth clothing and jewellary to stand out
so Karan as far as my men's wear goes Karan has been my first muse
I believe very strongly in being original with whatever I do
even if I would take inspiration from lot of people, I would never copy anyone
the dress Shibanai wore was worn by her and created by me
before the H&M collection came out and before Kendal Jenner wore that dress
and posted it on Instagram, it was couple of days before infact
but it was only pulled out later and the comparission was done later
celebrities love dressing up but one designer they can't get enough of is Shehla Khan
she has dressed everybody from Kareena Kapoor to Sonam Kapoor, Tara Sutaria, Kiara Advani and more
her designs are fun, flirty, romantic and glamorous, it is everything that fantasy's are made of
Thank you for having us Shehla, Welcome to PINKVILLA
Thank you for having me and all these kind words
I want to talk about your designs like I already said they are fun, flirty and feminine
does your design aesthetic come from your personal style , is that how your personal style is as well
not very but inherirently I love white , black, pastels
when I started my first collection was like typically my taste and everything
no that I would vision myself wearing, I would vision anyone of my muses wearing
infact I shot my first big campaign was with Sonam
before I opned my store and stuff like that
I think that collection every piece of that collection
it embodied like everything I would desire to put in like each garment
I use to not experiment with colors , I have now
even though I am not into very bright colours like , I have started very bold colors and stuff like that
but I would say being like just pastels and soft colors
like very delicate emroideries I think
overtime brand has grown to become more universal in that sense
I want to know what makes Shehla Khan's bright makes different from every other bride out there
I don't believe that bright has to be wearing 50 kilos
worth clothing and jewellary to stand out
lot of times I have find that brides are pressured by different members of family
like their in laws or their own family
to kind of just wear everything together
I feel like it looks little bit force but I am a big fan of Indian traditional bridal look
I think sustainability is very important factor when it comes to couture which is Bridal wear
Bridal wear is couture, it's measured and custom made
I think it's very important for Bride to think about A, like what she really wants
how she can keep this outfit forever , unlike also re use it
not only like keep it in her closet forever
re use it and pass it on to her daughter
it should become more heritage piece because it is the most special day of her life
I think of Lakme Fashion Week sometimes when Karan Johar walked for you with Bhumi Pednekar
and Isabelle Kaif yeah, so the 3 of them walked and I remember him telling to audience
to convince you to come up with men's section of clothing so that he could wear your amazing creations
is that ever going to happen
so yes, Karan as far as my men's wear goes, Karan has been my first muse
before Lakhme I had designed colored suits for him
after Lakme I did plan come up with men's wear line
it just kind of time and I
I always have this fear because for creating collection for men because
I am very confident about my aesthetic when it comes to men but I am not sure how will Indian men would percieve it
as far as Karan goes he like family to me and
he knows my style and I also know what he caters so it's very good repo that we have
as far as me creating design for him
having said that given a delay of over a year , I do plan up to come with capsule men's wear line which you will see soon
you think fashion industry today is in need of watchdog
because I remember sometimes back you were featured on Diet Shabya's page
for dress that Shibani Danekar was wearing so
I think it is important for us to have these watchdogs
I have always followed like before Diet Shabya came out in India
there is Diet Prada with International blog kind of covers the same thing
I think it is important because I believe very strongly in being original and whatever I do
even though I would take inspiration from lot of people, I would never copy anyone
the fact is the dress Shibani wore was worn by her and created by me before the H&M collection came out and
before Kendal Jenner wore that dress and posted it on Instagram
it was couple of days before infact
but it was only pulled out later and comparission was done later
but I didn't find it important to comment on it I find it okay fine if somebody thinks that I copied someone it is fine
but I am going to put my work out there which I did
Shibani felt very strong about it and she commented on it on her social media
which is also fine because it was putting her in a bad light , sense she is wearing dress which is copied someone else
which again I will never do because I don't believe in that
but I didn't find it so important to react to such a thing because, I mean I know that I didn't copy
very few people know that you actually worked with Manish malhotra for a bit before strating your own line
I was just really excited go work with him because, he not only an amazing human being
he also very encouraging and because he was doing all these things
unlike he divided his time extentsively
he would give creative work to do want we wanted and approve it at the end
which gave us lot of encouragement also to find our creativity
what would you say one trend that will never go out of style
A saree is most elegant form of Indian attire like personally I
can spend a whole day in a Saree which I won't be ale to do in Salwar Suit
finally before we sign off I want to know if you have a Bollywood muse or
if you want to dress someone in Bollywood that you haven't dress yet
Rekha, really
I find her very beautiful
and I have never been able to dress her
so even if I got to put some Kanjivaram saree, and have her wear it would be a privilege for me
thank you so much for joining us today Shehla
and I hope someday you get to dress Rekha and we can't wait to see Kanjivaram saree by Shehla Khan