H I M A N E E Fashion Design Portfolio Haute Couture Fashion Illustrator Concept Developer | Graphic Designer Photographer P R O F I L E S Y N O P S I S I am India-based graduate in Fashion Design. After I finished my Bachelor’s Degree from SDPS Women's College at Indore, India I worked as a freelancer in the same field. I focus on Fashion Design with a spirit of Haute Couture and Red Carpet style with a close relation to embellishments techniques and Royalty. I have designed my own creative fashion collection taking certain inspiration and themes from architectures and natural elements. My inspirations are reflected into clothes & Fashion. I spent two-months study internship at Shehzadi The Design Studio. With my freelance work , I have designed clothes with a party style for many of my clients under the same age as mine for two years. I participated in my college’s Graduating Fashion Show where I presented mine own Haute Couture Fashion Collection inspired from Mughal Cult. I love to work in Haute couture , I love to create miniature gowns and red-carpet style garments that are done on Fashion LANGUAGE - Hindi-native English-advanced TECHNIQUES & SKILLS - Pattern-making , Sewing , Tailoring , Hand-Embroidery , Fashion Illustration , Technical Drawing , Hyper-realistic sketching. Concept Development , Boards Making COMPUTER SKILLS - Adobe Photoshop | Corel Draw | MS Office Word | Excel | Powerpoint C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E HIMANI BHANWAR Birth - October 1 , 1994 Nationality - Indian Contact - C: +91- 998-180-1770 Mail - himanibhanwar31@gmail.com EDUCATION 2017 - Study internship at Shehzadi The Design Studio 2013-2017 - SDPS Womens’ College of Fashion Design, Indore, India 2005-2013 - Chameli Devi Public School, Indore, India 1997-2005 - Digamber Public School, Indore, India WORK / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2017 - Graphic Designer for a milk and farm company - SOJATIA FARMS PRIVATE LIMITED - Freelance seamstress and Dress-maker for different age groups of people (Women Only) - Freelance Fashion Illustrator for clients & Fashion graduates Study internship at Shehzadi the Design Studio PRESENTATIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS 2018 - INIFD Adhvan 2018 Fashion Show - Dress-maker and styling - Renaissance University Indore - Presentation of my collection on Ancient Era costumes on dolls - SDPS Effloresce Fashion Show 2018 - Fashion Illustrator for six haute couture garments 2017 - SDPS Effloresce Fashion Show 2017 - Presented my self collection of six haute couture garments 2016 - Trend Report Presentation - Academics Presentation I N T E R F A C E The most important element for me is Reflection and Connection. I focus on special and extensive techniques that can be used to incorporate in a dress so that the technique that is used is a total reflection of what inspired me at the start. There are lot many sources of inspiration such as architectures, books, movies, people, cultures, eras and lot more to explore. I prefer to pick my inspirations from the old periods of times and loves to explore more of unique and unaltered techniques of fabrication and embellishments. I combines my primary inspiration with secondary inspiration in order to have a mixed reflection and something new for whatever I create or develop. I was fascinated by some of the dresses from ancient times that had a beautiful silhouette with exclusive drapes and methods of unique embroidery for example the Victorian Era will always be one of my favorite time period because it marked the beauty of women using more of fullnes in skirts and sleeves. I’m also inspired from some of the haute couture designers such as Guo Pei, Paulo Sabestian, Versace, Zuhair Murad and many more. F A S H I O N C O L L E C T I O N THEME : CHRISMEENA INSPIRATION : MEENABAZAR FASHION : HAUTE COUTURE I N S P I R A T I O N During the Mughal era Meena Bazaars , also known as Kuhs Ruz ("Day of Joy") were exclusively held for women, while the emperor and a few princes were the only males present. The Bazaars took 5 to 8 days during the Norouz (New Year) festival. Emperor Humayun was the first to organize them, but Akbar and his successors made them more elaborate. The fair was closed for the public, while the women of the harem, Rajput ladies and the wives and daughters of the noblemen in the court, set up their own stalls to sell cloth, jewellery, handicrafts etc. Only the emperor, princes and some nobles were allowed to enter the bazaar to purchase the goods, which were sold at high prices. The earnings were given for charity. M E E N A B A Z A R WHY NAMED AS CHRISMEENA? Juliana Da Costa, a girl from Cochin was employed in Mughal kingdom as Mughals wanted service of a Portugues women, Being Christian Catholic , her love, affection and dignified service made her the HEAD cum QUEEN of Mughal HERAM , During the reign of Aurangzeb ,she served women of noble man and also continued her Christianity and prayers. Her frequent visits to MEENA BAZAAR (leisure institute by humayun), transformed her from a blunt-looking girl to a Queen like mermaid. I have tried to show a blend of Christian and Mughal trait depicting the Royalty and Luxe from Christianity as well the sparkling & glittering products that were sold in MeenaBazar. Additionally, Bazar also exhibited lavishly handmade crafts that had a special sort of painting done on it popularly known as Meenakari. The collection has motifs that are manually done on the fabric inspired from Meenakari Art M O O D B O A R D Telling a story about a simple Christian Girl named Juliana Da Costa from Cochin, who was invited to the empire of Mughal to serve the Elites. The idea symbolizes the fact that how her faith, her love, honesty and affection transformed her postition from a servant to a Queen of Mughal Harem. I N S P I R A T I O N B O A R D My inspiration is Meena Bazar. The most ancient market cum exhibition of Mughal Empire that took place under the reign of Auranzeb. It majorly diplayed a collection of hand-crafted items on sale that were all made and designed by the women of Mughal cult. This Bazar was a medium for them to make money as well as earn pride among local artistry. S W A T C H B O A R D When making a choice for fabrics the very first idea that stuck my mind was about Royalty, Luxe and Shine . Mughal period the very known era about everything that was just so royal and appealing. Kings & Queens used to load themselves with ample of jewelleries including Gold, Silver, Kohinoor and Emerald. The fabrics were most popular among silk, satin and imported stuffs. Taking the other side of the theme i.e Christianism , I have used Satin as the major depict as this is mostly used fabric in draperies and costumes since years by Christian Folks. SPANDEX BRIDAL SATIN(MILKY WHITE BRIDAL SATIN (HUNTER GREEN TULLE(FLESH TINT) C O L O R B O A R D The color scheme for this collection is drawn from the sole color of Muslim i.e. Hunter Green . I have also added a mixed play of Milk White and Pottery red . Milk White color is the representation of Christianity and the other colors viz. Mahogany and Pottery Red are used to show the colors that were used in exquisite Craftsmanship displayed in the Meena Bazar. HUNTER GREEN MILKY WHITE POTTERY RED S K E T C H E S Keeping Haute Couture in mind, the sketches has to be in accordance with the plot. The concept totally revolves around the art & craftsmanship of Mughal Period. Hence, the silhouettes are majorly flary and Skirt-based. I have drawn motifs from Meenakari design that has been carefully incorporated in the Torso & some specific areas of Skirts. DESIGN 1 Medium - Photoshop Cs5 and Corel Draw X7 DESIGN 2 DESIGN 3 DESIGN 4 DESIGN 5 DESIGN 6 (MEN’S WEAR) U N F I N I S H E D L O O K A glimpse to the garments in progress. This outfits took time longer than two months as finishing was my primary goal. FRONT FRONT BACK BACK P H O T O S H O O T To justify the story of the Christian Lady Juliana Da Costa, who was brought to the Mughal Empire to serve the royals, but what changed her status from a servant to the Queen of Harem was all about deep affection, honesty and ethics. G R O U P S H O T D E S I G N S O N R U N W A Y