Payal Khandwala grew up in Mumbai and did her schooling in New York and Barcelona. Payal received her first Art Scholarship at the National Board Level in 1990. She graduated from SNDT in Mumbai. Under the tutelage of Wendell Rodricks, amongst several awards for Illustration, Design and Construction she also won ‘Designer of the Year’ in a nationwide competition held by Shoppers Stop in 1994.
About the brand: Payal Khandwala launched her eponymous label in 2012. Her approach to clothing is much like her art. The prism with which she sees fashion is therefore distinctive, she treats dressmaking as simply a shift in canvas. She orchestrates colour and textures to create layered separates that are dramatic yet minimal, with subtle attention to detail. Her muse is an intelligent, non-conformist woman. A woman with a refined sense of luxury, and one that will not sacrifice her comfort for it.
