Aki Narula

Trivia

• Currently Design Director for Sheetal Design Studio, he retails under his label under 'Aki Narula for SDS'; also works on his main label ' AKI' from his studio in Delhi.
• Akki also went international and started retailing at Zingara, at Cannes and St. Tropez.
• In 2000 he participated in Lakme India Fashion Week and the response was overwhelming. In the all the shows, he has been proving the excellent combination of fashion and colours.
• Aki launched his own label "Aki" in 1996.
• He started his filmy career in Bollywood by designing outfits for Mira Nair's film "Monsoon Wedding.
• Aki had his first Fashion with " Melange" in Mumbai at Opera House.
• Aki started his career as a fashion Designer when Damania Airlines introduced a Fashion Designer award in five Metros.
• Aki's inborn creativity and urge for designing made him leave his chosen field in accounts and management and become a designer.
• Aki Narula worked with the Lintas Group, as a management trainee, for a period of ten months.
• Having worked as a stylist for various fashion shoots and ad campaigns, Narula has also designed costumes for theatre and a national award winning Bengali film.

Quotes

• "She is fabulous in any costume she wears - be it saris, shorts or any other amazing dress."
• "Kareena has a fantastic sense of attitude and style and she can carry off anything in the world."
• "Her clothes are very functional. It's shirts, high-waist skinny jeans, white-legged jeans and has a tough look. Deepika's skinny jeans are the hottest thing right now."
• "There is always a bonus if we have an actress like Bipasha in the film. She is one of the best looking women with great attitude and an amazing body. And her fashion background does makes a difference."
• "Bipasha is a young, contemporary girl from a big city. "She is the most fashionable girl from a metro with all the latest trends in fashion. She can be seen wearing shorts, jeans and other trendy dresses."
• "Minissha plays a small town girl from Amritsar. So I kept in mind the influences on fashion in Amritsar. Her look in the film with the Patiala salwars, ganjee tops and jackets have already become a rage."
• "Styling was very exciting and challenging as all three actresses are of different types and come at different times in Ranbir's life. So the styling had to be unique for everyone with no overlapping. But one thing I can assure you - all the looks would be unique and will have an Aki stamp on it."
• "Ranbir's dresses and looks change with time and have been worked upon a lot. He can be seen trying all sorts of clothes that one can expect a guy from the age of 19 to 30 to wear."
• “I am honored and humbled to be chosen to be a part of PUMA’s unique and talented design fraternity. I feel that the collaboration for PUMA’s Sport Fashion line is a revolutionary model for a partnership."