SHALINI MEHTA Stylist/Apparel Designer 9, White Rose Society, N Dutta Marg, 4 Bungalow, Andheri West, Mumbai Voice: +91 9867389173 | 022-26370077 Email: mailme Website: www.shalinimehta.com Sex: Female Date of Birth: 14th June 1982 Nationality: Indian Marital Status: Never married
KEY WORDS Fashion styling, apparel design, costume design, draping, fashion illustrations, surface ornamentation, Indian embroidery
ABOUT ME I am a fashion stylist and an apparel designer, working from Mumbai. Have done my post-grad. From National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, 2003-05 and grad. From Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), Baroda, 2000-03. I have worked with stylists like Manish Malhotra, Anaita Shroff Adajania on various prestigious projects, and also pursue my design through client orders.
WORK Working with Anaita Shroff Adajania, have worked with her on the looks of SRK for paanchvi paas and Billu Barber, Arjun Rampal for Nach Baliye and several TV commercials like Airtel, Reliance, Taj Tea, Asian Paints, etc. involving works with stars
like SRK, Hrithik Rosha, Saif Ali Khan, etc. Have also worked with Falguni Thakore and Manish Malhotra as stylist and designer, respectively.
Projects Handled
Worked with Times Now news channel as a stylist for their daily show called ENOW, March 2009. Product Styling for People magazine, Outlook publications, for the 'Summer Special' issue, article – 'Summer Essentials', March 27th, 2009. Conducted a 4-day Styling Workshop for fashion students of Sasmira Institute, Mumbai, November 2008. Conducted a 10-sessions course for fashion students of Sasmira in 'Surface Ornamentation' (Creating and ornamenting textile surface, and converting them into utility products) 2009.
Anaita Shroff Adajania (February 2008) Fashion Stylist for films, TV commercials, TV shows (Full-time)
Styling for Shahrukh Khan for the TV show Paanchvi Pass. Styling for Shahrukh Khan for the Knight Riders' (IPL) anthem 2008. Styling for Shahrukh Khan for the movie “Billu Barber”, a Red Chillies Production. Styling for Arjun Rampal as one of the judges in Nach Baliye season 4. Styling for Arjun Rampal for the Nokia Screen Awards in December 2008. Several other TV commrecials like Hero Honda, HP printer, Bel Monte, Head & Shoulders, Vivel, Reliance, BSNL, etc. involving work with stars like Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone.
Product styling for People Magazine for the 'India's Best Dressed' special issue September 2008
Assistant costume designer for the international movie “Karma”, a Golden Ticket Films Production, screened at Cannes Film Festival, 2008. Bagged the International 'Corinthian Costume Award'. Styling assignments with the magazine Marie Claire : Cover Photoshoot with Madhuri Dixit - December07', “101 Ideas” (Editorial Photoshoot) – December 07' Product Photoshoot – January 08'
Falguni Thakore (August 2007-December 2008)
Film Stylist (Full-time) Handled Costumes for the movie “Click”, A Sangeeth Sivan & Roopali Entertainment Production, starring Shreyas Talpade, Sada and Sneha Ullal directed by Harish Nair. Handled costumes for the above mentioned artists as well as other artists in the same movie. Also assisted in costumes for the movie “Mission Istanbul”, a Popcorn Entertainment Production, directed by Apoorva Lakhia and “Horn OK Pleasss”, starring Nana Patekar, Rimi Sen and Muzamil Ibrahim along with other artists, directed by Rakesh Saran.
Manish Malhotra (January 2007-August 2007)
Apparel Designer / Stylist (Full-time) Designing and production for collections, customized designing for clients / styling.
Prem Home Collection, Premji Industries, Ahmedabad
Apparel Designer (Freelance)
Developed prints for yardage of fabrics meant for exports for home furnishings.
Madura Garments, Bangalore, India
Apparel Designer | Sep 2005 – Apr 2006 Handled Allen Solly Women’s Wear. Developed two collections in „Flat Knits‟ (sweaters, ponchos, scarves) for Autumn-Winter 2006-07 as part of my 2-year Diploma Project.
Madura Garments, Bangalore, India
Apparel Design Intern | May-July 2005 Handled Van Heusen Men's Wear. Developed „Gold Seals‟ or styling for men‟s shirting.
Pretty Lady (now called ‘Akshand’) Embroidery Export House, Mumbai
Assistant apparel designer |May-June 2004 Assisted in designing for the Milan Fashion Show, as part of my 1-month training during my course at NID.
R&B Enterprise Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata
Apparel Designer | - Developed an Embroidery Collection for the Australian market, Spring-Summer 2004.
Various
Managed Front Stage activities as student volunteers in Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW), 2004, New Delhi
- Handled Back Stage activities for „Afri Khadi‟ a National Institute of Design (NID) project with African designers to promote khadi. - Developed costumes for the lead role „Tara‟, for an in-house movie called „Do Raha‟, a film done by students of „Film & Video Design‟ discipline in NID.
Designed costumes for NID fashion show competition on the occasion of Annual IIMA Fest, “Chaos”, for which our batch bagged the first prize.
REFRENCES Anaita Shroff Adajania Fashion Director, Vogue, India Fashion Stylist for films Email: anaita.adajania@condenast.in
Kimi Dangor Style Editor, People, India Email: kimi.dangor@gmail.com
Nita Thakore Internationally Acclaimed Textile Artist, Visiting Faculty at NID Email: nita.thakore@yahoo.com
Ms. Bina Nair Faculty at Sasmira Institute, Worli, Mumbai. Email : bn186@yahoo.com