Hemant Trevedi

Hemant Trevedi is India’s first internationally trained fashion designer. He is also a senior design mentor, fashion stylist, show director, design professor and one of the country’s foremost and highly respected designers. His contribution to the Indian fashion scenario cannot be denied as he has the feel of the industry and its growth. With an enviable track record of his innate ability to predict a look before its time, Hemant also has a discerning eye in finding, nurturing and mentoring design students who become fashion stars of tomorrow.

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Birthplace

Mumbai, India

Birthdate

21st November 1959

Educational Qualification

Degree In Fashion Technology, Fashion Institute of Technology, U.S.A

Founding date/year of the brand

Sheetal Design Studio 1990, Label Hemant Trevedi x Purple Style Labs 2021

The beginning…

While studying at Applecross Senior High School, Perth, Australia, Hemant chose to excel in Textile Design as an elective. Post that, he studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute Of Technology, Western Australia. He then returned to India in 1979 as India’s first Internationally qualified Fashion Designer. His career track has been an eclectic one, venturing into every related area of the industry. Although international labels have pursued him, Hemant chose to remain in India and make a significant contribution to the growth of the Indian fashion industry.

Hemant Trevedi as a Brand

Having been in the fashion industry since the early 1980s, Trevedi has worked closely with several clothing & textile companies as a senior design consultant. He has also been the Executive Fashion Director at Sheetal Design Studio (India’s fashion plaza). In 2021, he launched his eponymous label under luxury fashion house Purple Style Labs. The designer’s philosophy has always been to create elegant & timeless works of art in clothing, while still being financially accessible, which essentially makes the wearer feel eternally special. Clothes that can be worn time and time again without losing their charm is something that the brand values the most.

Awards & Accolades

A.A.H.A. (Australian Alumni High Achiever Award) - I.D.P. Education, Australia (September 2004) Designer Of The Year - Kingfisher Fashion Awards (July 2000) Best Evening Gown - Miss Earth ( November 2006) Featured in The World’s Best Designers To Watch Out For article in the Italian fashion magazine Moda Arte, Milan, Italy (February 2020) PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) Humanitarian Award - 2009

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