Ritu Beri

Countries like Italy and France have always been the countries that have produced fashion designers. When we think of fashion these are the two countries that comes to ones mind. India in the past 30years has not been left too far behind and have come a long way in the world fashion, and also other industries such as movies and IT.

Fashion diva Ritu Beri can't conceal a nostalgic smile as her memory jogs down those carefree days at St Anthony's School, Hauz Khas. The words of her standard XI biology teacher, Rita Aggarwal, still ring in her ears: "Ritu, you'll grow up to open a beauty salon."

Ritu finished her graduation from Delhi University in 1987. She was slowly driven into finding something that would keep her Ritu Berioccupied. It was then that she started designing outfits for herself. Slowly she began designing outfits for friends and relatives thus bringing her into the business.

She further went on and enrolled herself at NIFT, affiliated to F.I.T, New York in 1988. Among the millions of applications that came she was among the 25 chosen students for the first batch.

Having spent two years at National Institute of Fashion Technology, and getting enough formal training that she wanted, it was here that she came out with her first graduation collection "Lavanya" in 1990. She was the first student to complete the fashion study course. This proved to be a huge success for Ritu both in her homeland as well as in the international market of fashion with her collecting being sold out very quickly. Success came instantly to her with this collection even in the fashion Meccas of London's Regent Street, where a number of her creations were sold.

Article by Ambika Prem Kumar
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