Siddharth A. — Design Manager
🔹 Fashion Design Director | Myntra & Flipkart 🚀 Couture & Ethnic Wear Expert | 🧵 Indian Craft Authority | 🎯 Creative Leader & Team Mentor With over 20 years of multi‑disciplinary experience, I bring couture credentials and deep expertise in ethnic wear and seasonal collections—backed by a track record of launching and leading high-impact fashion lines for retail, bridal, and heritage-inspired brands. 🌟 Your Brand’s Creative Architect • Worked with India’s finest couturiers—Tarun Tahiliani, Raghuvendra Rathore & Anita Dongre—honing my mastery in couture craftsmanship. • Built and scaled design teams across Fashion, Textile & Graphic disciplines at organizations like Globus, Biba, and now Myntra & Flipkart. • Conceives and delivers seasonal collections that inspire—skilled in premium print development, exquisite embroidery, silhouette innovation, and trend forecasting. • Versatile and adaptive: delivers across product categories using strong design theory, Photoshop and Illustrator proficiency. 🌟 Vision & Brand Building • Developed creative vision, brand decks, and product strategy from scratch for lifestyle and ethnic wear brands: Taavi (Myntra’s Indian craft label), House of Pataudi, Navibhu (Myntra handloom initiative), and Glitchez - Ethnic for Myntra & Flipkart. • Ideated brand positioning, seasonal themes, and product mixes that brought new heritage-driven brands to life. 🧵 Indian Craft & Pan-India Expertise • Deeply connected across India’s textile hubs—Surat, Jaipur, NCR, South India, Mumbai, Kolkata—after extensive travel exploring craft clusters. • True practitioner of Indian handloom & craft traditions, with in-depth knowledge of sustainable and ethical design practices. 🎬 Celebrity, Film & Fashion Week Credentials • Awarded at Lakmé Fashion Week’s Gen‑Next & Emerging Designer, showcasing four complete seasonal collections in Mumbai (2010–2014). • Styled and designed iconic Bollywood and Tollywood productions (film, songs, ads), including celebrity looks for Katrina Kaif (Ek Tha Tiger), Anushka Sharma (Ladies vs Ricky Behl), Kangana Ranaut, Sonam Kapoor, and more. • Designed bespoke outfits for high-profile clients: Kabir Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Jackie Shroff, Mithun Chakraborty, among others. ⸻ A passionate and dependable creative leader, I leverage couture precision and craft authenticity to deliver compelling, commercially successful designs. I’m always open to connecting—whether you’re driving ideas in sustainable fashion, couture innovation, or creative leadership.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fashion Design Expert with a focus on ethnic and couture wear.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 23 yrs
Skills
- Design Management
- Creative Strategy
- Craft Expert
- Indian Couture
Career Highlights
- Over 20 years of experience in fashion design.
- Expert in ethnic wear and couture craftsmanship.
- Led high-impact fashion lines for major brands.
Work Experience
Myntra
Director (9 yrs 11 mos)
Associate Design Director (9 yrs 11 mos)
BIBA Apparels Pvt Ltd.
Assistant Vice President (10 mos)
House of Anita Dongre Limited
Deputy general manager of design (1 yr)
Sidharta Aryan
Design head (3 yrs 1 mo)
Badasaab Bespoke
Head Designer (3 yrs 6 mos)
Dolly J/ Rewaz
Designer (1 yr)
Anjalee & Arjun Kapoor Store
Design lead fashion (1 yr 3 mos)
Tarun Tahiliani
Assistant Design Manager (2 yrs 5 mos)
loveLife
Groundbreaker (1 mo)
Cut2cut Productions
Fashion Stylist (2 yrs)
Globus
fashion designer (1 yr 9 mos)
Loveleen Bains Costume Design
Assistant Fashion Designer (11 mos)
Education
Fashion Design Technology at Wigan & Leigh College (India) Ltd.
Associate's degree at L.S.Raheja ift
B Arts at University of Mumbai
H.S.C at St. Xavier's College
Diploma of Education at Wellingkar's Institute of Management