Anita Dongre Wiki, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography and More – WikiBio
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Anita Dongre is an Indian fashion designer and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the Indian fashion house “House of Anita Dongre”.
Wiki/Biography
Anita Dongre was born on Thursday 3 October 1963 (Age 56; same as 2019) in Bandra, West Mumbai. Her zodiac sign is Libra. Her family originated in Jaipur. Anita’s father moved to Mumbai a few months before her birth. She has been fascinated by fashion from an early age. She was inspired by the women in her family who used to make beautiful things from raw fabrics. She graduated with a business degree from NM College, Mumbai. After that, Dongre entered the SNDT University in Mumbai to pursue a degree in Fashion. After that, she interned with the Dhrangadhra royal family in Gujarat.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 4″
hair color: dark brown
eye color: Black
family and caste
parents and siblings
Anita Dongre belongs to Sindhi Hindu family. Her father was a businessman. Her mother’s name was Pushpa Sawlani. She has two sisters, Meena Sehra and Priyanka Hira, and a younger brother, Mukesh Sawlani.
husband and children
Anita Dongre is married to businessman Pravin Dongre. The couple have a son, Yash Dongre.
other relationships
Anita is very close to her mother-in-law Shalini Dongre (retired teacher).
Profession
After graduation, Anita Dongre started designing clothes for local boutiques. She has been supplying clothing to boutiques for about 12 years. A few years later, Anita began experimenting with suits and created a line of clothing for young women, but none of the stores agreed to take it. So, that’s when she decided to sell them herself and Anita Dongre Designs was born. In 1995, she and her sister Meena Sehra started the business from a small 300-square-foot facility. Her fashion house Anita Dongre has four different brands namely AND (Western Apparel), Global Desi (National Apparel), Anita Dongre (Wedding, Haute Couture, Menswear) and Anita Dongre Grassroot (Organic Apparel). Apart from the clothing brand, Anita has also launched a jewelry brand called “Pink City” under her fashion house.
Awards
- GR8 Flo Women’s Achievement Award “Excellence in Fashion Design” (2008)
- “Fashion Design Excellence Award” by the Women’s Organization Mumbai Chapter of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (2013)
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2014)
- Pantene Shine Awards help women shine
favorite things
- Vacation destination: Paris, New York
Facts/trivia
- Her hobbies include traveling and listening to music.
- She follows a vegan diet.
- Anita Dongre comes from a traditional Hindu family in which women are expected to do all housework and are not allowed to work.
- She was the first woman in her family to become an entrepreneur. In her extended family of 50 cousins, not a single woman has ever worked anywhere.
- Anita was inspired to use these fabrics when she saw that her mother was a highly skilled artist and sewed clothes for Dongre and her siblings when they were younger.
- As in 2020, her brand ‘AND’ has around 41 boutiques and around 200 other established multi-brand lifestyle stores in the country such as Shoppers’ Stop, Lifestyle, Central, Kapsons & Pantaloon. Her brand “Global Desi” has about 54 boutiques and 130 MBOs in India.
- Initially, Anita’s father lent her the funds to start her business and charged her interest.
- Her brother Mukesh Sawlani and sister Meena Sehra run the operations of her fashion house, while Anita focuses on design.
- Dongre has received international acclaim and has dressed some of the world’s most powerful faces, including Hillary Clinton and Kim Kardashian.
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