Designer Rejani Vivek’s exclusive boutique elevates the scope of the simple sari blouse

Rejani Vivek pulls out an embroidered Rani pink shirt from beneath a vibrant assortment of tailor-made blouses at her boutique in Panampilly Nagar. “This may elevate even the best of saris,” she says, pointing to the filigree on the shirt. Her Padmanidhi Shirt Boutique is a ardour undertaking, says Rejani. “Each piece right here has a little bit of my soul in it,” she says. “Even the wallpaper!” 

The squarish room, with partitions wearing a classic floral wallpaper, has rows of tailor-made blouses and a pleasant vibe to it. 

A clothier, Rejani all the time held a particular fascination for sample making. Whilst a college pupil in Pala, she would purchase cloth on her technique to the doorway teaching centre, convey it again residence and attempt to sew clothes on her tailoring machine. “Everybody in my household was academically inclined and there I used to be, dreaming about cloth and patterns,” she says laughingly. “My father, nonetheless, was very supportive and I ended up studying trend designing.”

An embroidered shirt at Padmanidhi
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Rejani went on to do her put up commencement in trend designing in Bengaluru. Settled in Kochi since 2008, Rejani began designing for ads and for celebrities. After Covid-19, she launched her personal label, Padmanidhi. “I really like making blouses and I discover myself desirous about designs on a regular basis. I’m brimming with concepts. And I made a decision to dedicate my boutique completely to blouses,” she says, including that the concept is to raise sari blouses to designer degree. 

Although brides type a big a part of a clientele, her designs are for everybody, no matter age and sensibilities. From corsets, to crop tops, lace-trimmed, bell-sleeved, sleeveless, collared and extra, the designs are a mixture of the fashionable and the normal. From plain cotton to dressy supplies, her repertoire is various. 

The shop has a set of ready-to-wear blouses, however customisations are carried out as nicely. “I’ve quite a lot of shoppers who first get a shirt from right here after which go about discovering a sari to match,” she says. Private styling is her ardour. “It’s not about telling folks what to put on. It’s about serving to them uncover their very own type!”

Rejani says immerses herself in work. “I’m concerned each step of the way in which – proper from designing and chopping the material to giving the ending touches. I’m a part of the complete course of.”

She is planning to begin a web based trend college, specializing in sample making. “There may be particular pleasure in with the ability to do what the center needs. And that’s what makes me so invested!”