Dhruv Kapoor

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Dhruv Kapoor (born September 20, 1988) is an Indian fashion designer and entrepreneur based in New Delhi. [1]

Career

Kapoor graduated from Istituto Marangoni, Milano in 2013 and moved to New Delhi after a brief stint at the Italian fashion house ETRO. He won the Vogue India Fashion Fund 2015 in Delhi. [2]

His celebrity clientele includes M.I.A., Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Nargis Fakhri, Sonam Kapoor, Kajol, Sonakshi Sinha, Mahira Khan and Malaika Arora Khan.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "14 Breakthrough Indian Designers In 2015!". MissMalini. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. "Dhruv Kapoor takes home the Vogue India Fashion Fund 2015 award". Vogue India. Retrieved 2019-08-17.