Sidney Sladen

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Sidney Sladen
Born
Sidney Sladen

(1979-11-17) 17 November 1979 (age 44) [1]
Mombasa, Kenya
Alma mater Loyola College, Chennai
Occupation Fashion Designer

Sidney Sladen (born 17 November 1979) is a fashion designer of Kenyan Origin who also worked as costume designer for many Indian films. [2] [3]

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Personal life

He was born in Kenya but came to Chennai when he was eight years old. At 12 years, he began designing costumes for dolls, whilst also taking up a month's course in the Tamil Nadu Advanced Training Institute. He has also studied Visual communication in Loyola College, Chennai. He then studied fashion designing in Italy. He has a fashion designing studio in Cathedral Road, Chennai. [3]

Work in films

He made his debut as costume designer for the film Five Star (2002). Some of the films for which he did costume designing include Ice (2003), Chandramukhi (2005), Nenjil Jil Jil (2006) and Silambattam (2008). [3]

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References

  1. "Sidney Sladen Birthday Party". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  2. "Pret perfect: Sidney Sladen". India Today .
  3. 1 2 3 "Cruising through fashion with Sidney Sladen". Rediff.