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Falguni-Adwaita Nayar, Neeta-Nishka Lulla: Mother-Daughter Duos Who Took Their Bond To The Workplace
ET Online
There's no inspiration better than a mother. They raise us, build homes and balance work - all with the multitasking power of a superhero. It is they who define the people we grow up to be, and it is often them who we aspire to be like.
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In Pic: Nykaa's Falguni Nayar with twins Adwaita and Anchit (L); Neeta Lulla and daughter Nishka (R).
It was Constantine Cavafy's poem 'Ithaka' shared by daughter Adwaita that inspired Falguni Nayar to quit her corporate career of 24 years and launch Nykaa in Adwaita, a Yale graduate, quite her job at Bain to join her investment banker-turned-entrepreneur mother as part of Nykaa's founding team, later taking a year off, in , from the business to do her MBA from Harvard. Adwaita's twin Anchit also chose to
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Neeta Lulla and 40 years of Indian fashion
During her 40 years in the industry, fashion and costume designer Neeta Lulla has worked on about films, including Darr, Chandni, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, Devdas and Bride And Prejudice.
The year-old, who has an eponymous label that offers flowing lehngas, long kurtas, jackets, dhoti pants, sarong skirts, among others—all rich in traditional embroideries and textiles—has won the National bio Award for Best Costume Design for films like Jodhaa Akbar and Balgandharva.
It wasn’t an easy start, recalls Lulla, who began studying pattern making and garment manufacturing after being married at the age of
Her career started taking shape in the s as the Indian mode industry started expanding. Today, she heads the Whistling Woods School of Fashion in Mumbai.
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In an interview with Lounge, the designer talks about her career, h