
Ritu graduated from Delhi University in 1987 and during
the hiatus that followed she was driven to find something
occupy herself with. Given the sad lack of choice
in Delhi at that time, she began designing outfits
for herself. This led inevitably to creating clothes
for her friends-and suddenly she was in business!
She enrolled in the national Institute of Fashion
Technology in 1988. This institute is affiliated to
F.I.T, New York and had just opened its doors in Delhi.
She was amongst the first batch of 25 students chosen
from a large number of applicants country-wide.
studio 'Lavanya' in December 1990. She achieved instant
success with this collection even in the fashion Meccas
of London's Regent St., where a couple of her creations
were a sell-out in 'Liberty! Further collections followed.
SANSKRITI 1995: 'Sanskriti ' was a path-breaking way
of tracing her roots.Her creations were the result
of India's scintillating cultural heritage in retrospect
she divided her collection into 4 sequence..
Ritu Beri makes her mark at this century's greatest
peace time event. The Indian contingent will be walking
out in style at the opening ceremony at Atlanta. India's
ace designer, Ritu Beri has joined in the Olympic
fever, by creating a special collection for the contingent
to be worn at the opening ceremony.
According to Ritu Beri," Designing clothes for the
Indian contingent is a great honour and a big challenge.
Ritu Beri launched 'Caring means sharing' for People
for Animals- a project to fund animal-care centers.She
introduced her new and unique line of animal styled
products range called, 'Caring means sharing. This
collection comprises of T-shirts, caps, stuffed toys,
jugs, notepads, posters, postcards, pens and keychains.
The funds raised through sales of this product line
for "People for 'Animals' will be instrumental in
the creation of additional animal-care centers throughout
India.
For Ritu 'Caring means sharing' is a dream. Ritu Beri
says-"Today, the world is still my oyster-and I appear
to have succeeded in prizing it open just a little
bit."
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Beri's Fashion Show
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