Certainly one of Sameera’s designs
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Certainly one of costume designer Sameera Saneesh’s workspaces, on Chittoor Street, is abuzz with exercise. Clothes are being steam ironed and readied for a photoshoot by her assistants because the designer readies herself to launch her label on her eponymous web site sameerasaneesh.com.
“For now the clothes can be found on-line; I intend to open a retailer someday later down the road,” says Sameera. That is the fruition of a dream that she has nurtured for a very long time, she confesses, “I acquired busy with advert movies after which movies, there was hardly any time to give attention to this.” The web site went stay on June 2.
The costume designer, who additionally designs for theatre productions and commercials, made her debut with Aashiq Abu’s Mammootty-starrer Daddy Cool in 2011. She has designed costumes for movies comparable to Salt n’ Pepper, Pranchiyettan, Indian Rupee, Malarvadi Arts Membership, Charlie, Kumbalangi Nights, Virus, Aiysha, How Previous Are You? and Kaduva amongst others.
Sameera Saneesh
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Sameera designed iconic Nivin Pauly’s black-shirt and white-mundu look in Premamwhich, even now, after eight years, is extraordinarily common amongst Malayalis. The costumier made her approach to movies through ads, earlier than establishing herself within the movie trade. “I’ve at all times had individuals ask me for replicas of the clothes that I’ve designed for movies. As an illustration, from my current movies, the ‘Kaduva kurta’ is an especially common one. I’ve had so many individuals ask me for this design,” she provides.
She has separate artistic groups for her movie costumes and label, “Each are fully totally different.” The clothes of the Sameera Saneesh label are a mixture of informal and formal, fusion and Indian conventional put on together with saris. There might be separate sections for males, children and one for equipment too. At the moment, solely clothes within the girls’s part can be found. “Prospects can drop in right here for customisation and even to have a look or get a really feel of the outfit.” Whilst she gears up for her new enterprise, she has movies comparable to Bazooka and Footage to design costumes for.