INTENTIONAL BY DESIGN
The world doesn’t need more clothes — it needs better clothes. We conceive our textiles at the source on our own looms, and produce every garment in small, intentional batches with master artisans in Bombay. Limited in quantity and never on sale, each piece is made with care to last and to be lived in.
At PAYAL KHANDWALA, art is our lens and fashion our medium. As a painter, Payal translates colour, geometry, and proportion into clothing that exists between East and West.
'What sets us apart is my perspective as an artist: a preoccupation with the formal elements of fine art, reinterpreted as style and comfort for real women. Each piece is created for the modern aesthete — bohemian yet chic — with an emphasis on good taste and quiet sophistication' - Payal
MARRYING HERITAGE AND MODERNITY
Our heritage collections honour artisanal textiles — silks, brocades, and handlooms — reimagined in modern shapes that keep tradition alive.
Our contemporary line carries the same spirit of craft into pared-back silhouettes, precise yet effortless.
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We operate our own handlooms that are manned by skilled Indian craftsmen, to produce our unique variety of prime quality silks, linens and cottons.
DESIGNER'S BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1974, brought up in Bombay, Payal spent her early years painting in the presence of her mother and grandmother, who were also painters and dressmakers.
She received her first Art Scholarship at the National Board Level in 1990 and graduated with a Diploma in Fashion Design from SNDT University, Mumbai in 1994, with several awards for Illustration, Design and Construction. In 1995 Payal moved to New York City to pursue a degree on scholarship, at the Parsons School of Design.
She graduated in 1999 with honors, with a BFA in Fine Arts and Illustration.
In 2012 Payal formed her namesake label to create garments that stood at the intersection of what the East and West had to offer. And for her, as an accomplished painter and trained clothes maker, between art and fashion...eschewing on her philosophy of making clothes that ‘feel good’ above all else and focusing on a minimalist and maximalist aesthetic, her softly tailored garments combine simple shapes with impeccable proportions, often in handwoven textiles to create a distinct house signature of timeless style and effortless luxury for the modern woman.
She resides in Bombay, India with her family. Her artworks are currently on consignment in galleries in New York, Barcelona and Mumbai, and in several private collections in the U.S., India, France, England, South Africa and Belgium.
