One of Sameera’s designs
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One of costume designer Sameera Saneesh’s workspaces, on Chittoor Road, is abuzz with exercise. Garments 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 garments are available online; I intend to open a store sometime later down the line,” says Sameera. This is the fruition of a dream that she has nurtured for a very long time, she confesses, “I got busy with ad films and then films, there was hardly any time to focus on 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 films comparable to Salt n’ Pepper, Pranchiyettan, Indian Rupee, Malarvadi Arts Club, Charlie, Kumbalangi Nights, Virus, Aiysha, How Old Are You? and Kaduva amongst others.
Sameera Saneesh
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Special Arrangement
Sameera designed iconic Nivin Pauly’s black-shirt and white-mundu look in Premamwhich, even now, after eight years, is extraordinarily standard amongst Malayalis. The costumier made her option to films through ads, earlier than establishing herself within the movie trade. “I have always had people ask me for replicas of the garments that I have designed for films. For instance, from my recent films, the ‘Kaduva kurta’ is an extremely popular one. I have had so many people ask me for this design,” she provides.
She has separate artistic groups for her movie costumes and label, “Both are completely 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 will likely be separate sections for males, children and one for equipment too. Currently, solely clothes within the ladies’s part can be found. “Customers can drop in here for customisation or even to take a look or get a feel of the outfit.” Even as she gears up for her new enterprise, she has films comparable to Bazooka and Footage to design costumes for.
