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Anita Dongre

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Anita Dongre has been a part of the Indian fashion industry for the past 17 years. Anita shot into the limelight in 1999 when she decided to enter the branded market with her western wear pret line for women called AND. AND consists of comfortable, stylish and affordable western wear. AND retails from Crossroads, Linking Road, Quorum – High Street Phoenix in Bombay and also from Commercial Street in Bangalore.

To reach out to a larger segment of women, AND has created a special budget line that retails from all Central (Pantaloon) Stores and Shoppers Stop outlets nationwide.

Subsequent to the popularity of AND, Anita launched a line of Fusion and ethnic wear under the label AND EAST. This label is available at Shoppers Stop, Pantaloon and Pyramid.

Anita's signature label "ANITA DONGRE" was launched in August 2000 at the CPD Du"sseldorf garment fair in Germany. Anita was the first Indian designer invited and honored to showcase her collection at the finale of the CPD Fashion Show.

Marking her foray into Bollywood ANITA has designed and styled the look of all actors in the movie` MY BROTHER NIKHIL’. The movie has stalwarts like Victor Banerjee, Lillete Dubey and Juhi Chawla.

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In 2001, Anita provided the casual wardrobe for all the Femina Miss India contestants and designed the pageant gown and the eveningwear wardrobe for Shamita Singha representing India at the Miss Earth Contest. She also designed formal wear for Kanwal Toor who represented India at the Miss International contest in 2001. She is designing the personal wardrobes of Mallika Sherawat and Isha Koppikar Best Pret Designer for the year 2001-2002 from the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India

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Anita Dongre

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