Fashion designer Ritu Kumar, known for her support of Indian crafts people through her work, is to open her second store in the UAE, at the Dubai Festival City. The 71-year-old, who began her career in 1969, opened her flagship UAE store in Dubai in 2014 at BurJuman mall.
Credited with introducing haute couture sensibilities to the Indian fashion industry Kumar has, in the last 45 years, dressed some of the biggest Bollywood stars as well as styled royals including the late Princess Diana.
Kumar designs under her own name but launched the diffusion line, Label, in 2002. She was honoured with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award, in 2013.
The new store, at Level 1 in Dubai Festival City, is currently in its soft opening stage and will officially be inaugurated by Kumar on September 20. The BurJuman store, currently being renovated as part of the mall’s relaunch, will reopen to the public on September 3.
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