Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna

Label: H2O and CUE

One of the noteworthy designer duos that have made a name for itself in the Indian fashion industry is that of Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna. The designers, working together, present contemporary and chic style that also offers comfort and ease. Detailing to fabric and prominence on sharp, well-defined cuts has enabled Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna to acquire a name for them in the Indian society. Their garments aim at being wearable by the population at large and vary from having a matt effect or a slight shine on them.

Early life
Rohit Gandhi had started his career at an export house in New York after his graduation. After gaining five years of experience, he launched his own brand in the domestic market by the name, 'H2O'. The brand specifically caters to men's shirt and ties. Rahul Khanna has been a student of NIFT, where he studied Apparel Designing. After completing his course, he worked as a freelancer of designing and styling for various export houses and fashion houses in New Delhi and Mumbai. The designer duo specializes in western wear creating clothes which are comfortable and wearable outside the glitz world.

Promotions and Success
It was in 1998 that Rahul Khanna and Rohit Gandhi joined hands, coming out with their brand 'CUE'. Western wear being their forte, the designer duo puts in great emphasis on styling the attires in such a way that they look sharp. Defined highlighting on fabrics, cuts, and a lot of detailing are the other features of their creations. They have presented their collection in the Lakme India Fashion Week as well as the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.

Rahul Khanna and Rohit Gandhi have met with success in the already teeming fashion industry of India, because of their unique genre of styling of the garments. They play with subtle colors, bringing out the contemporary style which has a high demand from the modern Indian youth. Comfort plays a very high quotient in their brand and lays much importance on the use of wrinkle-free and body friendly textiles.

Brand and Clientele
Besides the brands H2O and CUE, the designer duo also jointly launched their dream project, Palette Art Gallery (based in New Delhi) in year 2001, with the most unique collection of Contemporary Art in India. The show glamorized the conventional and brought to the limelight Indian Artists, both popular and the not so popular kinds, to mark the second anniversary of the Palette Art Gallery. Their collections are available at four standalone stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata, apart from retailing in Japan, Hong Kong, Turkey, Dubai, Greece, South Africa and London.