RAINUSH By Govind Kumar Singh2 Winter Festive 2015

Govind Kumar Singh is an Indian

fashion design Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has varied over time and place. "A fashion design ...

er. He has appeared in two series of ''

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'', a television

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, on

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and won the 2011 series.

Early life and career

Singh is from the

Supaul district Supaul district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India. The town Supaul is the district's administrative headquarters. The district, which was split from the former Saharsa district on 14 March 1991, occupies . Social Group Su ...

of Bihar. He graduated from the

National Institute of Fashion Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) is an autonomous institute offering courses in fashion, technology, and management. Its head office is located in New Delhi, India. History NIFT was established in 1986 under the Ministry of Tex ...

(NIFT) in Bangalore, India. , he was appointed as assistant professor, fashion design, at the NIFT campus in

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. In 2012–13 he conducted skills development programmes related to fashion design for the rural women of

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Recognition

Singh's label, Rainush, was launched soon after he had success in a television competition. He won the reality-based competition ''Let's Design'' in 2011. As with all the other competitors in the series, he had to work with cotton to design an

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collection. In 2010 he won the Most Creative and Innovative Design Collection Award in the NIFT Graduation Fashion show. He also won an award for the best ''

prêt-à-porter Ready-to-wear (RTW)also called ''prêt-à-porter'', or off-the-rack or off-the-peg in casual useis the term for garments sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made-to-measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a parti ...

'' garment in the first season of ''Let's Design'', 2009.

References

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