Sidney Sladen (born 17 November 1979) is a fashion designer of
Kenyan Origin who also worked as costume designer for many
Indian films
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.
Personal life
He was born in Kenya but came to
Chennai
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when he was eight years old. At 12 years, he began designing costumes for dolls, whilst also taking up a month's course in the Tamil Nadu Advanced Training Institute. He has also studied
Visual communication in
Loyola College, Chennai
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. He then studied fashion designing in
Italy
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. He has a fashion designing studio in Cathedral Road, Chennai.
Work in films
He made his debut as costume designer for the film ''
Five Star
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'' (2002). Some of the films for which he did costume designing include ''
Ice
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'' (2003), ''
Chandramukhi
''Chandramukhi'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film written and directed by P. Vasu. A remake of Vasu's Kannada film ''Apthamitra'' (2004), which itself loosely based on the Malayalam film ''Manichitrathazhu'' (1993), the fi ...
'' (2005), ''
Nenjil Jil Jil
''Nenjil'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Selva and produced by Manish Nair, Bhavani Kanagasapay under the banner Candy Films Ltd & Gatpaham Entertainment Ltd. Navdeep pairs up with Aparna, while Vadivelu plays the comedian ...
'' (2006) and ''
Silambattam
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...
'' (2008).
References
External links
Sidney Sladenon
Twitter
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Businesspeople from Chennai
Living people
1979 births
Indian male fashion designers
Indian people of Kenyan descent