“I never thought of myself as a top designer, more of a glorified tailor,” Dhir told AFP at his small, busy design studio in the backblocks of New Delhi. Dhir is now in a race against time to deliver his award-winning collection to prominent department stores in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney from next month — as well as around $75,000 in prizemoney to build up his business, he also gets to provide a capsule collection for key retailers worldwide.
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India’s prize-winning designer steadies for world stage