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Ritu graduated from Delhi University in 1987 and during
the hiatus that followed she was driven to find something occupy herself
with. Given the sad lack of choice
 in Delhi at that time, she began
designing outfits for herself. This led inevitably to creating clothes for
her friends-and suddenly she was in business!
She enrolled in the national Institute of Fashion Technology in 1988. This
institute is affiliated to F.I.T, New York and had just opened its doors in
Delhi. She was amongst the first batch of 25 students chosen from a large
number of applicants country-wide.
studio 'Lavanya' in December 1990. She achieved instant success with this
collection even in the fashion Meccas of London's Regent St., where a couple
of her creations were a sell-out in 'Liberty! Further collections followed.
SANSKRITI 1995: 'Sanskriti ' was a path-breaking way of tracing her
roots.Her creations were the result of India's scintillating cultural
heritage in retrospect she divided her collection into 4 sequence..
Ritu Beri makes her mark at this century's greatest peace time event. The
Indian contingent will be walking out in style at the opening ceremony at
Atlanta. India's ace designer, Ritu Beri has joined in the Olympic fever, by
creating a special collection for the contingent to be worn at the opening
ceremony.
According to Ritu Beri," Designing clothes for the Indian contingent is a
great honour and a big challenge.
Ritu Beri launched 'Caring means sharing' for People for Animals- a project
to fund animal-care centers.She introduced her new and unique line of animal
styled products range called, 'Caring means sharing. This collection
comprises of T-shirts, caps, stuffed toys, jugs, notepads, posters,
postcards, pens and keychains. The funds raised through sales of this
product line for "People for 'Animals' will be instrumental in the creation
of additional animal-care centers throughout India.
For Ritu 'Caring means sharing' is a dream. Ritu Beri says-"Today, the world
is still my oyster-and I appear to have succeeded in prizing it open just a
little bit."
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