Not just your
average fashion designer - Wendell Rodricks has written special features
for Apparel, regular columns for Femina, Goa Today and freelance fashion
journalism in major Indian news media. The multi-talented designer's work
includes theatre design, advertising styling and forecast portfolios!
Wendell Rodricks'
garments have been regularly featured in Indian and foreign media and
are retailed at The Wendell Rodricks Design Space, Ensemble, Ogaan, Ffolio,
Camelot, Casa Goa and Allure. In 1994, the Ministry of Culture displayed
the Wendell Rodricks Shiva Temples Collection at the Festival of India
in Peking, Canton & Shanghai - the showcasing proved beyond doubt
that the designer was here to stay!
Wendell has
also directed photography shoots of diamond jewellery for De Beers. He
designed and illustrated the cover of Meher Castellino's fashion epic
Fashion Kaleidoscope - which went on to be a runaway success. Recognizing
his contributions, the Government of Goa appointed Wendell as Chairman
of the Courses Committee, The Board of Technical Education. Wendell Rodricks
is also a Managing Committee member of the Alliance Francaise, Goa.
The designer
is a keen art patron and promotes Goan artists through special promotions
at the Wendell Rodricks Couture Salon. The Fundacao Oriente awarded a
scholarship to the designer to intern at the prestigious Museu Nacional
do Traje in Lisbon, Portugal. Wendell Rodricks also interned at The Costume
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York to learn costume
preservation and conservation - and wants to open a Costume Museum in
Goa.
The Jack
of all trades and master of many - Wendell Rodricks is currently working
on a smorgasbord of projects - he is writing two textbooks on his Cutting
on Squares technique and World Costume History. At the moment, Wendell
Rodricks is researching The History of Goan Costume, which will be published
in 2002. It is the sheer hard work and creative expression of the designer
that has put Goa squarely on the fashion map and created a unique, pioneering
style statement in India.
Not just your
average fashion designer - Wendell Rodricks has written special features
for Apparel, regular columns for Femina, Goa Today and freelance fashion
journalism in major Indian news media. The multi-talented designer's work
includes theatre design, advertising styling and forecast portfolios!
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