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45 years of creation
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Mode hippie à Paris
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Jane Fonda, robe Mohanjeet, Vogue France avril 1970.
During all these years, Mohanjeet launched collections of unique fashion items, jewelry, cosmetics, interior decoration, modern and contemporary art. She opened in turn: La Malle de l’Inde in 1964 at 89 rue du Bac, Mohanjeet in 1967 at 12 Rue Jacob, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, then in 1971 at 21 rue Saint-Sulpice.
In 1993, she established the art gallery Grewal Mohanjeet to exhibit Indian artists such as SH Raza, Satyajit Ray and many others.
"I define myself as a potter who has clay in her hands and does something out of it, not at all as a stylist ... My inspiration comes from the Indian miniatures, if you look closely at the pattern you see seven to eight different prints. " Says Mohanjeet.
As a pioneer, she mixed prints and combined materials - Indian silks, cottons and embroidered fabrics, hammered or brushed metal.
Her frequent contacts with craftsmen guided her creations.
"I have a huge respect for the fabric’s work. I want to be Indian; I always put the label made in India. I have sold expensive clothes to show that what is made in India can be very tailored, hand-embroidered, and not junky! You can wear Indian clothes anywhere, anytime, on jeans ... I am against fashion, I like quality that lasts. "
During the 80s, the Asian fashion designers such as Miyake, Kenzo, and Mohanjeet have expanded the idea of fashion to new cultural horizons. Far from any cheap exoticism, they have honored a cultural know-how and art of dressing.
When Mohanjeet had doubts about her new job as "shopkeeper", one of her closest friends, the editor of a French weekly paper told her: "You sell fabric by the meter and I sell words by the meter, it is the same thing! "
Mohanjeet’s creations tell stories. Each collection of unique items and accessories, recounts an Indian region. Mohanjeet combines tradition with modernity and life, in the broadest sense, as the basis of her inspiration.
Mohanjeet’s world can be seen in Paris at her boutique Mohanjeet: 21 rue Saint-Sulpice. Mohanjeet continues to travel several times a year to India looking for the finest fabrics woven by the best regional craftsmen.
Jeune moine habillé par Mohanjeet
Collection haute couture Printemps – Eté 66
Le Figaro, Pierre-Yves Guillen
...Une collection charmante, très été, en soies de toutes les natures et de toutes couleurs, sauvages, lourdes, légères, or, bleu, canard, violettes, orange, jaunes vertes, traitées de mille façons, en ponchos, en capes, en robes toutes simples, en pantalons Jodpur, en tuniques, en saris comme le No 51 Rad Ri Raani, blanc imprimé à petits pois noirs et monte en robe : gracieux
L’Inde à Paris, rue du Bac, L’Inde et ses mystères colorés et chatoyants, l’Inde riche d’or et de soie, l’Inde des vacances lointaines. Lointaines mais à votre porte. Aucune excuse pour ne pas y aller : 89, rue du Bac
Jeune Afrique, 30 juillet 1967
...Que Mohanjeet soit une intime d’Indira Gandhi, qu’elle soit écrivain et journaliste, qu’elle ait dessiné les costumes pour le film de Klein Qui êtes vous Polly Magoo ?, il faut le deviner, car ne s’affichent ici ni la boutique ni son animatrice. Discrétion et élégance partout, dans le choix de chaque bijoux, de chaque modèle.
"Le tissage à la main est à l’Inde ce que la peinture est à l’Italie, ce que la philosophie est aux Grecs", explique-t-elle, elle-même drapée dans un merveilleux sari traditionnel, synthèse de tissus artisanaux et de lignes ultra-modernes… Mohanjeet a su prouver qu’un souffle d’inspiration hindoue est plus que compatible avec les canons de la haute couture européenne...
Style et accessoires d'ameublement Mohanjeet
During all these years, Mohanjeet launched collections of unique fashion items, jewelry, cosmetics, interior decoration, modern and contemporary art. She opened in turn: La Malle de l’Inde in 1964 at 89 rue du Bac, Mohanjeet in 1967 at 12 Rue Jacob, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, then in 1971 at 21 rue Saint-Sulpice.
In 1993, she established the art gallery Grewal Mohanjeet to exhibit Indian artists such as SH Raza, Satyajit Ray and many others.
"I define myself as a potter who has clay in her hands and does something out of it, not at all as a stylist ... My inspiration comes from the Indian miniatures, if you look closely at the pattern you see seven to eight different prints. " Says Mohanjeet.
As a pioneer, she mixed prints and combined materials - Indian silks, cottons and embroidered fabrics, hammered or brushed metal.
Her frequent contacts with craftsmen guided her creations.
"I have a huge respect for the fabric’s work. I want to be Indian; I always put the label made in India. I have sold expensive clothes to show that what is made in India can be very tailored, hand-embroidered, and not junky! You can wear Indian clothes anywhere, anytime, on jeans ... I am against fashion, I like quality that lasts. "
During the 80s, the Asian fashion designers such as Miyake, Kenzo, and Mohanjeet have expanded the idea of fashion to new cultural horizons. Far from any cheap exoticism, they have honored a cultural know-how and art of dressing.
When Mohanjeet had doubts about her new job as "shopkeeper", one of her closest friends, the editor of a French weekly paper told her: "You sell fabric by the meter and I sell words by the meter, it is the same thing! "
Mohanjeet’s creations tell stories. Each collection of unique items and accessories, recounts an Indian region. Mohanjeet combines tradition with modernity and life, in the broadest sense, as the basis of her inspiration.
Mohanjeet’s world can be seen in Paris at her boutique Mohanjeet: 21 rue Saint-Sulpice. Mohanjeet continues to travel several times a year to India looking for the finest fabrics woven by the best regional craftsmen.
Jeune moine habillé par Mohanjeet
Collection haute couture Printemps – Eté 66
Le Figaro, Pierre-Yves Guillen
...Une collection charmante, très été, en soies de toutes les natures et de toutes couleurs, sauvages, lourdes, légères, or, bleu, canard, violettes, orange, jaunes vertes, traitées de mille façons, en ponchos, en capes, en robes toutes simples, en pantalons Jodpur, en tuniques, en saris comme le No 51 Rad Ri Raani, blanc imprimé à petits pois noirs et monte en robe : gracieux
L’Inde à Paris, rue du Bac, L’Inde et ses mystères colorés et chatoyants, l’Inde riche d’or et de soie, l’Inde des vacances lointaines. Lointaines mais à votre porte. Aucune excuse pour ne pas y aller : 89, rue du Bac
Jeune Afrique, 30 juillet 1967
...Que Mohanjeet soit une intime d’Indira Gandhi, qu’elle soit écrivain et journaliste, qu’elle ait dessiné les costumes pour le film de Klein Qui êtes vous Polly Magoo ?, il faut le deviner, car ne s’affichent ici ni la boutique ni son animatrice. Discrétion et élégance partout, dans le choix de chaque bijoux, de chaque modèle.
"Le tissage à la main est à l’Inde ce que la peinture est à l’Italie, ce que la philosophie est aux Grecs", explique-t-elle, elle-même drapée dans un merveilleux sari traditionnel, synthèse de tissus artisanaux et de lignes ultra-modernes… Mohanjeet a su prouver qu’un souffle d’inspiration hindoue est plus que compatible avec les canons de la haute couture européenne...
Style et accessoires d'ameublement Mohanjeet
