AKHL was founded by Akhil Nagpal in 2019. After graduating from the renowned Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2017 with various honours, he worked with leading designers in London and New Delhi before starting his label.
AKHL is defined by its commitment to innovation and crafting of evocative pieces of fashion by contemporizing traditional handcrafting techniques. The genesis of AKHL’s designs is rooted in the development of distinctive and complex textiles, with the novel shapes of their pieces also elementally emerging out of their unique structure and tactility.
Since its founding, AKHL has been a recipient of various awards including the Grazia Young Fashion Award in 2021 and Lakme GenNext 2020. AKHL is also regularly featured in articles and editorials in leading fashion publications including ID UK and Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Grazia and Cosmopolitan.