GARUDA is a family owned company, Initially founded in 2014 and manufactured in Auckland, New Zealand. The brand offered products for sale for the first time on the 18th of September 2015.
In early 2017 GARUDA and its directors moved operations to Panchkula, India.
Now GARUDA operates its own private workshop employing and up skilling local artisans, to maintain full control over the garment creation process, from concept, all the way to dispatch.
GARUDA approaches garments from a unique standpoint, choosing to treat apparel as product rather than simply fashion.
Focusing on the product, the person, and how both of them interact and co-exist with each other as well as the world around them.
Head designer Suhail Sahrawat believes most people take for granted the power that garments have in our daily lives, as a result of how often we use them... the moment you are born you are wrapped in cloth, even after you pass in some cultures you are clothed. Such frequent interaction causes us to see garments as 'Clothes' as opposed to 'Product'.
GARUDA aims to approach garments as a living architecture that moves with your body. It like any building, is an inanimate object that surrounds and protects you.
GARUDA operates 3 lines:
Pour Toi (For You)
- Ready to wear every day garments for all walks of life
Pour Moi (For Me)
- Made to order premium iterations of our favourite items
Anuual Collection
- One cohesive, no holds barred collection per year that serves as a experimenting ground for the team.
Suhail
Head Designer
Part of the company since 2015
Jayant
Assistant Designer
Part of the company since 2022
Rashid
Master cutter and tailor
Part of the company since 2017
Nadeem
Cutter and tailor
Part of the company since 2018
Gurmukh
Tailor
Part of the company since 2022
Lokman
Tailor
Part of the company since 2023
Kadir
Tailor
Part of the company since 2023
Julfkar
Hand Embroidery
Part of the company since 2024
Mushrp
Trainee
Part of the company since 2024
Gurkamal
Scripting, videography, & video editing.
Part of the company since 2024
Suhail
Company Director
Kiran
Company Director
Former Team Members
George Roy - Design Intern - 2022
Ujjwal Bhandari - Design Intern - 2022-2024
Ollie Schefer - Design Intern - 2023
Sahil Tandi - Design Intern - 2023
Aniket Sharma - Design Intern - 2023
Shambhavi Chhabra - Junior Designer - 2023-2024
Aditya Naman - Design Intern - 2024
Georg Seitz - Content Strategy Consultant - 2024