AKHL was founded by Akhil Nagpal in 2019. 

Our endeavour is to redefine traditional Indian handcrafting techniques through material, technical and visual innovation, ultimately deploying them to create one-of-a-kind handcrafted fashion that is urban, uniquely sculptural and embracing cutting-edge aesthetics, sexuality and darker subcultural influences. AKHL hopes to position Indian fashion towards a modern global 21st century audience and is deeply committed to challenging conventional narratives of what India can design and produce.

Most recently, AKHL was selected as a finalist for the prestigious Fashion Trust Arabia Prize in 2025 in the Guest Country category.

Previously, AKHL has been the recipient of the Elle India Graduates Designer Of The Year Award in 2022 and the Grazia India Young Fashion Award in 2021 and showcased its debut collection at Lakmé India Fashion Week 2020 as the winner of the acclaimed Gen-Next competition.

AKHL has been featured in leading global publications including i-D UK, The Business of Fashion, Vogue Arabia, GQ Middle East, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam, The Vanilla Issue and Indian editions of Vogue, Elle, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Grazia and Cosmopolitan.

AKHL is stocked at stores and platforms across the world including in North America, Europe, Middle-East, North Africa, South America and India.

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