Surgeon turned fashion designer Arnaz Soonawalla has opened
her first retail outlet in the heritage district of Kala Ghoda with
friend-cum-business partner Gopi Vaid
Farrokh Jijina
"Creativity occurs impetuously,” according to ENT (ear, nose and throat) surgeon-cum-fashion designer Arnaz Soonawalla, of the women’s wear label of "Gopi Vaid by Arnaz and Gopi.” The duo of Soonawalla and Gopi Vaid have, on October 15, 2016, opened their own first retail outlet in the heritage precinct of Kala Ghoda, after retailing from their atelier in Municipal Industrial Estate at Lower Parel in Bombay since 2003. Talking to Parsiana in the airy 500 sq ft retail showroom a week after the opening, Soonawalla says the school friends first retailed exclusively at Mélange the store-cum-clothing brand of Lifestyle International Private......