Naeem Khan
Naeem Khan wasn’t prepared for the world post-Covid. “I was so depressed during it. Anything related to going out vanished and all you read about was how everyone was living in sweatpants leggings and baggy sweaters and eating takeout. Well, I don’t design sweats and never will.” So, post pandemic, Khan, who grew up in India surrounded by some of the most sumptuous fabrics woven in his family’s factories and who dressed former First Lady Michelle Obama more than any American based designer, was preparing for the worst. Instead, the designer of some of fashion’s most classically glamourous, intricately embroidered and red-carpet ready clothes is walking around happily flabbergasted these days. “Our business is off the charts. Absolutely incredible.
