Sailex
Ngairangbam
Creative Director, KAI and KAI Fashion Weekend Director. A NIFT Delhi graduate with a postgraduate degree from Domus Academy, Milan, Sailex launched the SAILEX label at Lakmé Fashion Week in 2008.
About KAI by Ningthibee
A platform for
possibility.
KAI is a Manipur-based fashion collective and event-management group, founded in 2018 by fashion designer Sailex Ngairangbam and collaborators. It exists to build a professional platform for local designers, models, textiles and handloom.
Our mission
More than a
fashion show.
KAI treats fashion as an industry: a place for entrepreneurship, professional development and genuine market connections. Its events foreground the craft of Manipur while creating business opportunities for the people who make it.
- Provide a professional platform for Manipuri designers and models.
- Connect local design with national markets and opportunities.
- Champion Manipur’s handloom, textiles and creative economy.
Leadership
Sailex
Sylvia
Ngairangbam
CEO of KAI and organizer of its first public event, the 2018 Art meets Fashion exhibition at Ningthibee Building, Imphal.