Meet the Founder

I started Namah at a time in life when most people are expected to slow down.

I chose to start again.

I’m Shilpa, the founder of Namah.

My journey hasn’t been a straight line. I’ve worked in a printing house, worked in banking, stepped away from my career to raise my children, and spent over a decade running a preschool. Later, yoga became an important part of my life and taught me something I carry with me even today — that you can always begin again.

Then life gave me a reason to look at everything differently.

A health scare made me pause and ask myself a simple question:

If I could do anything now, what would I want to build?

The answer kept coming back to something I had always loved — clothes, style and the way what we wear can change how we feel about ourselves.

I wasn’t a trained designer. I didn’t come from fashion.

But I knew women.

I knew what it felt like to walk into a store and not find clothes that felt made for you. I knew the frustration of beautiful clothes that didn't quite work on a real body or fit into a real life.

So I decided to build the brand I wanted to find.

That brand became Namah.

Starting in my late 40s wasn't the obvious choice. But I’ve learned that there is no deadline on reinvention.

Namah is my reminder that starting late is still starting — and sometimes, the most meaningful things we build are the ones we choose for ourselves.

Today, I’m not trying to build just another clothing label.

I’m building a brand with a point of view.

One that believes women deserve style that evolves with them, not fashion that asks them to fit into someone else’s idea of who they should be.

This is only the beginning.

— Shilpa
Founder, Namah Style Studio