
Mishu Shrestha FOUNDER & DESIGNER, MISHUS DIRECTOR, RADISSON HOTEL KATHMANDU
While speaking about her career, Mishu Shrestha, the Founder and Designer of Mishus and Director of Radisson Hotel Kathmandu, is very candid about how she got into business. “My story is a bit different because usually in our society, a woman has to sacrifice her career after she gets married but mine actually started after I tied the knot,” she says. “My father-in-law was very particular that I do not waste time at home and urged me to build a career and an identity for myself,” she elaborates. “And for that, I will forever be indebted to him. He is the inspiration behind what I am today.” Initially, Shrestha joined the family business, Himalayan Wood Craft, but when the family decided to enter the hospitality business, she was intrigued and decided to get involved. “I have been involved with Radisson since the very beginning, from the excavation works to lay the foundation to it completing and today I have been part of it. I am a board of director in the hotel,” she says. “But to be honest my heart is more into Mishus, my fashion design house,” mulls Shrestha. So, what pulled her into the world of fashion and design? After a year of the hotel’s opening, she decided to get back into another vertical of the family business which dealt with carpets and pashmina. “We are one of the pioneer businesses in carpets and pashmina and will soon be completing 50 years,” she says. At the time the market for pashmina was mainly focused on shawls but every other business was doing just that; Shrestha knew it was time for a change. When speaking to her buyers, she discovered that many were also interested in knitwear. “It was a completely new venture for me but again what is life without challenges,” she says. Initially, the buyers would send the designs and she would prepare some samples and on approval, the products were made and shipped to them.
“When we speak about fashion, it fundamentally means originality, a reflection of your ideas, so it does not matter whether the product is small or big, it has to stand out,”

Published Date: August 25, 2022, 12:00 am
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