My Life My Style: Anita Dongre

'God is in the details'

Best work moment
When a design turns out just right

Books on your bedside
Vedanta Treatise by A Parthasarathy

Massage or workout to de-stress
Music and massage

Favourite accessory
Waist belts

Designs that've caught your eye
Eyeing some beautiful sofas

Your IT tools
iPad and iPhone

Favourite spirit
Water

Favourite wine
Riesling

Favourite champagne
Prosecco

Your sleeping ritual
10 pm to 6 am

Favourite TV show
Two and A Half Men and Comedy Nights with Kapil. I come home to Charlie and Kapil (they make me laugh and are total de-stressers)

Best gift received
The first ring given to me by my husband

Best gift given
Yet to be given I guess

Favourite cuisine
Sindhi and Thai

Food items you like to shop for
Don't shop for food in India. Love shopping at Whole Foods, New York. Bring back full suitcases!

Newspaper, TV channels and websites you prefer
I surf fashion websites. Star World is the channel I like

Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with driver or back seat like a memsahib?
Back seat, as I have a customised car with a partition, total privacy!

On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Catch up on the world of fashion and watch movies, since I only watch them while flying

Fancy coffee or masala tea
Neither. Just gave up on caffeine few months ago. So from eight cups a day to nothing now

What you cook on your day off?
I surf for recipes to give my cook

Do you fill customer feedback forms?
Yes, always in hotels, especially on eco-friendly measures they can adopt

Are you a beach or mountain person?
I am a mountain person

What's your fragrance?
Eden by Cacharel

You get your work clothes from
My own brands

The shoemaker you trust your sole with
FitFlops (God, they are so comfortable!)

Gels, oils and lotions you swear by
Rose salts from Forest Essentials

Your favourite evening wear
A sexy, flowing dress

What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
It's South Indian every day

Your current set of wheels
A DC-modified Innova

In the car, is it sleep or cell?
Cell, if I have work. Otherwise, I love catnaps in the car

God for you is…
In the details

Favourite cafe
Anokhi in Jaipur. It's organic, farm fresh, vegetarian food

Workday lunch is
Home cooked dabba shared with all my colleagues

Your workout regime
Brisk walk followed by yoga

Your ideal holiday
A network-free zone in the mountains

At parties, do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
PC is a waste of time

A few of your goddesses are
Madonna, Angelina Jolie

Alpha males you know
My husband, Pravin Dongre

Your motto
You got to do what you got to do!

Anita Dongre
Fashion designer and entrepreneur