Nanhey | Our Story, Our Mission, and Sustainable Fashion

Nanhey is a shirt brand made primarily for kids who love dressing up in crisp, formal shirts—with a little bit (or a lot) of quirky embroidery! Crafted from the softest, comfiest organic cotton, our collections are designed to be versatile—perfect for casual, formal, and semi-formal wear, all in one.

With customizable designs and quality as our top priority, we promise your child will feel their happiest in a Nanhey shirt. And by popular demand, we now offer adult shirts too—for moms who love to twin with their kids, and for girls who simply love a well-made shirt!

But how did Nanhey come to life?
Read on to discover the story of our designer and her journey!

Nanhey is a little girl’s dream come true.

It all began when an 11-year-old girl spent her summer holidays with her cousins. One night, she woke up at 1 a.m. to find her elder sister sketching hairstyles on bald face drawings.
“Didi, what are you doing? Can I draw one too, please?”

That innocent question opened the door to a world of design. That night, she learned about NIFT, the world of fashion, and with one sketch of a side-fringed hairstyle, she knew—this was her dream. She set her heart on becoming a designer.

That little girl was me—Radhika, founder and designer of Nanhey.

In 2009, it was my first step towards the dream—getting into National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kolkata! Four years of creativity at NIFT felt like paradise. After graduating and gaining experience in the fashion industry, I ran a floral jewellery brand from 2014 until the pandemic.

In 2021, during the lockdown, I rediscovered my love for designing clothing. That's when a new mission was set— to create the cutest, softest, and most comfortable clothing for kids, using pure, organic cotton. Comfort became our top priority.

We sourced fabrics from across India, finalized the comfy-est one, and after multiple samplings and trials, Nanhey was born in 2022. Since then, there's been no looking back. From researching what kids love to customizing designs that parents adore and expanding to adult shirts, every step of this journey has been pure joy.