Awards

“Breakdown the Bakwaas” Grant Winner and Featured Artist (December 2020)

Awarded by Mango and Marigold Press for a series of artwork exploring mental health stigma within the South Asian Community. Titled “Self-Care is an Act of Political Warfare, the work reflects on the revolutionary nature of self-care.

Finalist, SpongeBob Design Challenge - TFI New Labels (2015)

Selected as one of six Canadian designers to create SpongeBob SquarePants–inspired couture gowns for Nickelodeon, showcased as part of the TFI New Labels competition.

Press

  • Sakhuja Designs was featured in The Straits Times, showcasing work in collaboration with Drawing Etc.

  • Designer Natasha Sakhuja was featured in the 2014 Fashion Art Toronto photo editoral “A Fashion Family,” alongside a group of talented designers.

  • Taya Marquis wore Sakhuja’s vagabond beaded jacket in Fashion Series Magazine Issue: SIN.

  • Sakhuja’s Reptilia Dress was featured in Boss’s Magazine’s Spring/Summer 2013 issue.

  • Boss Magazine’s Winter 2013 issue included a designer profile on Natasha Sakhuja.

  • Sakhuja Designs’ “Warrior” snakeskin wedding gown graced the cover of Fusia Magazine’s fifth anniversary issue, worn by the stunning Melinda Shankar.

  • Taya Marquis wore a custom set by Sakhuja Designs at her show at Rivoli, styled and collaborated on by Nicole Contador.

  • Sakhuja Designs was featured in Fashion Series Vintage Issue, Volume 2.

  • Sakhuja Design's Fall/Winter 2014 Collection was featured in the Fashion and Style section of the Toronto Star.

  • Tushar Unadkat of Suhaag.com covered SAKHUJA’s second anniversary party and the preview of the Spring/Summer 2013 “Something Blue” collection.