Brothers Bharath and Moolesh Co-founded 108 Bespoke. Bharath Jain did his MS in Electrical Engineering (2006-2007) at University of Southern California, Los Angeles. After which he worked at Intel Corp from 2007 to 2013. He then moved to Intel Bangalore in August of 2010 as he wanted to start something on his own and stay close to his family.
Belonging to a business family it was probably in their genes to venture into one. Bharath liked what he did at Intel but always felt that he wanted to contribute towards expanding his family business. His family has been in the garment industry for the last 40 years and thus starting 108 Bespoke felt like a perfect enhancement to their business. Their established garment business gave him the confidence to switch careers and make this risky and bold move.
Moolesh Jain did his BCom from SBMJC (Jain College). Moolesh was always interested in joining the family business and once he finished his Bachelors in 2003, he dived right in. He has been an integral part of family business ever since. It was Moolesh’s idea to start 108 Bespoke and he discussed it with Bharath and they started the business.
Bharath quit Intel in February 2013 to start working on the 108 Bespoke concept which was Moolesh's idea. Since he had been in the garment industry for over 10 years, he was able to identify some drawbacks with the current process of getting customized clothes. It is a time consuming and cumbersome process involving multiple vendors which starts with choosing and buying fabric, going to tailors, revisiting for a trial and then getting the final product after weeks of hassle and going back and forth. They came up with a solution to have a one-stop shop which would make this process simpler and seamless with the added advantage of providing clients with the finished product at their doorstep. “Being an engineer I believe that having expertise in the field is the first step towards success. So Bharath pitched the idea of adding fashion designers to their team,” says Moolesh.