PODIUM is a wearable-art label run from a small atelier in Dubai. We make tops where each piece feels like a story — Kerala mural studies, botanical illustrations, bird stories — hand-printed on linen and finished by single artisans.
Wear stories,
not just clothes.
We don't chase trends. Each chapter is a deliberately small collection — six to ten tops — released once a season. The label was started because Anika kept buying linen shirts and hand-painting them for friends; eventually friends became customers.
Four values we don't move from.
Story-led
Each chapter starts with a Kerala mural study, a botanical sketch, or a bird story — never a trend.
Made by hand
Hand-illustrated, hand-printed, finished by single artisans. Each garment is signed at the hem.
Belgian linen
Long-staple linen and cotton-linen blends, sourced for breathability and slow ageing.
Worn often
Designed to soften over years, layer in any weather, and be worn until threadbare.
Anika & Reza.
Anika Menon
Trained at Srishti, then a five-year detour through textile mills in Tamil Nadu. The illustrations are mostly hers.
Reza Hashmi
Runs the atelier in Al Quoz. Previously at Faraz Manan; obsessed with linen mills and dyeing science.
Four years in.
- 2022
Studio opens in Al Quoz, Dubai. First chapter — Bird Stories — sells out in three weeks.
- 2023
Volume 02 (Village Stories) launches. Production capacity doubles.
- 2024
Women's range debuts. PODIUM becomes available across the GCC.
- 2025
Volume 04 — Spring '26 — first chapter shipped internationally.
- 2026
PODIUM Atelier (jewellery) and CLUB PHEROMONE join the family.
By appointment, in Al Quoz.
We answer every email personally — usually within a working day. Come try things on; we have tea.
Volume 04, in figures.
16
Pieces
Hand-illustrated this season
5d
Lead time
From order to ship
100%
Belgian linen
Long-staple, slow-aged
8
Artisans
One signs every hem
Year by year.
2022
Studio opens in Al Quoz, Dubai. First chapter — Bird Stories — sells out in three weeks.
2023
Volume 02 (Village Stories). Production capacity doubles.
2024
Women's range debuts. PODIUM ships across the GCC.
2025
Volume 04 — Spring '26. First international shipments.
2026
PODIUM Atelier (jewellery) and CLUB PHEROMONE join the family.