Wendell Rodricks (1960 – 2020) is a Padma Shri award-winning designer and known for infusing modern aesthetics with traditional Goan influences, Rodricks was also an author, environmentalist and gay rights activist. Wendell’s first collection from Goa earned him the title ‘Guru of Minimalism’. His next collection in 1995 pioneered the concept of ‘resort wear’ and eco-friendly garments in India and eventually put Goa on the fashion map of the world.