When Nikita realised too late that she needed something to match her lehenga (skirt), her mum posted a sari-blouse to her. It was much too small but with no other options available Nikita was left with a half-open blouse, held together with some safety pins. With many saris, lehenga's and other South Asian outfits, each component is made to match with each other, leaving no room for mix-and-matching or fluctuation in sizing  which ultimately left many outfits untouched inside Nikitas wardrobe. This sparked the idea of creating crop tops that can be worn both as sari blouses and with her western wardrobe. Nikita got designing and soon launched The Naked Laundry.