PB
ESTABLISHED NAME
Paromita Banerjee
Kolkata, West Bengal
Design label
Design labelKolkata designCouture & craft
A Kolkata designer working closely with Indian handloom and craft traditions.
%s in Kolkata design
Kolkata's designers work on top of a living craft base. Bengal's handloom villages, its embroidery karigars and its dyers are close enough to the city that a studio can place work directly with a cluster and see it come back within a season. That is why so much of what leaves these studios is craft-led rather than factory-made.
Named companies
Design houses of Kolkata
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RN
ESTABLISHED NAME
Rimi Nayak
Kolkata, West Bengal
Design label
Design labelKolkata designCouture & craft
A Kolkata-based designer on the city's fashion week circuit.
BD
ESTABLISHED NAME
Bhomra Design & Co.
Kolkata, West Bengal
Design label
Design labelKolkata designCouture & craft
The Kolkata label of Sriparna Ray.
BC
ESTABLISHED NAME
BOBO Calcutta
Kolkata, West Bengal
Design label
Design labelKolkata designCouture & craft
The label of Ayushman Mitra, known for art-led printed clothing.
ES
ESTABLISHED NAME
Esha Sethi Thirani
Kolkata, West Bengal
Design label
Design labelKolkata designCouture & craft
A Kolkata designer working between couture and a pret line, shown at Paris Fashion Week.
S
ESTABLISHED NAME
Sabyasachi
Kolkata, West Bengal
Couture house
Couture houseKolkata designCouture & craft
The label of Sabyasachi Mukherjee, a Kolkata-born designer, jeweller and couturier who has sold under his own name since 1999 and is best known internationally for bridal couture.
AK
ESTABLISHED NAME
Anamika Khanna
Kolkata, West Bengal
Couture house
Couture houseKolkata designCouture & craft
A Kolkata-based designer, among the first Indian designers to show at Paris Fashion Week and to launch a global line under her own name.
KU
ESTABLISHED NAME
Kiran Uttam Ghosh
Kolkata, West Bengal
Couture house
Couture houseKolkata designCouture & craft
A Kolkata designer whose womenswear covers sarees, kurtas, lehengas and shararas alongside a bag line.
AD
ESTABLISHED NAME
Abhishek Dutta
Kolkata, West Bengal
Couture house
Couture houseKolkata designCouture & craft
A Kolkata designer known for minimal, sculpted silhouettes, who has shown at Lakme Fashion Week and internationally.
DR
ESTABLISHED NAME
Dev r Nil
Kolkata, West Bengal
Design label
Design labelKolkata designCouture & craft
The label of the Kolkata design duo Dev and Nil, whose Lakme Fashion Week debut in 2006 brought them national attention.
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Other crafts
JamdaniKantha EmbroideryBaluchariTantDhakai MuslinTussar and Murshidabad SilkBatikBlock PrintingZari and ZardoziHand Embroidery and AariNatural Dyeing
Where it is used
Bridal CoutureLehengasDesigner SareesMenswear and SherwanisPret and Ready-to-WearFusion and Indo-WesternHandloom-Led CollectionsSustainable and Upcycled Design
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