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.
%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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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.
KD
ESTABLISHED NAME
Kallol Datta
Kolkata, West Bengal
Design label
Design labelKolkata designCouture & craft
A Kolkata designer working in conceptual and avant-garde clothing.
SG
ESTABLISHED NAME
Shantanu Goenka
Kolkata, West Bengal
Couture house
Couture houseKolkata designCouture & craft
A NIFT Kolkata graduate working in haute couture, bridal and occasion wear for men and women.
AP
ESTABLISHED NAME
Agnimitra Paul
Kolkata, West Bengal
Design label
Design labelKolkata designCouture & craft
A Kolkata designer and entrepreneur known for designs with a distinctly Bengali character.
SD
ESTABLISHED NAME
Sharbari Datta
Kolkata, West Bengal
Menswear house
Menswear houseKolkata designCouture & craft
A Kolkata house long associated with Bengali men's occasion wear, and one of the city's defining menswear labels.
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.
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.
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Other crafts
JamdaniKantha EmbroideryTantDhakai MuslinTussar and Murshidabad SilkBatikBlock PrintingZari and ZardoziApplique and PatchworkHand 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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