Lakme India Fashion Week 2003 :: Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Sabyasachi Mukherjee is a young designer from Kolkata who, has been making waves in the design circles in India. With 3 major awards from NIFT Kolkata - The Best Design collection, the Ritu Kumar award for excellence in design and the Viewers Choice award at the NIFT Confluence - Sabyasachi ventured out to do his "own thing". His winning the 'Times of India - British Council's most outstanding designer of India' award entailed an internship in London, post which Sabyasachi honed his skills and started supplying to Tony boutiques in India. Sabyasachi's design philosophy is very simple and clear - Personalised imperfection of the human hand. Deserts, gypsies, prostitutes and antique textiles have been a lifelong inspiration for this designer who believes that clothes should just be an extension of one's intellect.

Currently the Sabyasachi label retails at Carma & Ogaan, New Delhi, Melange & Ensemble, Mumbai, Espee & Intrigue, Kolkata and Origins and Oorja, Hyderabad.

E-mail: sabyasachi_mukherjee