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Bibhu Mohapatra out to expand his customer base for fall/winter 2018

Designer Bibhu Mohapatra, known for his red carpet dresses, found his inspiration for his fall/winter 2018 collection from Francesca Clemente's portraits from the film "Great Expectations," based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Mohapatra attempted to explore the concepts of love and neglect and forgiveness and censure, as...

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New York Fashion Week: designers seek to ease turbulent times

Tory Burch led efforts on day two of New York Fashion Week on Friday to head off troubled times by offering an upbeat collection of bold color and geometric print. "We need that," the designer and former Hillary Clinton donor told AFP after the show, admitting herself to be inwardly "not upbeat." "I have to compartmentalize because I care deeply...

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New York Fashion Week sees runways turning into a cultural melting pot

New York Fashion Week is slowly coming to an end, and the final day saw collections from brands including XULY.Bet, Naeem Khan, Bibhu Mohapatra, and Anna Sui. These particular collections showed the increasing inspiration from diverse racial, ethnic, and artistic backgrounds being brought to the runway at NYFW. For XULY.Bet, designer Lamiane...

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Bibhu wows New York with nod to imperial China

Indian-born designer Bibhu Mohapatra, who has dressed Michelle Obama and Gwyneth Paltrow, unveiled a stunning fall/winter collection in New York inspired by one of the most important women in Chinese history. Mohapatra, who has been a fixture at New York Fashion Week since 2009, was inspired by empress dowager Cixi, the former concubine turned...

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Spotlight on NYFW day 7

It was the penultimate day of NYFW, and it was everything that the fashion industry could have ever dreamed of. From pretty in pink designs by Malan Breton, the glamour of Hugo Boss brought to us by Jason Wu, and of course everything luxurious from the master of American luxury, Michael Kors. As people begin to make their preparations for London...

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Mohapatra show at full capacity during New York Fashion Week

New York designer Bibhu Mohapatra is riding high since Michelle Obama arrived on a landmark visit to India wearing his dress -- his Fashion Week show was mobbed Wednesday. Dozens of people given standing-room tickets were turned away from a packed house at Lincoln Center, forced to watch the fall/winter 2015 collection on TV screens in the lobby...