Beautiful hand woven textiles in India

Glenn Close back stage at the Bibhu Mohapatra fashion show in New York

Glenn Close back stage with Designer, Bibhu Mohapatra 

Glenn Close In a Look from the Fall collection 

In Emerald for Ireland

Bibhu Mohapatra's 'first time’ joys

Last week I stopped by the Fashion Avenue studio of Bibhu Mohapatra, a New York-based fashion designer who just fielded his first runway show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

Mohapatra has an expert sense of line and texture, which is one of the reasons I am drawn to his work.

Fall 2012 Collection By Bibhu Mohapatra

Bibhu Mohapatra will show his Fall 2012 Collection during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center in New York on February 13th at 5:00pm. This will be his first NYFW runway show.

Bibhu On AIDA and his costumes for Glimmerglass

Meet Bibhu Mohapatra at Bergdorf Goodman, Trunk Show

   

Please join Bibhu Mohapatra in the 4th Floor Couture Salon at Bergdorf Goodman for his second trunk Show and sale. Featuring selections from his acclaimed 2012 Spring Collection 

Wednesday November 30th 

and 

Thursday December 1st 

     10:00 am till 6:00 pm

     5th Avenue and 57th street

     New York

Final Runway Walk - Bibhu Mohapatra Spring 2012

Bibhu Trunk Show at Neiman Marcus -Houston

Friday, October 14th

Neiman Marcus

10:00 a, till 4:00 pm

Houston, Texas

CNN International backstage with Bibhu Mohapatra in NYC

Bibhu Mohapatra will take his 2012 Spring Collection to Paris for market week.

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Bibhu Mohapatra 2012 Spring Collection in Paris

Bibhu is taking his Spring 2012 Collection to Paris for Market week

CNN International goes backstage with Bibhu to get the Backstory

Cnn's Vickie Russell goes backstage with the new star designer, Bibhu Mohapatra in this two part series to get the Backstory on the designer's preparation for showing his fall 2011 collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center in New York.

click links below

part 1

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2011/09/15/bs-mohapatra-backstage-pt1.cnn

Part 2

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2011/09/15/bs-mohapatra-backstage-pt2.cnn

Fashion's Rising Star, Bibhu Mohapatra

Fashion's Rising Star, Bibhu Mohapatra

It takes gumption to launch a luxury fashion line in the midst of a global recession. Clearly, Bibhu Mohapatra – who at the age of 24 moved from his native Orissa to Utah for an MA in economics; then upped and moved to New York to pursue a career in fashion; and last year launched his eponymous line in said recession – has plenty of gumption.

Bibhu Mohapatra at work

Fortunately, he also has plenty of talent. An online stroll through hisFall 2010 collection is an exercise in lust control. These are sumptuous clothes, artfully constructed creations of the most gorgeous textures and materials. Eight years at luxury house J. Mendel helped give him the chops, but there’s more to it than that. Mohapatra looks to every corner of the cultural and intellectual universe for inspiration: the armor of 16th century Japanese warriors, the paintings of German abstract artist Hans Hartung, even his own X-rays. “I keep my eyes open all the time,” he explains. “The most beautiful things come from not so beautiful things.”

Add to the mix his innate Indian sensibility, and the package is complete. “I come from a heritage that’s so rich. It’s a constant feed that I have, and without it I don’t think my approach to design would be the same.” Indeed, he says, he makes an effort to rein in that influence. For him, it’s not about making a Western version of a sari, but about discovering new things – like the hand-woven peacock feathers, once worn by Indian royalty, that he stumbled upon on a trip to India and used in his debut collection. “When the light hits it, it becomes magical,” he says.

So it’s no wonder that Mohapatra’s star is rising. Three seasons in, his clothes are  sold in more than a dozen high-end stores around the world, and regularly featured in the pages of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and WWD. In February, he became one of 12 emerging designers chosen to participate in the CFDA Fashion Incubator program, entailing, among other things, subsidized studio space in New York’s Garment Center. “It’s like moving from a tiny apartment to a penthouse suite,” Mohapatra says of his new digs.

Of course it doesn’t hurt that in a random drawing among the 12 recipients he scored the biggest studio. When you’re hot, it seems, you’re hot.

Story by Republic of Brown contributor Laura Silverman

See more of Bibhu’s designs here http://www.bibhu.com/

Bibhu Mohapatra 2012 Spring Collection

Bibhu Fall 2011 In Stores now

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Bibhu Mohapatra FALL 2011 COLLECTION, MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK

Fall Collection In Stores Now

Presentation highlights from Bibhu Mohapatra Fall 2011 Collection

at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York

Dreaming of Gucci: Bibhu Mohapatra | Fashion Designer | Interview | MyFDB.com

Dreaming of Gucci: Bibhu Mohapatra | Fashion Designer | Interview | MyFDB.com

Bibhu Mohapatra - Designer | MyFDB

Bibhu Mohapatra - Designer | MyFDB

Bibhu Mohapatra Fall 2011

Video running in NYC Taxis with Bibhu Mohapatra & Waris Ahluwalia

In case you do not live in New York, or do not take taxis, here is the clip that is now running in NYC Taxis with Bibhu Mohapatra & Waris Ahluwalia in their studio at the CFDA.


@Bibhumohapatra @Bergdorfs @cfda @artist10023 @nbcnewyork @neimans

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/threadny/In_the_Studio__Bibhu_and_Waris_All__National_-123874669.html

Bibhu Resort collection for 2012

Bibhu Mohapatra Resort 2012

Posted TUESDAY JUNE 7, 2011

From WWD.COM

Bibhu Mohapatra Resort 2012

Photo By: Kyle Ericksen

For his first resort collection, Bibhu Mohapatra was inspired by vintage Fifties postcards from the South of France. “Postcards tell someone’s story. It’s a glimpse of a moment of happiness in someone’s life,” he said. And what a good life it proved to be for the Bibhu girl. Mohapatra focused on more day looks than in past seasons, with dresses in pretty brush stokes, embellished twinsets, slim trousers and a chic trenchcoat. There were still plenty of beautiful cocktail dresses and gowns; a cocktail frock in lace crochet over layers of yellow chiffon was especially noteworthy.

Bibhu Mohapatra Resort 2012

Photo By: Kyle Ericksen

Bibhu Mohapatra Resort 2012

Photo By: Kyle Ericksen

Bibhu Mohapatra Resort 2012

Photo By: Kyle Ericksen

Bibhu Mohapatra Resort 2012

Photo By: Kyle Ericksen

Bibhu Mohapatra Resort 2012

Photo By: Kyle Ericksen

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The graphics include a recent sketch of mine from my fall 2011 collection, look # 15 and a favorite quote of mine from Greek folk hero Aesop.

The inspiration: To me style has everything to do with ones inner quality. It is essential to locate those key qualities to establish ones own very individual style. Clothes on their own don't define style on their own.

Boston Neiman Marcus Trunk Show and Appearance by designer, Bibhu Mohapatra

Boston Neiman Marcus Trunk Show and Appearance 

by designer, Bibhu Mohapatra

Tuesday, May 10th

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Please stop by and introduce yourself

Miss Karen Gordon wearing a custom dress by designer Bibhu Mohapatra

Miss Karen Gordon wearing a custom dress by designer Bibhu Mohapatra to The Marriage of H.R.H. Prince William of Wales, K.G. with Miss Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey, 29th April, 2011

“Making It,” the third installation from Closettour’s webisode series, featuring designer Bibhu Mohapatra and his sample-maker Ari Magallanes, is nominated for a Webby Award!

CLOSETTOUR Webisode 3: Making It from Jenni Avins on Vimeo.