Indian Design Mogul from Middle Class Family: Sabyasachi Collections

Sabyasachi Mukherjee, an Indian fashion designer, retailer, couturier, and jewelry designer, was born on 23rd February 1974 in Kolkata, India. He is an Associate Designer Member of the Fashion Design Council of India and the National Museum of Indian Cinema’s youngest board member. He has designed costumes for films like Guzaarish, Baabul, and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag in Bollywood, Raavan, and English Vinglish.

Sabyasachi’s Life before Career

Sabyasachi was born into a middle-class Bengali family, and his parents are Bangladeshi. His father emigrated from Bangladesh to India as a refugee. Mukherjee went to the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), India, for his graduation.

• Occupation: Fashion Designer
• Born: 23rd February 1974
• Native Place: Kolkata
• Nationality: Indian
• Spouse: Single
• Children: None

Sabyasachi Mukherjee Depression

Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s Career Timeline

• 1999 - 2001: Young Designer Award Sabyasachi graduated from India’s National Institute of Fashion Technology in 1999 and launched his namesake business a few months later with just three staff. Mukherjee earned the Femina British Council’s Most Outstanding Young Designer of India award in 2001, which sent him to London for an internship with eccentric designer Georgina Von Etzdorf. Sabyasachi began selling his products in all of India’s significant retailers after his return.
• 2002 - 2004: Best Shopping Destination Mukherjee received a lot of media attention after participating in the Indian Fashion Week in 2002. In 2003, he won the “Grand Winner Award” at the Mercedes Benz New Asia Fashion Week in Singapore, marking his first international triumph. This stage led to a workshop with Jean-Paul Gaultier and Azzedine Alai in Paris.
  Sabyasachi’s The Frog Princess collection, which debuted at Miami Fashion Week in 2004, introduced the boho aesthetic to Indian fabrics. His brand was also named the Best Shopping Destination in the World by Vogue, cementing his position as one of the most promising young designers in the industry for years to come.
• 2005 - 2006: Worldwide Recognition He debuted The Nair Sisters in 2005, a spring-summer collection inspired by hand block printing, embroideries, bagru patterns, and the heavy use of cotton. His creations were invited to be shown at the famous Oxford University yearly black-tie charity dinner fashion show.
  Sabyasachi’s inaugural Spring Summer collection 07 at New York Fashion Week in 2006 received critical praise, and his label began to sell internationally. He is the first Indian fashion designer who has participated in all three major fashion weeks: New York, Milan, and London.
• 2007 - 2012: Exclusive Jewelry Sabyasachi attended the New York and London Fashion Weeks, as well as Bridal Asia 2007, Lakme India Fashion Week, and the Vogue Launch in India in 2007. Sabyasachi created a collection of jewelry entirely designed by him in 2008, following a series of spectacular presentations in collaboration with the GAJA brand. The collection made its debut at the 2016 Vogue Wedding Show. Mukherjee designed a calendar in 2012 for which Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia dressed up as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
• 2015 - Present: Collaborations At Amazon India Couture Week, Sabyasachi Mukherjee partnered with Christian Louboutin, French luxury footwear and apparel designer, for his Autumn-Winter 2015 collection. During the presentation, 80 pairs of shoes for men and women were on display, all embroidered with Sabyasachi workmanship and embellished with hand-placed sequins. The designer collaborated exclusively with Bergdorf Goodman, New York, on handcrafted fine and bohemian jewelry from January to March 2020.

Sabyasachi Collection USP: Bridal Wear and Cultural inspiration

Sabyasachi is particularly well-known for his Indian bridal wear. His design concept is “personalized defects of the human hand,” and he considers clothing to be only an extension of one’s brain. Deserts, historical textiles, and cultural traditions are his major sources of inspiration, and he employs uncommon materials, texture and detailing, a fusion of styles, and patchwork with brilliant color decorations. His collections are described as “international style with an Indian spirit.”

He also creates handcrafted bridal gowns and draws inspiration for his clothing from the outside world, such as exotic, indigenous ethnic European art. He was the first to employ high-end luxury Indian textiles in a modern environment. His contribution was to employ traditional processes like bandhani, gota work, block-printing, and hand-dyeing in the building of contemporary shapes.

Sabyasachi and Bollywood

• Movies Sabyasachi made his debut as a costume designer for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film Black. He received a lot of praise for the picture, including a National Award for Best Costume Designer for a Feature Film in 2005. Sabyasachi had an appearance on the NDTV Good Times program Band Baaja Bride in 2012. Sabyasachi worked on costumes for films such as
  • Baabul,
  • Laaga Chunari Mein Daag,
  • Raavan,
  • Guzaarish,
  • Paa,
  • No One Killed Jessica,
  • English Vinglish.
  • Black
• Celebrity Weddings Sabyasachi created the full line of 18 handwoven sarees for actress Vidya Balan’s wedding. Not only Vidya, celebrities like Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, Nick Jonas, and Priyanka Kapoor Jonas got their wedding dresses designed by Sabyasachi.

Sabyasachi: Awards and distinctions

• Best designer of Hindustan at the MTV Lycra style awards
• Society Achievers award for the Best New Indian Designer
• Only Indian designers requested to showcase at Italy’s indigenous showcase Milan Fashion Week 2004.
• Voted by Asia Inc. as one of the ten most influential Indians in Asia.

Store locations

Limited editions of the brand are available from merchants in India, as well as international shops in California, Atlanta, London, and Dubai. In India, the brand’s flagship shops are located at:

• Kolkata
• New Delhi
• Mumbai
• Hyderabad

Sabyasachi: Iconic Indian Designer

From gaining worldwide recognition to becoming one of the most trusted designers in India, Sabyasachi proved that not even depression could stop him from becoming an icon.