“When I think about my work, it always goes back to this idea of craft. Crafts that are ancient or dying or actively being reinvented…those crafts speak to me.”
Designer Bibhu Mohapatra spent his childhood on the east coast of India in Odisha before moving to the USA in 1996. This formed the spirit of everything he sees and creates. His mother Shashikala, instilled in him a deep appreciation for making clothes that function and symbolize something powerful.