Bibhu Mohapatra

Biography

Bibhu Mohapatra (born 7 June 1972 in Rourkela, Odisha, India) is a New York-based fashion designer and costume designer.

In 2008 Mohapatra resigned from J. Mendel to establish his label, Bibhu Mohapatra -Purple Label. Since then, he has presented many collections of luxury women's ready-to-wear, couture, and fur under his name in New York, Mumbai, New Delhi, Frankfurt, Beijing, Houston, Palm Beach, Tampa, Houston, Mexico, and Costa Rica. His collections are sold by many boutiques around the world.

Mohapatra served as the primary costume designer for the Verdi opera Aida debuted during the 2012 Summer season at the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, NY. Bibhu was invited to design Costumes for the post-COVID reopening of The Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC in 2021 in honor of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Mohapatra lives and works in New York City.

His creations have been featured in many fashion magazines including In Touch Weekly. DNA, New York, Time, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, Gotham and Vogue.

Mohapatra's Spring 2021 collection was inspired by Amrita Sher-Gil. For the 2021 Met Gala, Mohapatra dressed Puma creative director, June Ambrose, in a white silk faille gown that was hand embroidered by Indian artisans.