Sabyasachi Mukherjee is an Indian fashion designer, jewellery designer and couturier. He is one of the youngest board members of the National Museum of Cinema, India.
Wiki/Biography
Sabyasachi Mukherjee was born on Saturday, February 23, 1974, in Kolkata (50 years old in 2024). His zodiac sign is Pisces. Sabyasachi grew up in Maniktala, West Bengal. He attended Sri Aurobindo Vidyamandir School in Kolkata and then went to St. Xavier’s College for further studies. At the age of 15, his father lost his job. While in college, Sabyasachi wanted to become a fashion designer, but his parents were not happy with his decision and instead, they wanted him to become a doctor. So, he sold his books and paid for admission. Mukherjee passed the exams and pursued a fashion course at NIFT.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 8″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Family and caste
Sabyasachi Mukherjee was born into a Bengali Brahmin family. His father’s name is Sukumar Mukherjee. His mother, Sondhya Mukherjee, worked at the Government College of Arts, Kolkata. He has an elder sister, Shingini Mukherjee (Payal), who runs his fashion brand.
Sabyasachi Mukherjee and family
Marital status: Single
Profession
After graduating from NIFT, Sabyasachi opened a small workshop and founded his own brand ‘Sabyasachi’ (1999) with only three employees. After two years of hard work, he won the ‘Best Young Indian Designer Award’ from the British Council in 2001. He then moved to London to intern under the eclectic designer ‘Georgina von Etzdorf’ in Salisbury. He then made his international debut with the ‘Grand Prize Winner Award’ at the Mercedes Benz New Asia Fashion Week in Singapore (2003). Later, he opened his workshop in Paris designed by ‘Jean Paul Gaultier’ and ‘Azzedine Alaia’. In 2006, Sabyasachi launched his ‘Spring/Summer 07’ collection at the New York Fashion Week. This earned him critical acclaim and his brand began to be sold worldwide. Sabyasachi has styled many Bollywood films including ‘Black’, ‘Babur’, ‘Love Story’, ‘Ravana’, ‘Guzaarish’, ‘Daddy’ and ‘Hinglish’. His celebrity clients include Rani Mukerji, Sridevi, Tabu, Shabana Azmi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone etc. Apart from clothing, he has also started his own jewellery line. Sabyasachi recently launched his children’s line ‘Chota Sabya’.
Sabyasachi’s Lehenga Collection
Awards
- Hindustan MTV Lycra Style Awards Best Designer
- Best New Indian Designer Social Achievement Award
- Named one of the top 10 most influential Indians in Asia by Singapore business magazine Asia Inc.
- The only Indian fashion designer invited to showcase his collections at Milan Fashion Week (2004)
Favorite things
- Food: Fish curry with rice, Upma
- Color: gold, silver, pink
Facts/Trivia
- His hobbies include traveling and painting.
- Sabyasachi is a food lover and hopes to host a food-themed show one day.
- Mukherjee’s designs are largely inspired by the gypsies, antique textiles and the cultural traditions of his hometown of Kolkata.
- His fashion label has flagship stores in Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. His exclusive clothing is also available in select stores across India and internationally in California, Atlanta, London and Dubai.
- Sabyasachi loves to use Banarasi fabrics in his collections.
- He also promoted the Indian fabric ‘Khadi’ on the international platform.
- Sabhayasachi is the youngest board member of the National Museum of Cinema of India.
- Most of Sabyasachi’s works have unique geometric patterns and colors.
- All operations of his fashion brand are managed by his sister.
- His family and friends fondly called him Pepsi or Sabia.
- He is an active philanthropist. Sabyasachi started the ‘Save the Saree’ project through which he retails hand-woven saris on a non-profit basis. These saris are sold for Rs 3500 and the entire amount is donated to the weavers of Murshidabad.
- Actress Deepika Padukone is so obsessed with Sabyasachi outfits that she has revealed that whenever she gets married, she wants to be a Sabyasachi bride.
- Sabyasachi appeared on a talk show along with his close friend Rani Mukerji and revealed many aspects about his personal life.
- Sabyasachi designed Rani Mukerji’s bridal outfit in just 3 hours.
- He was one of the first people to know about Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s wedding before it became public. He revealed in an interview that his team used a code while making Anushka’s wedding dress so that the secret could be maintained.
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