One might expect a designer who has had Zendaya and Gwyneth Paltrow wearing his clothes to have studied in a center of the fashion industry. Bibhu Mohapatra got his start at Utah State, which gave him “the right platform” to pursue his dream job, he said.
Fashion designer Bibhu Mohapatra, right, finishes his 2022 fall/winter runway show by escorting supermodel Beverly Johnson, during New York Fashion Week, on Feb. 15, 2022.One might expect a designer who has had Michelle Obama, Zendaya and Gwyneth Paltrow wearing his clothes to have studied in one of the centers of the fashion industry, like New York.
“My time [in] Utah gave me such a solid background, that I’m able to do what I do now,” Mohapatra said recently, when he returned to Logan for a series of events on the USU campus, includingMohapatra — who was born in 1972 in Odisha, a state in eastern India, on the Bay of Bengal — is an international alumnus of USU, where he received his master’s in fashion merchandising. He also studied economics.
Actress Allison Janney poses backstage at the BAFTA 2018 Awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. The dress was designed by Bibhu Mohapatra, a Utah State University alumnus who has become a fashion designer to the stars.
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