Gaurav Gupta

Gaurav Gupta is an avant-garde Indian couturier. Gupta's work has been featured in events such Paris Haute Couture Week (on invitation of Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode). His work is characterized by his origami style sculptural style patterns with pleating and lifting. Gupta is known to use traditional Indian embroidery techniques like zardozi, nakshi and dabka and borrow abstract patterns from nature. His family owned a steel business. He graduated from the National Institute of Fashion Technology in 2000 and from Central Saint Martins in 2003. However the label was properly launched only in 2006, since Gupta went to Istanbul to work as an art director in Istanbul for a company. and Mumbai. He also introduced a fine jewelry collection and hosted an art exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai. In 2019, he introduced his home decor label, displayed at Gupta's flagship store in Mehrauli, New Delhi. He also collaborated with IBM to create an artificial intelligence-inspired sari-gown using IBM Watson. Lately, a collaborative effort between Gupta and perfumer Jahnvi Lakhota Nandan resulted in the fragrance named ‘Again’. Gupta was included in a British documentary for London Olympics 2012. The journey began when rapper Cardi B chose to wear his cream-toned sculptural dress in the remix video of "No Love" (March 2022).

Notable Clients/Events Throughout the year 2022, Gupta provided attire for prominent figures such as Megan Thee Stallion at the Oscars, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Cannes, Cardi B in a music video, as well as Lizzo, Kylie Minogue, Maluma Vijay Varma, Deepika Padukone, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Diipa Büller-Khosla, Jennifer Hudson Jenna Ortega (at Saturday Night Live), Jr NTR at the Oscars, Mary J Blige to the Time 100 Gala, Bebe Rexha, Sharon Stone, Luis Fonsi, Ashanti, Thalia, Jeremy Pope and Saweetie and many others. Among his various global engagements was his participation in Prince Charles' annual Animal Ball charity event in London, where he crafted a masquerade mask inspired by hummingbirds. In 2019, Gaurav's brand collaborated with Maison Bose, a luxury communication consultancy in Los Angeles.

Personal life In an interview with Vogue Gupta shared his experiences growing up as a gay individual in 1990s India. The conversation explored the challenges he faced in pursuing his passion and how those struggles still shape his work today.