Bibhu Mohapatra is a New York-based Indian fashion designer and costume designer who is well known for his work in the field of fashion design globally. He got his fame in 2015 when the former First Lady of The US Michelle Obama landed in India wearing Bibhu Mohapatras designed dress from his spring 2015 collection. [6]WWD Michelle Obama wearing a dress of Bibhu Mohapatra from his spring 2015 collection.He was born in the state of Odisha, he shifted to America in 1996 to make his career in the field of fashion designing. According to Bibhu, it was his mother who always influenced him to the designing field, as he along with his mother practised sewing during his childhood. In an interview, he said that if he was not in the field of fashion design, he would have been an architect.In 1999, he moved to New York City, he enrolled himself in Fashion Institute of Technology and started his first job as an assistant designer with an American fashion label titled as Halston. Later, after resigning from Halston and he joined the fashion label brand of J. Mendel (fashion designer) as an assistant designer. In an interview, he said that Givenchy (the original) inspired him as well in the field of fashion and designing.In 2008, he launched his own fashion label brand by the name Bibhu Mohapatra. His designs are sold at different world-famous boutiques such as Bergdorf Goodman in New York, Neiman Marcus, SAKS, and Nordstrom in the United States, Lane Crawford in China.In 2012, during the summer season, Bibhu got a chance to debut his collection on the runway through the primary costume designer for the Verdi opera Aida at Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown in New York, this collection was showcased in New York Fashion Week 2012.Bibhu also contributes to a few charities and NGOs. He designed a collection of handwoven silk saris to help the traditional hand weavers of the state of Odisha. He is also the co-founder of India Society which is a New York-based organization set up to assist students of fashion and fine art with tuition and internships at US-based Universities.In 2016, he launched a diamond jewellery collection in collaboration with jewellery brand Forevermark. The collection was launched by the title Artemis by Bibhu Mohapatra. In an interview, he was asked about the inspiration behind his jewellery collection, to which he replied, [7]Verve I wanted to do something that was deeply rooted in our culture, so I looked into some of the ideologies that come from Vedic scriptures. One of them was the idea of cosmic alignment, of the sun, moon and stars determining people and their compatibility with each other and how their lives can intertwine with each other to tell new stories. That was the core idea behind Artemis. Some designs from Bibhu Mohapatras jewellery collection.In 2017, he filed for bankruptcy for his brand. In an interview with Economics times, he said, [8]Economic Times Chapter 11 [a form of bankruptcy] and the way the business system works in America is very different. This was a planned decision. My business is doing really well actually. People file for chapter 11 if they are struggling and they want to scale it [operations] down. People also do it because they want to restructure the organisation, reduce debt and then bring in more money. Brands like Michael Kors and Dior have done it in the past..In 2017, Bibhu Mohapatra was invited by The Queen of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty Elizabeth II, and The Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace during the official start of UK-India Year of Culture.According to Bibhu if given a chance to design the costume, he would like to design the costume for the Bollywood movie Devdas (2002). In an interview he said, Devdas has to be one. The new one. Because it was such an interesting time when the book was written, you could do so much with it with so little it didnt have to be layered with 10 yards of fabric trailing behind you.