Amalin and Kanaklata Datta: Generation next takes over late Sharbari Datta's fashion empire
Amalin and Kanaklata Datta The year was 1991. Menswear brand Sharbari Studio was fast becoming the only Indian fashion brand that worked solely for men. With hand-embroidery over hand-sketched motifs that drew inspiration from ethnic India, Sharbari Dattaâs studio became the hobnob of the rich and famous. From Ismail Merchant to Sunil Gavaskar, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Shoaib Akhtar, Sourav Ganguly, Leander Paes to Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan and many others have to dressed up in her designs. She is also credited for introducing the coloured dhoti while breaking away ...