Adman, Swapan Seth’s career has been a meteoric rise. He began his career at 19 at JWT (J. Walter Thompson), Calcutta. He won his first Cannes award at the age of 22. At 24, he was the youngest ever Creative Director at Clarion. At 26, he was Vice President, Trikaya Grey. At 28 he started his own agency, Equus. Swapan is also amongst the largest private art collectors in the country and was instrumental in the creation of ARTIGER, India's only Government propelled art initiative, involving tiger conservation and public art. Author of the hugely successful, This Is All I Have To Say, he is also supremely active
On Twitter through his handle @swapanseth. He writes frequently for The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Harper's Bazaar, India Today and Travel+Leisure. In 2014, he was voted amongst Delhi's Most Stylish.
Kolkata-based designer, Kiran Uttam Ghosh, with a presence in eight countries, defies categorization. She refuses to be typecast into the Eastern and Western brackets, and instead designs for individual women. She focuses on reality and simplicity in her designs. She skillfully incorporates the traditional Indian, and the international. Her clothes are understated, with shaped silhouettes and characteristic drapes. A professional fashion degree and training with British designer Jasper Conran, inculcated in her the attention to detail that is so much a part of her work today. Her label goes beyond just a pragmatic prêt while her couture line embodies a timeless classic appeal whether it is the sari that she has given new dimensions to or her outfits. Her label Kimono is one of India's highest selling designer labels.
