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Started by an NID alumni, the brand is about a local approach to global aesthetics rooted in the handloom sector of India.

Paromita Banerjee’s initiation into the creative arts has been inspired by her passion for photography and essentially from “just looking around.” Her label “Paromita Banerjee” of ready-to-wear garments is popular in and around India because it is inspired by the feel of handloom fabrics and her garments emphasize feel of the “hand-made”. Fashion to her is a way of life, a mode of story-telling an

d a means of communication which breaks all barriers of creed, language or community. She is a graduate at the prestigious design school, the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India and has been awarded a scholarship to Konstfack University of Art and Culture in Stockholm. She has undertaken numerous craft research projects in and around India - the major one being in Himachal Pradesh for the textile encyclopedia “Handmade in India” an initiation of DCH in collaboration with NID. These experiences have gone on to add to her knowledge bank, making her designs more ‘rooted’ and grounded. She was the sole designer to represent India at the Shanghai chapter of the World Fashion Organization, under the United Nations at a summit and fashion show to promote “Fashion for development and peace” in October 2010. A regular at the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India; the label “Paromita Banerjee” retails from various boutiques around the India from Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, and hometown Kolkata and her clients include industrialists, member of parliaments and those in the performing arts amongst others. She is a member of the prestigious FDCI, Fashion Design Council of India and the brand has showcased at WIFW for the first time, in March 2013.

17/06/2026

The Founder's Eye : The launch episode
An ongoing series on our brand journey and archives since 2009.

16/06/2026

Walk down memory lane with me as we visit moments along our journey that has shaped our brand for the past 16 years. Since 2009. The journey that started with design college, leading to craft documentation which became our foundation, at the very core. Some of you have been an integral part of this journey and we hope it will be a throwback for you too!
To be Contd (01/02)

Memories are a wonderful thing. They make the present more rooted and meaningful.

18/05/2026

A chance meeting with Juhi Babbar Soni led to this shoot when Sharmila di wanted to feature theatre artist /director Juhi for Anandbazaar Patrika, after her show "Ek Lamhaa Zindagi ' in Kolkata.

Warm and endearing, this shoot was wrapped up promptly with Saheli Mukherjee behind the lens.

What I held on, was the spontaneity and the charm that I found in Juhi and the watsapp messages that we still exchange!

Juhi Babbar Soni is wearing our Sarbajaya Anokhi dress with a layer of Musafir cape. The last slide shows the ditsy dots of the subtle jamdani against a pewter grey silk. Both are available on our website.

11/05/2026

MADRAS on the looms of Bengal.

Our handwoven natural dyed MADRAS collection is woven on these traditional pit looms where the weaver sits at the ground level and controls the peddles with his foot, alternately, so as to create a shed / gap between the warp threads for the shuttle / maku to pass through.

This rhythmic movement requires precision and synchronization of the foot and the hand which pulls the maku from one end to the other to weave the weft threads.

29/04/2026

Wear the Ov S*t from MADRAS in two ways.
Woven in soft Bengal cotton, this collection is a natural dyed play of checks inspired by the incomparable Madras checked textiles of Tamil Nadu which had travelled for centuries after being spotted in the 18th century by Dutch and British on fishermen from the coastal village of Madraspattinam.

A study into the archives of the checked rumals from the Victoria Albert Museum led us to hand weave these textiles with our weaver partners.

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14/04/2026

A Poila Boisakh special podcast of Paromita Banerjee with Sumana Mukherjee talking about revisiting a 3 decade old Bengal taant saree, our latest Shankha Padma collection.

While Sumana holds many hats, the most space-ial one being aeronautical engineering. She has been involved in projects around satellite missions, lunar habitats, rovers and Mars analogue missions.Did we mention, she has the most mellifluous Rabindra Sangeet voice!

Talking with Sumana has been a natural spontaneous derivation of our line of work, an easy banter, talking about how "new designs " need not be the call of the day for designers, especially for newcomers.. Rather, delving into India's past archives gives enough design directions to explore and evolve. One need'nt always think out-of-the-box.
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The link to the YouTube talk is posted on our Editorial Highlight

11/04/2026

Bengal had a rich repertoire of soft mulmul cottons, of the variety that was a part of every Bengal household of the early 60s to late 80s.
100s count wispy cotton sarees.

With our Shankha Padma collection, we revisited one such weave - The Shonkhopoddo or the shankha-padma ; literally , "the conch and the lotus" is a classic Bengali taant saree woven in Shantipur. A staple of the Bengali saree wardrobe , The sarees were traditionally created in the "paachhapere" style, where an additional border would be woven to go across the hips. They would usually be white with the motif in red.

A Bengali New Year | Noboborsho launch,
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10/04/2026

Shankha Padma collection . NOW LIVE Online

Packing our Shankha Padma sarees :
Each saree comes in its own Jhola bag and a pair of Bengali shankha bangles made of conch shell.

The shankha padma sarees have been handwoven in 100s count soft Bengal-cotton in 6 chambray shades with jacquard woven border in ivory and red.

Reminiscing the Bengal cottons of yesteryears. Shop online via link in bio from the shades - Panna, Padmaneela, Neel, Akaashi and Graphite.

07/04/2026

Shankha Padma collection . NOW LIVE Online

The Shonkhopoddo or the Shankha Padma; literally, the ''conch and the lotus ' is a classic Bengali taant saree woven in Shantipur.

Once a common sight on Bengali women, the motif explicably disappeared from looms around the late sixties. Three generations hence, on the occasion of Bengali New Year, we bring to you our version of the classic saree in a fresh range of colours.

Shop the Shankha Padma sarees online.
Link in bio.

10/02/2026

The smallest functional product on our website is the Chota Bag. Aka, the Key Chain Pouch.

Being a 90% circular economy, our studio repurposes and values all the fabric remnants of past collections to make Boro products. "Boro" meaning too good to waste, is our answer to being responsible and sustainable. One product at a time.

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www.paromita-banerjee.com via link in bio

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