Fashion career profile

Anamika Khanna

Anamika Khanna is an Indian fashion designer whose work places Indian craft and dress forms within a contemporary global vocabulary. She launched her eponymous label in 1998 and became known for combining embroidery, drape and traditional references with silhouettes that move between Indian and Western wardrobes. Her official profile describes her as the first Indian woman to show a collection at Paris Fashion Week, while carefully distinguishing that milestone from the house’s later international collaborations. Khanna’s work has also included the contemporary AK|OK line and projects that take Indian design beyond the runway. In 2023, her work was part of the India in Fashion exhibition at Mumbai’s Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre. In 2024, she created a collection with H&M that translated Indian style codes, patchwork and hand embroidery for an international high-street audience. The H&M collaboration is a guest-designer partnership, not a permanent role at the retailer. This profile keeps her continuing namesake practice separate from capsule collaborations and presents her influence through both craft and changing forms of presentation.

Role
Founder & Designer, Anamika Khanna
Nationality
Indian
Age
55