Bibhu Mohapatra

Miami, FL – October 8, 2018 – Istituto Marangoni Miami’s President, Hakan Baykam, announced designer Bibhu Mohapatra was the second guest of the “In Conversation With” series of talks hosted at the Miami Campus of Istituto Marangoni. Last July, Steven Kolb, President and CEO of CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America), was the first speaker at this event and spoke about the challenges of fashion and gave career advice to emerging designers and students. “Bringing together top players in the industry to provoke new thinking is one of the main objectives of hosting these conversations. Bibhu Mohapatra will be our second guest and he will talk about culture,” said Baykam. “I’m thrilled to host a designer that understands the power culture has in our lifes and in the business of fashion giving our multi- cultural students an unprecedented opportunity for exchange, inspiration, and creativity.”

Bibhu Mohapatra & Eva Hughes

Bibhu Mohapatra & Eva Hughes

Bibhu Mohapatra & Eva Hughes

Adrianne Bon Haes

Massimo Casagrande, Bobby Beard, Roland Poesen, & Ekaterina Belova

Bibhu Mohapatra & Eva Hughes

Massimo Casagrande

Eva Hughes & Bibhu Mohapatra

Bibhu Mohapatra

Bobby Beard

Bobby Beard & Bibhu Mohapatra

Massimo Casagrande & Eva Hughes

Roland Poesen & Ekaterina Belova

Linda Uribe

Ines Rivero & Irma Martinez

Cecilia Hinojosa & Maria Esther Quintana

Lisu Vega, GianFranco, & Lucia Abuin

Bibhu Mohapatra, Aleyso Bridger, & Eva Hughes

Bibhu Mohapatra & Elysze Held

Bibhu Mohapatra & Erin Newberg

Valentina Shah, Elysze Held, & Carlotta Maietto

Elysze Held & Dale Newberg

Adrianne Bon Haes & Yolanda Berkowitz

Angeles Almuna & Martha Dominguez

Fiorella Solines, Eva Hughes, & Stephanie Carrillo

Barbara Hulanicki & Adrianne Bon Haes

Ximena Kavalekas

Martin del Villar & Pola Mochon

Michael Prince Bent & Andres Suarez

Soledad Picon & Adrienne Bon Haes

Sol Picón-Juncadella, Mauricio Parra, & Eva Picón

Shail Shah & Alejandro Paredes

Stephanie Carrillo, Mario Alzate, & Fiorella Solines

Bibhu Mohapatra, Ekaterina Belova, Roland Poesen, & Bobby Beard

Danny Rosenberg & Massimo Casagrande

Mario Braghieri, Lina Montes, Tabita Cordova, & Pablo Arbelaez

Mario Braghieri, Lina Montes, Tabita Cordova, & Pablo Arbelaez

Carolina Lanao, Yvonne Jeanpierre, & Liliana Faieta

Eva Hughes & Carolina Lanao

Susan Knof, Massimo Casagrande, & Barbara Hulanicki

Tommy Jimenez, Madhavi Ghiotti, & James Delahoz