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Fashion's Agent provocateur

Kallol Datta, who was once called the Lady Gaga of Indian fashion, has changed the rules of design.

With the black nail paint and kohl that intensify his eyes, Kallol Datta, who was once called the Lady Gaga of Indian fashion, is easily an agent provocateur. He has changed the rules of design, disrupting how people view fashion through one of his first collections, Grotesque Nonsense which was showcased at the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in 2012. In a modern resurgent India where most designers' muse is the confident woman, Datta says he has always been inspired by the dark and the mysterious. He once said "body is a given" and is always dressed

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