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'''Dipika Gupta''' is | '''Dipika Gupta''' is a Canadian fashion designer and alumnus of Toronto’s George Brown. She is the creative director and founder of [[Kavi Kavi|KAVI KAVI]], a contemporary womenswear brand, renowned for decadent and hand-embroidered modern ready-to-wear pieces. | ||
==Early life and career== | ==Early life and career== | ||
Gupta was born in Zambia to Vinod Gupta and Sudha Gupta and spent her early life in India before moving to Ottawa. She studied accounting and economics at the University of Toronto and fashion | Gupta was born in Zambia to Vinod Gupta and Sudha Gupta and spent her early life in India before moving to Ottawa. She studied accounting and economics at the University of Toronto and fashion design at George Brown College.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-18|title=Kavi Kavi's last collection was called Indian Royalty, but Dipika Gupta's new line has a futuristic touch.|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20130907/283231620746720|website=Ottawa Citizen|date=September 7, 2013}}</ref> Gupta learned sewing from her mother and sold her first paid of pants at the age of 12 years and after completing their formal education she founded [[Kavi Kavi]] a Toronto based fashion design company along with her twin sister and older sibling in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Russ Martin|last1=June 10|last2=2009|accessdate=2020-11-18|title=Salads are in style at McDonald’s|url=http://marketingmag.ca/brands/salads-are-in-style-at-mcdonalds-9163}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=admin|accessdate=2020-11-18|title=KAVI’s KAVI’s Take on Affordable East Indian Luxe|url=https://fashionreverie.com/?p=39|date=18 June 2012|website=Fashion Reverie}}</ref> | ||
==Design philosophy== | ==Design philosophy== | ||