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01Biography — three lengths

Short

30 words

Panel listings, captions

Suman Bharti is a fashion designer specialising in authentic corsetry. He has designed since 2001 and worked in corsetry since 2005, when he founded Corset Wholesale Ltd in Gurugram, India.

Medium

78 words

Speaker intros, contributor notes

Suman Bharti is a fashion designer specialising in authentic corsetry, with 25 years in design and 21 of them in corsetry. He trained at Pearl Academy of Fashion, where he received the Best Innovative Collection Award, and spent time in London before founding Corset Wholesale Ltd in Gurugram, India in 2005. The company supplies corsetry to brands across the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Australia. He also runs Luxe Noir, a direct-to-consumer corsetry label.

Long

143 words

Features, programme notes

Suman Bharti is a fashion designer specialising in authentic corsetry, based in Gurugram, India. He trained at Pearl Academy of Fashion, where he received the Best Innovative Collection Award, and spent time in London before returning to India to found Corset Wholesale Ltd in 2005. He has designed for 25 years and worked in corsetry for 21 of them, running the company throughout. His work spans the full range of the discipline: drafting patterns for the corseted figure, specifying and testing steel boning, and running the production floor that turns a technical drawing into a finished garment. Corset Wholesale supplies corsetry to brands across the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Australia. Alongside the manufacturing business he runs Luxe Noir, a direct-to-consumer corsetry label. He writes about pattern drafting, construction and the reality of making corsetry at scale at sumanbharti.com.


02Headshots

Original photography only
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    Portrait — vertical4:5 · 2400×3000 min · colour
  • Photograph pending
    Portrait — horizontal3:2 · 3000×2000 min · colour
  • Photograph pending
    At work — cutting table3:2 · 3000×2000 min · colour

Credit as: Suman Bharti. Files supplied on request — see contact below.


03Speaking topics

  1. 01Pattern drafting for the corseted figure
  2. 02Steel boning: specification, sourcing and failure
  3. 03Running a corsetry factory across four export markets
  4. 04What historical construction still teaches modern production

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04Quick facts

Role
Fashion designer, specialising in authentic corsetry since 2001
Company
Corset Wholesale Ltd, est. 2005
Based
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Markets
United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Australia
Trained
Pearl Academy of Fashion · Best Innovative Collection Award
Also runs
Luxe Noir
Designing since
2001 · 25 years
In corsetry since
2005 · 21 years
Expertise
corsetry, corset pattern drafting, steel boning, garment manufacturing, historical costume construction

05Contact

suman@sumanbharti.com