Indrani Phukan

Fashion designer (NIFT Shillong, B.Des Couture) with hands-on experience across streetwear, menswear, and sustainable textile design — from Pepe Jeans and Vercelli's commercial design floors to leading a natural-dyeing craft revival with 25+ weavers in Assam. Strong in technical execution (draping, tech packs, print development) and comfortable moving between fast fashion timelines and slow-craft development. Looking to bring this range into a design team building both product and story.

Design and Production Coordinator at Faith Avenue (2026-02 – Present)

• Designed 10–12 SKUs of stole designs for the brand's debut collection and coordinated daily with 15–18 vendors to keep production on track.
• Managed inventory and stock, and directed photoshoot styling to help establish the brand's design and product foundation.

Fashion Design & Operations Associate at Valkyre Clothing (2025-10 – 2026-01)

• Led a team of 2 assistant designers, 8 hand-painting artists (5 in-house, 3 external), and an embroidery team to design and produce hoodie and jacket collections with custom surface embellishments.
• Coordinated daily with garment printing vendors and outhouse embroidery specialists to deliver made-to-order production work, while also producing campaign creatives and streetwear graphics.

All-Round Designer (Freelance) at Sneh Paad NGO (2025-07 – 2025-09)

• Designed sustainable, Assamese textiles alongside artisans specializing in traditional Assamese handloom weaving.
• Led a natural-dyeing and weaving training program for 10 underprivileged women, equipping them with skills to start independent weaving work or join a weaving cluster for personal income.

Fashion Design Intern at Vercelli, Rishab World Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai (2025-01 – 2025-05)

• Worked within a corporate design setup, coordinating with the in-house fabric warehouse for material sourcing and delivery, and with machine embroidery vendors and a production team of 8–10 tailors.
• Supported the menswear design team on mood boards, CADs, tech sheets, embroidered concepts, market research, and manufacturing follow-ups.

Fashion Design Intern at Pepe Jeans India, Mumbai (2024-06 – 2024-07)

• Gained ground-level exposure to how a large fashion brand operates — trend research, concept development, CADs, print design, and sampling — while learning the designer's role in daily vendor coordination and sample production oversight for new collections.

Organiser & Participant at Shuttle Loom Weaving & Natural Dyeing, Rural Assam (2022-06 – 2022-07)

• Completed two months of hands-on training in natural dyeing and shuttle loom weaving with Assamese artisans, and helped set up a small-scale weaving operation under Bahani Tea Company to support local skill development.

Bachelor Degree in B.Des (Fashion Design) – NIFT, Shillong (2021 – 2025)

Higher Secondary – Assam Valley School (2019 – 2021)