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Anamika Khanna
Anamika Khanna is a couture and eveningwear label based in Kolkata, India. Behind the label: Anamika Khanna. It is known for heavily embellished couture, plus AK-OK, a younger line designed to be age- and gender-agnostic. Latest milestone on record (23 July 2026): Opens the 19th India Couture Week at the Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad.
Quick facts
Anamika Khanna at a glance
- Behind the label
- Anamika Khanna
- Based
- Kolkata, India
- Focus
- Couture and eveningwear
- Makes
- Couture under her own name; AK-OK ready-to-wear
- Official site
- anamikakhanna.com ↗
- @anamikakhanna.in ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind Anamika Khanna?
Anamika Khanna has boutiques in Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad, and her site’s show archive lists the Lakmé Fashion Week grand finale in 2015 and 2018 and India Couture Week seasons from 2016 to 2023. In December 2021 Reliance Brands agreed a 60:40 joint venture with her to own and develop AK-OK, a label built on an age- and gender-agnostic approach, with Khanna staying on as its creative director. At the Met Gala in May 2025 Isha Ambani wore a heavily embroidered Anamika Khanna look that took more than two years to make, The National reported. On 23 July 2026 she opened the 19th India Couture Week at the Taj Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad, the platform’s first presentation outside Delhi.
Timeline
Anamika Khanna, dated
- 2015Presents the Lakmé Fashion Week grand finale, according to the label’s show archive. Source ↗
- 20 December 2021Agrees a 60:40 joint venture with Reliance Brands to own and develop AK-OK. Source ↗
- 5 May 2025Dresses Isha Ambani for the Met Gala. Source ↗
- 23 July 2026Opens the 19th India Couture Week at the Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad. Source ↗
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Quick answers
Anamika Khanna, answered
Who is behind Anamika Khanna?
- Anamika Khanna. Anamika Khanna is a couture and eveningwear label based in Kolkata.
What does Anamika Khanna make?
- Couture under her own name; AK-OK ready-to-wear. It is known for heavily embellished couture, plus AK-OK, a younger line designed to be age- and gender-agnostic.