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Indian fashion designer (born 1975)

Born1975 (age 49-50)

Bombay, Maharashtra, India

KnownforMenswear label "Troy Costa"

Troy Costa
Born	1975 (age 49-50) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Fashion designer
Known for	Menswear label "Troy Costa"
Website	troycosta.in

Troy Costa (born 1975)^{[citation needed]} is an Indian fashion designer and owner of the eponymous "Troy Costa" menswear label, launched in 2008 after shows at the Dubai Fashion Week^[1] and the Lakme Fashion Week.^[2] Costa designed outfits for the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.^[3]

Costa was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to a Goan father and a Portuguese mother.^{[citation needed]} His family is Catholic.^[4]^[5]

Career

Costa began his career in 2003 designing both men's and women's apparel, though he gradually shifted his focus more significantly towards menswear.^[5]

Between 2008 and 2011, Costa's menswear collections were curated for a number of fashion shows across India and the Middle East, including Dubai International Fashion Week,^[6] Lakme Fashion Week^[7] and Van Heusen Men's Week.^[8]

In 2011, Costa opened his flagship store in Khar West, Mumbai.^[9]^[10]

Through 'The Great Gatsby Collection', which showcased Troy Costa's Winter 2013 collection at Lakme Fashion Week 2013, Costa introduced a line of formal coats and suits paired with luxury cotton jeans and formal plain shirts.^[11] These were said to represent Costa's interpretation of the decadence, idealism, and quixotic charm that defined the American 1920s.^[11]

In 2014, the then-newly appointed Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, appointed Costa to curate his wardrobe ahead of his first important international visit to the BRICS summit in Brazil with a subsequent US visit.^[12]^[13]

In 2015, he Costa was listed by Hindustan Times among other notable personalities in "Mumbai's Most Stylish".^[14]

References

↑ "Five designers debut at Dubai Fashion Week | GulfNews.com". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
↑ "Rise of the well-dressed male". Mid-day.com. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
↑ "Meet Troy Costa, the man who suits up India's rich and powerful". Hindustantimes.com/. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
↑ Shruti Thacker (27 September 2010). "Fashion Focus: Troy Costa gets Candid". Vogue India. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
1 2 Snigdha Ahuja (1 August 2014). "Troy Costa: Meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new designer". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
↑ "Troy Costa". Fashionfad.in. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "A Fine & Dandy Display From Troy Costa at Lakme Fashion Week". MissMalini.com. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
↑ "Van Heusen Men's Week 2010 – Day 1". Punvirdi.wordpress.com. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
↑ "Troy Costa store launches in Mumbai". GQ India. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
↑ "Shopping: Troy Costa: Mens Apparel". Time Out Mumbai. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
1 2 "Troy Costa's The Great Gatsby Collection - Lakme Fashion Week Winter / Festive 2013 Day 2". Sarrkaaa.blogspot.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
↑ "The dandy Mr Modi: PM's fashion designer is all western, no swadeshi". Firstpost. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
↑ "Narendra Modi out to make strong fashion statement in US; hires high-profile designer Troy Costa". The Economic Times. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
↑ "Anil Kapoor, Sachin among this year's HT Mumbai's Most Stylish". Hindustan Times. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2025.

External links

"FDCI Designer Member: Troy Costa". Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI).

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