Bibhu Mohapatra brings a Japanese spring to New York's autumn

Eight months after he filed for bankruptcy, it's business as usual for the Indian designer who dressed Michelle Obama.

It's been eight months since Bibhu Mohapatra, best known in India as the designer from Odisha who dressed then American First Lady Michelle Obama, filed for bankruptcy protection.

'This was a planned decision,' he had told the Economic Times. 'My business is doing really well actually. People file for chapter 11 if they are struggling and they want to scale it [operations] down. People also do it because they want to restructure the organisation, reduce debt and then bring in more money... Brands like Michael Kors and Dior have done it in the past.'

He had added to The Wall Street Journal, 'It is business as usual while this process proceeds. This brief period of restructuring will allow us to emerge stronger than ever and more able to deliver the finest products and experience that I take so much pride and joy in bringing to our customers around the world.'

Eight months on, it's business as usual for the designer.

Scroll down for a front-row view of his Spring/Summer 2018 Collection, which was showcased at New York Fashion Week.

• When Bibhu Mohapatra launched his jewellery line