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{{Infobox person
|name = Asmita Marwa
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|birth_name = Asmita Gunti
|birth_place = [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]]
|nationality =Indian
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|death_place =
|occupation = [[Fashion designer]]
|years_active = 1994–present
|spouse = Harvesh Marwah
|partner =
|website = [http://asmitadesign.com asmitadesign.com]
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'''Asmita Marwa''' is an Indian fashion designer,<ref>{{cite news |title=Autumn 2008 runway review: Asmita Marwah (sic) |url= http://www.vogue.in/fashion_runway_story.aspx?f_id=141|work=[[Vogue India]] |access-date=19 December 2008 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> rated by [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] as one of nine top up-and-coming international designers. Asmita Marwa believes in fusing the traditional with the global. Her eclectic and vibrant avatar of Kalamkari took the fashion world by storm.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fdci.org/Member.aspx?mid=2120588323 |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 December 2014 |archive-date=3 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403015525/http://www.fdci.org/Member.aspx?mid=2120588323 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Sangeetha Devi |last=Dundoo |title=Metro Plus Hyderabad: Dress it up! |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/18/stories/2008081850500100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324145937/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/18/stories/2008081850500100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 March 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=18 August 2008 |access-date=19 December 2008 }}</ref>

Asmita Marwa's fashion label is sustainable, and the garments are created and manufactured using ethical norms and practices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asmitadesign.com/about-us/|title=About Us {{!}} Asmita Marwa Asmita Marwa|website=asmitadesign.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-10}}</ref>

==Design career==
Marwa began designing clothes in [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]] in the 1990s. She was the first [[Hyderabad]] [[designer]] to enter the [[Telugu film industry]]. Numerous actors, including [[Nagarjuna]], [[Nandamuri Balakrishna|Balakrishna]], [[Preity Zinta]], [[Anjala Zaveri]], [[Shriya Saran|Shriya]], [[Mahesh Babu]], [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]], [[Asin]], [[Charmy Kaur|Charmy]], and [[Anushka Shetty|Anushka]], have worn her clothes, in films like [[Manmadhudu]], [[Santosham (2002 film)|Santhosham]], [[Premante Idera]], [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], [[Attadu]], [[Pokiri]], and [[Gharshana]].

In December 2003 Marwa launched a fashion label, Asmita, sold through her signature store Reves d’Etoile and at "xlnc" in Hyderabad and "Aza Fashions" in [[Mumbai]] and [[Delhi]]. Marwa's designs for Asmita featured in the [[Blenders Pride]] Fashion Fringe Show in 2004. In 2008 she took part in the [[Lakme Fashion Week]]. {{cn||date=January 2021}}

Lakme Fashion Week:

March/April; 2008
The collection "Gaia-An Awakening"

Fall Winter March 2009
'Maya and her Jaggery Knots' was Asmita Marwa's third collection, which combined diverse elements like Khadi, Antique Banaras, Tartan Checks, Telugu Calligraphy and giant roses.

==Style journalism==
For many years Marwah wrote a style column in the [[Hyderabad Times]]

==Personal life==
Marwah is married and has a son. She has also participated in the Blenders Pride Fashion tour, the goa beach fashion week and is a member of the fashion council of India.

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