Pari Desai

Pari Desai is a luxury American designer clothing label for women, founded in Los Angeles in 2014 by Pari Desai. An Indo-Canadian native of Toronto, Desai studied traditional tailoring and millinery before becoming an in-house designer at one of the last knitting factories operating in North America. Working directly with craftspeople and mills sparked her passion for textile innovation, and she designed for TSE and Calvin Klein in New York before launching her collection, an elemental, modern expression of luxury. The label offers dresses, sweaters, cardigans, tops, shirts, skirts, trousers and jackets, plus swimwear, shoes, handbags and jewellery. Clothing is made in Peru through small-scale production with family-owned factories and artisans using techniques passed down through generations, including knitwear in baby alpaca blends and Pima cotton. Material and craft innovation remain the creative focus. Desai selects pure, luxurious raw materials such as silk, organic cotton and wool that are grown responsibly or regenerated from industrial refuse, and the brand applies circular and regenerative systems that consider the full life cycle of each piece. The label describes its partnerships with makers as mutually beneficial, equitable and non-exploitative, and its knitwear is also sold through Garmentory.