If crafts-y, ethnic designs set your shopping pulse racing, we’ve found a new haunt for you. Check out Urna’s, a multi-designer store that stocks handicrafts and traditional weaves. Located at 3 Valmik Street, near Maddox Square, the store houses products by city designers. Browse through Avishek Ghosh’s leather bags, along with hand-painted shoes by Kartick Kapoor’s Frame Of Mind, hand-woven saris by Suparna Purkayastha, along with western and Indo-western wear by Urna Dutt Naik, the proprietor of the store.

“I was passionate about art and I decided to open a store late last year. We have malls in Calcutta, but what’s missing is a one-stop shop. I use Avishek’s bags myself and I like the other designers’ work. So I decided to have their products retailed from the store as well,” said Naik.

Designer Sharbari Datta dropped by on March 8 to inaugurate the store. “The location is great. I like the ambience also. A multi-designer store is convenient for people wanting to shop for gifts for different occasions or for the family. A mother and young daughter can both find something to buy at this store,” said Sharbari Datta, who browsed for some eye-catchers. 

Pictures: Chanchal Ghosh