Archive for the ‘Indian Fashion’ Category
Fashion Feature > Anavila
The Sari, six or nine yards of fabric that drapes women of any size, shape, height or region, can be worn in different ways – for work, play or to celebrate. Though still extremely popular for occasional wear, the everyday aspect of the sari where one lounges in it as one would in a pair […]
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Tags: Anavila Mishra, Botanical Applique, Handwoven linen saris, NIFT
Fashion Feature > Swati Kalsi
While preserving existing traditions of craft is vital, it’s equally important to foster new ways of seeing. I first saw work by Swati Kalsi (NIFT Delhi 2002) at an exhibition by Jiyo! at Southbank, London. I spent a considerable amount of time following the myriad embroidered patterns. It was evocative even though it wasn’t a […]
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Tags: Indian Embroidery, Indian Fashion, Indian Textile, Jiyo!, Swati Kalsi
Caught My Eye > Litttle Prachee, Sotomoto, Gnaana Multi-lingual Alphabet Blocks, Pero for children
Some refreshing products for children that I enjoyed seeing. Litttle Prachee Prachi Walia (NIFT) grew up travelling across India, discovering Indian textiles and now brings it all into her collection. Vintage ‘mom-crafted’ frocks, and the joy of dressing up inspired her in creating Litttle Prachee. Love the use of embroidery, Indian fabrics and the sense […]
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Tags: Children, Gnaana, Litttle Prachee, Multi Lingual Alphabet Blocks, Pero, Sotomoto
Photography has changed the way we look at the world. How photogenic a thing is has gained much importance. Something that makes it difficult for details, subtlety and intricate work to stand out at times. Especially so when the context is a fashion show. Movement, distance, lights, everything affects what we see. And it’s unfortunate […]
Filed under: Indian Fashion | 3 Comments
Tags: Aakaro, Anand Bhushan, Anand Kabra, Aneeth Arora, Anju Modi, Anupama Dayal, Autumn Winter 2012, AW 12, Bhanuni, Caravan, Dev R Nil, FDCI, Gaurav Jai Gupta, James Ferriera, Junkyard, Jyoti Sharma, Kami, Khwaja, Pero, Rahul Mishra, Surat n Spice, Vaishali S, Vineet Bahl, Wills India Fashion Week
Aarti Verma of Art Meets Fashion. Hand-painted by Aarti, bags made by Karigars. I liked these three from her hand-painted work. More of it here – Blog and facebook.
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Tags: Aarti Verma, Ajrakh, Art Meets Fashion, Bahi Khaata, Conference Kit, Hand Painted Bags, Heaven and Home, Leather folder, Maati, Papier Mache Jewellery, Raja Gondkar, SAS Home
Fashion Feature> SLOW. useless.
Today, our fingers and hands do more of this – typing words onto screens, hailing taxis, raising toasts, holding files, carrying shopping bags – and less of this – folding paper to make planes, digging through mud to sow a seed, sewing a button, threading a needle to darn a tear. The process of making […]
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Tags: Hand Crafted Fashion, Indian Fashion, Padmaja Krishnan, Slow and Useless
Applications for the YCE awards in the sectors of Design, Fashion, Interactive, Screen, Performing arts and Publishing are now open. If you are between 21 – 40 years of age, run your own enterprise in these sectors, apply by filling up a form on the YCE website. If shortlisted, you will be invited to present […]
Filed under: Indian Craft, Indian Design, Indian Fashion, Indian Graphic Design, Indian Jewellery, Indian Product Design | Closed
Tags: British Council, YCE, Young Creative Entrepreneur Award
“Seventeen year old Khatri Khalid Amin was born in Ajrakhpur, a village whose industry originates in the 4000 year old Ajrakh natural dye printing tradition. Khalid’s unique perspective as a rural designer has materialised in highly individual works, minimal and expressive representations of the landscape around him, whether it be overlaid antique block prints depicting […]
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Tags: Ajrakhpur, Bombay Electric, Khatri Khalid Amin, Natural Dye Printed Stoles
My friend Kavita Arvind introduced me to Anuj Sharma’s work in 2008. Purvi Sanghvi re-introduced me to him via this video today. And I am glad she did. Fashion has increasingly become a business of generating mass trends, the irony of it being that following trends is pretty near unfashionable, not to mention not too […]
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Tags: Anuj Sharma, Button Masala, Indian Fashion, Indian Fashion Designer
Design > Masala Tee Sugarcube
These pictures have been pending in the mail archive for a while now. I like the sense of play the pictures have and the dusted Indian yellows and pinks of the tees. Sheikha and Noe say “A concoction of exotic animals – featuring a cool elephant, NuttyTrunky, a funny cow, CrazyDaisy & a tall camel, […]
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Tags: Masala Tee, Sugarcube
Fashion Feature > Mulmul
The fine muslins of Dhaka, then Bengal, India, were famous when Babylonian and Assyrian kings ruled Western Asia. They were among the wares first brought to England and America by the old East India Company. Mulmul or Mull, as fine muslin is called in Hindi, is a very finely spun cotton yarn. It is light, […]
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Tags: mulmul, Puja Chodha
Just spotted > Wearabout
A few months ago, I stumbled across an interesting Indian blog, Wearabout, that documents Indian street fashion, individual style and the work of 26 year old photographer Manou, who runs it. He has a good eye for colours and an ability to find something aesthetic in everything. Here are a few images from the blog. […]
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Tags: Indian Photography, Indian Street Fashion, Manou, Wearabout
Anokhi, a brand that has worked for over 30 years to revive Rajashthan’s traditional techniques of block printing. Created by Faith Singh and J.P.`John’ Singh and now run by their son Pritam Singh, they develop products in specialised areas such as appliqué, embroidery, patchwork and bead work, which now constitutes a significant part of their […]
Filed under: Indian Craft, Indian Fashion, Indian Research, Indian Stores | 20 Comments
Tags: Amber, Anokhi, Anokhi Museum, Block Printing, Indian Hand Printing, Jaipur
I was arrested by the images. The colors and the contrast, the photography, the choice of Indian classical dancers as models, the old world feel and a body language of so much comfort, like we chanced upon two friends enjoying a quiet afternoon and kept watching them because it was poetic. I am happy to […]
Filed under: Indian Fashion, Indian Photography | 18 Comments
Tags: calantha wardrobe, Chitra Kala Parishath, Indian Fashion, Madhuri & mayuri Upadhya, roopa pemmaraju, sari, Sunitha Nadig, Yanie Nor
I support > The Uniform Project
* An Indian By Design Exclusive* 1 dress. 365 days. I found The Uniform Project via the wonderful Sub Studio blog. What began as a sustainable fashion project turned into an ingenious fund raising campaign – the billboard being the creator herself. Sheena Matheiken uses her quirky sense of style to wear the same tunic […]
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Tags: Akanksha Foundation, Eliza Starbuck, Sheena Matheikan, Slum Children, Sustainable Fashion, The Uniform Project
Window Shopping > Ashima – Leena
The Ashima – Leena store is subtle, so much so that you might not notice anything but the clothes. But there are simple details that charmed me. The embedded designs that melt the cement floor as they vein out from the logo, the suspended silent busts that the clothes float on, the gold that adds […]
Filed under: Indian Fashion, Indian Stores | 13 Comments
Tags: Ambrish Arora, Ankur Choksi, Arun Kullu, Ashima and Leena, Itu Chaudhuri Design, Lotus Design, Sidhartha Talwar
Fashion Feature > Moyna Bags
Stumbled upon Moyna Singh’s work in Rivaaj Magazine. Liked her bags, especially the tomato red sequins, the emerald sequins and the blue and white and pink beaded one. Clicked through to her site and found it teeming with pages from Elle, Cosmo and Vogue where her bags have been featured. Here are some of my […]
Filed under: Indian Fashion, Indian Product Design | 17 Comments
Tags: Accessories, Moyna Bags, Moyna Singh
Window Shopping> Bombay Electric
*An Indian By Design Exclusive* I stumbled upon Bombay Electric a long time ago, while waiting for a friend to turn up. The light pole outside had a stunning face, like a bohemian 70 s star, with a bindi and high hair and the signage did justice to the name. I walked in, past the […]
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Tags: Bombay Electric, Indian Design, Priya Kishore, Store
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