Classics transcend flawless design; they gain meaning through history, culture and context. Questioning the need for reinvention, this collection appropriates weightless ornamentation through nine woven motifs, each hundreds of years old. The chand booti’s crescent moon, single thread kardhwa weave and Lakshmi’s ashrafi coins find new light as occasion wear, needing no intervention. Instead, it is the wearer who dictates their relevance - one who disregards borders within our country - seamlessly marrying a thewa borla and gulband with a Benarasi sari. Set against Rajasthan’s Jawai River, the diversity of India’s regional aesthetics shine; rich as the soil and eternal as time.
Photographed by : Ashish shah
PALASI KURTA, TRIVENI KURTA, KUMUND ODHANI
RAISA BLOUSE, NAYAKI PAJAMA
PALASI KURTA
BHUPALI LEHENGA, RAISA BLOUSE
BHUPALI LEHENGA, RAISA BLOUSE,
PANSAMI LEHENGA, CHAND BUTA DUPATTA
DRAUPADI SARI, YAMAN BLOUSE
MALHAR KURTI, TASANI LEHANGA, MARWA ODHANI
MAHARASA LEHENGA, KANAK BLOUSE
MAHARASA LEHENGA, KANAK BLOUSE
JOGWANTI DRESS, KIRWANI PAJAMA
DRAUPADI SARI, KANAK BLOUSE
VRINDAVANI LEHENGA, KAUSHI KURTI, CHAND BUTA ODHANI
VRINDAVANI LEHENGA, KAUSHI KURTI
PURVA SARI, VISWAMBARI JACKET, GUNJI BLOUSE
PURVA SARI, KANAK BLOUSE
GANDHARI LEHENGA, KOHAL KURTI, JALDHAR PAJAMA
TANSANI LEHENGA, KANAK OVERLAP BLOUSE
CHAND BUTA SARI, JAYATI BLOUSE
NEELAMBRI LEHENGA, KHAMAJ BLOUSE, KUMUD ODHANI
BHAIRAV BLOUSE
SHIKARGAH LEHENGA
CHAND BUTA SARI, KHAMAJ BLOUSE
PALASI KURTA, PALASI PAJAMA, DAGURI ODHANI
SINDOORA LEHENGA, PALI BLOUSE, KASTURI ODHANI
KANAK OVERLAP BLOUSE, DAULATI PANTS
SHREEVANTI LEHENGA, HAMEER BLOUSE, KUMUD ODHANI
SHREEVANTI LEHENGA, KUMUD ODHANI