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October 10, 2023

Knotting The Past With The Future

Text by Mallika Chandra. Photographs courtesy Sean Davidson | Yabu Pushelberg

Personal memories are delicately woven into Himalayan wool in Memento, the recently launched collection of seven hand-knotted rugs produced by the North American design studio Yabu Pushelberg, with the Italian rug-makers cc-tapis. Verve finds out more about the nuances of their collaborative process that celebrates craft and innovation
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November 04, 2022

Does The Allure Of Fashion Weeks Belie Their Inherent Anachronisms In A Post-Consumerist Society Driven By Conscious Consumption Patterns And Inclusivity?

Text by Ranjabati Das, with inputs from Akanksha Pandey and Sarah Rajkotwala. Photographs by Naomi Shah and Asad Sheikh.

Talking to Verve about the power of authenticity and the need for creative satisfaction over show and spectacle, industry insiders at the latest edition of FDCI x Lakmé Fashion Week make a compelling case for rethinking fashion weeks and revisiting their relevance in the current context
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August 08, 2022

The Context Of Indian Couture

Moderation and Photography by Asad Sheikh. All images from FDCI India Couture Week 2022.

We bring together four designers in the fashion and textile space to dissect the fragility and future of Indian couture beyond bridal and occasion wear
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These Brands Have Their Hearts In Sri Lanka And Their Eyes On The World

Text by Ranjabati Das. Interviews by Akanksha Pandey.

Verve speaks to Josie George, Joanne Stoker and Amesh Wijesekara, respectively the founders of Amma, Noad and Amesh – clothing labels that are rooted in and derive inspiration from the island country – and unpacks how they are driving progress in the sustainability space
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Are Fashion Weeks Still Relevant?

Are Fashion Weeks Still Relevant?

Images by Ayesha Kapadia

With designers choosing to debut collections on social media, magazine editors visiting infrequently, buyers cutting short their time spent and no one really clamouring for that controversial front row -- does anybody still care? Asks Nishat Fatima.
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Anushree Reddy, Aratrik Dev Varman, Bethany Williams, Bodice, Designers, Fashion, Featured, Lakme Fashion Week, Lakme Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2019, Online Exclusive, Raghavendra Rathore, Ruchika Sachdeva, Tilla

Three takeaways from the fourth day of Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2019, which saw celebrities, influencers and industry tastemakers walk the runway together
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