India in Fashion: The Impact of Indian Dress and Textiles on the Fashionable Imagination

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By using the combination of fashion news, videos, both local and global, the Voice of Fashion gives a panoramic cultural view of Indian fashion online, its business, politics, its design dilemmas, fashion weeks, top sponsors and how consumers respond to Indian fashion and designers. In conversation with Design Museum Head of Curatorial Priya Khanchandani, a panel of India’s most distinguished fashion designers will share their unique perspectives on some complex issues wrapped up in the sari. The capital injection that brands received certainly helps, but another factor is more elusive: the important role that India plays in the global fashion industry is finally gaining wider recognition. The industry has already started responding to this changing trend - FDCI chairperson Sunil Sethi says many designers are choosing to focus on one collection a year instead of seasonal ones.

The opening brought in celebrities from all over the world, including Gigi Hadid, Zendaya, Tom Holland, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, Deepika Padukone, and others. Two historic 20th century dresses created for Lady Mary Curzon, then Vicereine of India, which were embroidered in India and fashioned in Paris, have come back to India for the first time. A sari is a strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from four to nine meters in length, that is draped over the body in various styles.The history of clothing in India dates back to ancient times, yet fashion is a new industry, as it was the traditional Indian clothing with regional variations, be it the sari, ghagra choli or dhoti, that remained popular until the early decades of post-independence India.

The Hippie Trail” is inspired by Jantar Mantar’s observations and buildings in Jaipur and Delhi; the chintz section takes inspiration from the Mughal gardens, and, as Shroff explains, the use of blues synonymous with water, with graphics on the carpet like ripples, further enhance the exhibit. Garg is a textile designer and founder of Raw Mango- a design house creating new conversations in textile and culture through a range of saris, garments and objects.Yash Dongre, head of international operations and e-commerce at House of Anita Dongre, says the brand DNA has always been about rethinking the Indian aesthetic for a global audience. Bowles summed it up in the first paragraph of his accompanying book: “Beginning in the 17th century and continuing to this day, India’s impact on Western fashion has been a complicated and layered history of admiration, appropriation, exploitation, and celebration,” he wrote. Kaupin is unsewn and langota is sewn loincloth worn as underwear in dangal held in akharas especially wrestling, to prevent hernias and hydrocele. Though mostly worn by men, elderly women also prefer lungi to other garments owing to its good aeration.

The influence of Bollywood on fashion and fashion on Bollywood - the three blockbusters “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” a. India’s exceptional crafts community has brought its magical skills to the collections of the 21st century, forward-facing design visionaries. Teenage girls may wear half-sarees, a three-piece set consisting of a langa, a choli and a stole wrapped over it like a saree. Cardi B wearing a gown by India-based, Paris Couture Week designer Gaurav Gupta at the 65th Grammy Awards in February, 2023 in Los Angeles.According to the accompanying text, the Great Exhibition “marked a hight point in the complex colonial relationship between Britain and India”.