Amit Aggarwal

Archives in the atelier | Fashion designers in India are preserving and documenting their old collections

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Archives in the atelier | Fashion designers in India are preserving and documenting their old collections

Upstairs, in Tarun Tahiliani’s massive Gurugram atelier with exposed brickwork and vaulted skylights, is an 850 sq. ft. room. Twenty-two full-sized glass and wood cupboards, built parallelly, hold 6,000 physical items, including original swatches from his repertoire of embroideries. With crystal, Swarovski, kashida from Kashmir, jamewar, fine-hand aari, zardozi, Parsi gara and resham, the master … Read more

Janhvi Kapoor on walking the ramp, her work and Telugu cinema

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Janhvi Kapoor on walking the ramp, her work and Telugu cinema

Janhvi Kapoor | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Janhvi Kapoor was in Hyderabad for the Blender’s Pride glassware fashion tour and walked for Amit Aggarwal last Saturday. Taking to The Hindu MetroPlus ahead of the show, the young actor, looking elegant in a printed kurta-straight pants suit, says, “I was not sure about doing ramp walks. … Read more

‘Inspired by India’ | The book explores India’s imprint on global fashion

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‘Inspired by India’ | The book explores India’s imprint on global fashion

The gold lame hooded dress in Yves Saint Laurent’s AW/1991 collection was suggestive of sari drapery, while gold encrusted embroidery completed the French designer’s dream of India; (centre) the draped shirt dress by Gianfranco Ferré for SS/2002 reflects his interpretation of the sari, in the spiralling construction, and the many years he spent working and travelling in India … Read more

Amit Aggarwal at FDCI India Couture Week 2022

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Amit Aggarwal at FDCI India Couture Week 2022

Amit Aggarwal’s most challenging creation: “This outfit took the longest because I couldn’t crack it technically till a day before the show” Crafted from recycled plastics and industrial materials, Amit Aggarwal’s floor-skimming dresses and lehengas at FDCI’s India Couture Week have a future as art. That, he admits post show, was the plan all along. … Read more

Amit Aggarwal on mediocrity in fashion education

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Amit Aggarwal on mediocrity in fashion education

‘I get inspired by portfolios that look at the mundane and make it magical,’ says Amit Aggarwal | Photo Credit: Special arrangement American postmodernist novelist Thomas Pynchon once wrote something to the effect that every generation is homesick for the decade it’s living in. I would like to believe the same does not hold true … Read more

Amit Aggarwal’s mini supernova

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Amit Aggarwal’s mini supernova

Designs from Supernova couture Things can change overnight, let alone over two years. Amit Aggarwal’s latest collection, Supernova, is targetted at the people who have emerged from the pandemic. “We are stepping towards a new world,” says Aggarwal, 44. “I have seen people change around me; they have accepted that there is a struggle. But … Read more