Posts by: Harkirat Kaur

Harkirat Kaur -March 30, 2018

No time to go window-shopping to pick up fashion tips? Look around you in the Delhi Metro. That’s the new fashion alley A kurta so long it touches the ground, worn with a mini-skirt peeping through the long side slits. No, you won’t find any mannequin sporting such a look in a fancy store window. […]

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Harkirat Kaur -March 23, 2018

Our craftspersons make the most beautiful work, they’re artists, but are considered ‘unskilled’ under labour laws When they collaborate with Indian designers, great products are produced for export but meagre wages are given to those who have honed their craft to the point where it can only be called exquisite. For millennials, the current craze […]

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Harkirat Kaur -March 8, 2018

The project to develop an Indian size for garments, like the European and American ones, has been 12 years in the making and will take three more. Is it worth the effort? A trip to a clothing store always brings a bunch of surprises. It could be a knock-off range of an ‘exclusive collection’ from […]

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