TIMELESS LEGACIES

Timeless legacies: preserving the past inspiring the future

When it comes to renowned jewellery ateliers, beauty is easily found. Discerning collectors should look out for elegance, fine craftsmanship, aristocratic luxe, reliability and authenticity. The jewellery designers profiled here have wowed global connoisseurs for over a hundred years. The breath-taking pieces embrace the aura of an unknown, beautiful world. What not to love and lust for? By Richa Goyal Sikri.

TRADITIONAL MODERN

Traditional Redefined: Modern Elegance With Wedding Asia

Designer Sanjukta Dutta has brought the Makhela Chador to the national stage and has been working closely with Assam weavers. Excerpts from tete-e-tete:

TRENDS WA

Top Trends: Unique Wedding Gifts For The Modern Couple

Using the yesteryears as the compass, Indian Wedding titans are weaving pivotal memories into their latest collections.

The evolution of haute couture

Haute Couture Reimagined: The Evolution With Wedding Asia

The confluence of traditional textiles, embroideries and weaves with contemporary western silhouettes has helped Indian couture and bridal wear evolve an entirely new design and aesthetics language, where a brocade or embroidered sari or lehenga pairs beautifully with a jacket.

“The new normal in fashion will remain what was always normal”: Leena Singh

The Concept of Matchmaking in itself has Evolved and Flourished

Leena Singh, co-founder of the iconic fashion label Ashima-Leena is among the original ladies of Delhi’s fashion scene. Her flagship store is at Emporio, New Delhi. Catering hugely to the Indian diaspora, the brand is famous for clothes in Banarsi brocades, zari embellishment, intricate designs, fashionable hues designed for lehenga-sets, dhoti pant-sets or kaftans—enough inspiration for a blockbuster wedding. A tete-a-tete with the designer.