EXOTICA APRIL 2018

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THE STRETCH BETWEEN DHARAMSHALA AND PALAMPUR IS A REVELATION THAT MAKES YOU WONDER HOW SO MANY UNLIKELY THINGS COULD GET TOGETHER AT A SPOT SO VARIANT IN NATURE, TOWNS SO REMOTE AND STRETCHES SO WILDLY WITH THE GREENS, THE SNOW AND THE VILLAGES. IT OFFERS A NEW CONCEPT CALLED ‘IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE TOURISM’















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BITTER SWEET BEAUTY OF THE BALKANS







INDIGENOUS THREADS


I LAUNCHED MY BRAND 25 YEARS AGO WITH KHADI AND HAVE BEEN RIGOROUSLY USING IT SINCE THE LAST FEW YEARS. AS KHADI IS MADE WITH PURE COTTON OR SILK YARNS, IT IS SKIN-FRIENDLY


‘KHADI, FOR ME, IS AN EFFECTIVE AND POWERFUL SYMBOL OF THE FUTILITY OF WESTERN IMITATION AND A REVIVAL OF LOCAL TEXTILES’



MY PASSION AND MY DREAMS DROVE ME TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR


RETAINING THE TRADITIONAL ELEMENT OF OUR CULTURE, MY COLLECTIONS GENERALLY HAVE A MODERN TWIST REFLECTING A GLOBAL VERSION OF INDIAN EXOTICISM. MY STYLE IS INTRINSICALLY FEMININE — ROMANTIC AND FLAMBOYANT























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‘I DON’T BELIEVE IN FOLLOWING TRENDS. I BELIEVE IN CREATING THEM’ — ADRIANO BALDASSARRE


THE TIGER FEELS AT HOME














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