CONTRIBUTORS

COSMO BROCKWAY

WRITER

Brockway is the co-author of ‘Glorious Hotels of India’. In this issue, he heads to Sonam Kapoor Ahuja’s home in London (pg 160): “Sonam is a passionate aesthete, in her own words, and the chance to see her multifaceted talents for design in her Notting Hill home was an inspiring moment.”

SOONI TARAPOREVALA

PHOTOGRAPHER

Taraporevala is a photographer, award-winning screenwriter and film-maker. She has written films like ‘Salaam Bombay!’ and ‘Mississippi Masala’, and also wrote and directed ‘Little Zizou’ and ‘Yeh Ballet’. In this issue, she shares a portrait of textile artist Nelly Sethna shot in 1984, in her home in Mumbai (pg 118).

SIMON UPTON

PHOTOGRAPHER

A celebrated photographer with a decades-long career, Upton travels to Notting Hill to shoot Sonam Kapoor Ahuja in her home and creative studio (pg 160). “Sonam is both passionate and informed, which has influenced not just the decoration of her apartment, but also her art collection, which is both personal and knowledgeable.”

REMA CHAUDHARY

PHOTOGRAPHER

A portrait and fine-art photographer, Chaudhary’s work is often set within landscapes. For this issue, she turns her lens on young, feisty fashion designers championing sustainability, and photographs them in the heart of their homes and studios (pg 110).

NANCY ADAJANIA

WRITER

Adajania is a cultural theorist and curator based in Mumbai. She was the joint artistic director of the 9th Gwangju Biennale and has curated major retrospectives of Navjot Altaf, Sudhir Patwardhan, and Mehlli Gobhai. In this issue, she writes about Nelly Sethna’s retrospective hosted by Chatterjee & Lal (pg 118).

ADITI MAHESHWARI

WRITER

AD’s former digital editor, Maheshwari met Loulou Van Damme in the home she designed for Maithili Ahluwalia (pg 128). “This home is a story about two women who share a cosmic connection so deep, pure and tangible, it’s writ large across the interiors.”

KANIKA PARAB

WRITER

In this issue, the co-founder of Brown Paper Bag writes about her colleague and friend Mansi Poddar’s Mumbai apartment (pg 142). “It’s only right to let other people into a home that has offered me a bounty of mint margaritas and sage advice. I hope you enjoy the tour.”

BANDANA TEWARI

WRITER

Vogue India’s former editor-atlarge, Tewari now campaigns as a sustainability activist and writes for fashion magazines and sites. In this issue, she curates a global list of young, emerging fashion designers, for whom sustainability is uncompromising (pg 110). “It is the joy of discovering ordinary people who do extraordinary things to cause less harm to the environment that really makes me enjoy writing about sustainable fashion.”

PANKAJ ANAND

PHOTOGRAPHER

A regular contributor to Condé Nast magazines, Anand photographs Maithili Ahluwalia’s Mumbai apartment, lovingly designed by Loulou Van Damme (pg 128). “It was a fanboy moment for me; I’ve admired Loulou’s work since my photo research days at AD back in 2012. So this was an incredible opportunity.”

ASHISH SAHI

PHOTOGRAPHER

AD’s former art director shoots Mansi Poddar’s Art Deco apartment in Mumbai (pg 142). “Mansi’s chic style and impeccable taste transcend seamlessly into her home as well. We had so much fun styling and shooting her incredible closet.”

CHRIS MOTTALINI

PHOTOGRAPHER

Based in Hudson Valley, New York, Mottalini specializes in architecture, interiors and design. His atmospheric and intimate photographs have been widely published in T magazine, US and France ADs, Casa Vogue, and Elle Decor, amongst others. In this issue, he shoots Eva Chen’s bucolic home in Connecticut (pg 152).

RIMZIM DADU

DESIGNER

A fashion designer known for curious material innovations, Dadu founded her eponymous brand in 2007. In this issue, she styles a mood board that brings together the brand’s many material experiments and a few prized objects she’s collected over her career (pg 202).

SAM COCHRAN

WRITER

Sam Cochran is the global features director at Architectural Digest. In this issue, he speaks to Eva Chen, the director of fashion partnerships at Instagram, and an influencer herself, about updating her Connecticut home for her growing family (pg 152). “For Eva, family is very much the centre of her life and the house reflects that. Her full embrace of country life is so inspiring.”

SHUBHAM LADHA

WRITER

Ladha is a writer based in Kolkata, working at the intersection of fashion, style and culture. For this issue, he takes a deep dive into the design history of Chanel’s iconic No. 5 perfume and its signature bottle, and charts what’s changed since its 1921 launch, and what’s stayed the same (pg 42).

CHAVI SOOD

STYLIST

AD’s stylist has perfected the art of working remotely, having produced many elaborate shoots during lockdown. In this issue, she constructed our annual Salone del Mobile report (pg 183). “It’s always interesting to study the undercurrents at Salone—and not surprising that, during these difficult times, we’re opting for comforting curves.”

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