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Design Museum celebrates the sari with a new fashion exhibition

The first large-scale exhibition in the UK examining the contemporary Indian sari has opened at the Design Museum in London. ‘The Offbeat Sari,' runs until September 17, and brings together more than 60 examples of modern saris on loan from designers and studios across India, including the first-ever sari worn at the Met Gala in 2022 and saris...

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A feast for the senses: “India in Fashion” exhibition at NMACC Mumbai

Everything about the “India in Fashion” exhibition in Mumbai is grand - the scale, the designers, the materials, the show’s opulence and last but not least, the venue itself. Housed in the newly opened Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center at BKC Mumbai, it spreads over 50,000 square feet (more than 4,600 square meters) and nine exhibition rooms...

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Design Museum to place focus on the sari in 2023

The Design Museum in London has announced an exhibition dedicated to the wrap-around garment, the sari, next year. ‘The Offbeat Sari’ exhibition will run from May 19 to September 17, 2023, celebrating what the museum calls the “radical reinvention of India’s traditional sari.” It will feature dozens of the finest saris of our time from...

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'Modi sari' flies off shelves as India poll fever grows

D. Gokal is buying a sari for his wife that may not be to everyone's taste -- a huge image of Indian leader Narendra Modi's face is printed on it. "It's a beautiful sari, enhanced by Prime Minister Modi. My wife likes it," Gokal tells AFP at the Paaneri clothing store in central Mumbai. The shop is doing a roaring trade in Modi-themed saris -- a...

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All you ever wanted to know about Indian ethnic wear

Indian ethnic wear is fascinating but also confusing. For example, do you know the difference between a lehenga choli, a saree and a salwar kameez? Not to mention the different types and trends, i.e. flared lehengas versus sharara cuts or mermaid lehengas. Indian ethnic fashion is by no means settled on one style but is synonymous with a variety...