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ANAVILA MISRA — CRAFT AS CURRENCY
In 2011, Anavila Misra asked a radical question that nobody in Indian fashion was considering: What if the sari didn’t need silk?
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23,000 Gemstones. One Royal Family. Centuries of Power, Love, Loss and Secrets.
The British Royal Family owns 23,000 gemstones.
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A Handbag That Costs More Than a Rolls Royce. No, Seriously. We Did the Math.
The Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse costs $3,800,000.
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Born Into a $23 Billion Empire. She Still Chose to Build Something Entirely Her Own.
There is a particular kind of courage that people rarely talk about — the courage to build when you don’t have to.
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In 1837, a German Immigrant Opened a Tiny Horse Saddle Shop in Paris. 187 Years Later, His Family Still Owns It.
Here’s a story nobody tells the way it deserves to be told.
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India’s Biggest Luxury Designers Just Cracked the Gen Z Code. And It Started With a ₹15,000 Belt
Gucci had a problem. Louis Vuitton had the same problem. So did Chanel, Prada, and almost every other global luxury house: the next generation of luxury buyers wasn’t buying…
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She Resigned From Google Two Hours Before Changing Her Life.
There are people who play it safe. Consequently, there is another category of ambitious individuals like Nitibha Kaul. The fascinating Nitibha Kaul Google story began when she…
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She Smiled While Breaking Down Inside. And Then She Told Her Audience Everything.
For years, Sejal Kumar was smiling for the camera while falling apart behind it.
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She Was Supposed to Be an Architect. She chose Instagram instead. In 2013. When Nobody in India Took Influencers Seriously.
In 2013, people in India did not consider posting outfit photos on Instagram a real career. Consequently, most people viewed it as a simple hobby or a temporary phase. The…
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Anaita Shroff Adajania Doesn’t Style Fashion. She Defines How It’s Seen.
There is styling. And then there is the construction of visual language. They are not the same thing.
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Diya Mehta Jatia Doesn’t Perform Style. She Lives It. And That’s the Difference
In a world where everyone has an aesthetic and no one has a point of view, Diya Mehta Jatia is quietly doing something different.
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Hollywood’s Biggest Night. India’s Biggest Jewellery Moment.
On March 15, 2026, something happened on the Oscars red carpet that nobody in India’s luxury world will forget for a very long time.
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Kusha Kapila Turned Personality Into a Platform. And the Platform Into an Empire.
Not every powerful woman builds in the traditional sense. Some build something rarer and harder to replicate: genuine cultural recall.
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