A morning in Malleswaram
While in Bangalore, a few friends and I decided to start the morning in Malleswaram. We picked up South Indian breakfast at Veena stores and then we headed over for a picnic at one of the pretty...
View ArticlePink is the Navy Blue of India
'I adore that pink, it's the navy blue of India', declared Diana Vreeland, former editor of Vogue, in 1962. By this she meant that, just as navy blue in the Western culture signifies conservative...
View ArticleA weekend of Color!
We celebrated Holi this weekend with my daughter and her friends. Holi is the Indian festival of color- a festival that celebrates the victory of good and evil and a celebration of spring and harvests...
View ArticleMaking of our Textiles: A visit to the Dyer
We are in the midst of getting our new collection 'Bombay Glitz' ready for launch.One of our new fabrics- Colaba, is a handmade clamp dye. More to come on this process in the next post.We went to...
View ArticleHow it's made: Clamp Dye Resist fabric.
One of our new textiles, 'Colaba' from our soon to be released collection, 'Bombay Glitz' is handmade by a Clamp Dye Resist process, also called Itajime.It basically involves making folds in the...
View ArticleA visit to Yountville
On a recent visit to Napa valley, we stayed at the Bardessono in Yountville- one of three LEED- platinum certified hotels in the U.S. Enjoyed the sleek, contemporary design, paired with the warm...
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