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Why Paris Couture Is Suddenly Obsessed With India

Schiaparelli, Valentino, Chanel — every house this season borrowed from us. Coincidence?

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Five years ago Indian motifs at Paris Couture were a quiet whisper. This season they are the loudest thing in the room.

It's not appropriation if you put the karigars on the runway.

Schiaparelli closed with a mirror-work gown credited to the Kachhi karigars of Bhuj. Valentino flew six Lucknowi chikan masters to Paris and named them in the show notes. This is the shift.

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It's not appropriation if you put the karigars on the runway.

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@fashionwala·3m

OK but the zardozi detail?? I'm SOBBING this is craftsmanship.

@priya_jpg·12m

Sabya never misses. Never. NEVER.

@anonymous_aunty·1h

Beautiful but my niece's wedding lehenga had similar work and cost half. Just saying.

@metgalaobsessed·2h

She understood the assignment AND wrote her own version. Iconic.

@kiran.k·3h

the jewelry tho 🫠

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