Threads of Identity

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Threads of Identity is a fashion editorial photographed by Shankar Narayanan with models Lara Jalloh, Pooja and Zarina Bibergan, featuring designs by Rachna Chandra of Taj Cottage, published in the printed edition MALVIE Fashion Across Cultures 137. In the team's words: "At the crossroads of Indian heritage and Parisian elegance, Threads of Identity celebrates fashion as an expression of individuality and cultural connection."

From the printed edition: MALVIE Fashion Across Cultures 137

Threads of Identity is one of the editorials in MALVIE Fashion Across Cultures 137, the new printed edition of MALVIE Magazine, alongside French Charm, Malini Through My Lens, Mauvaise Grâce and Two Muses.

The printed edition will be available to order from our print partners MagCloud, Peecho and DPBee.

About Threads of Identity

Threads of Identity presents three looks in rich jewel tones. A long purple coat worked with a dense, embellished pattern and a matching jewelled cap poses on a marble staircase with gilded iron railings and red runners. An emerald sequinned jacket with satin trousers and a beaded bag follows on the same white stairs and on a red velvet chair, then a jade green beaded top and flowing skirt with a long scarf.

Outside, the series turns to stone facades and a wrought-iron gate covered in gold leaf scrollwork. A royal blue skirt swirls wide below a beaded bustier fringed with drops, a jewelled headpiece catches the light, and the jade scarf flies out in the wind against pale stone. Shankar Narayanan keeps the light bright and warm, so the embroidery and the gilded backdrops answer each other frame by frame.