O-p-u-l-e-n-c-e!

I’ve been in the bridal business for twenty-two years now. My father is a farmer and a singer and we hail from the Howrah district in West Bengal. I initially began as an embroiderer for a small workshop and I trained for fourteen years under Miss Zeenat, a designer who had been in the business for decades. Soon after, her daughter became engaged, and I had the opportunity to design her wedding outfit: a powder pink Saree with silver Dabka work.

Paris is Burning

Prose

Paris is Burning

Revisiting the Seminal Film by Jennie Livingston

5 September 2013

by Sophie Pinchetti

Desire. Intention. Ambition. If fashion has long been the crowning companion of the wealthy, it can also be a powerful accomplice to the disadvantaged through its sense of play and artifice. Assuming a persona can be empowering, and manipulating it adds to the irony. So what happens when the disaffected communities of New York take their dreams to the ballroom?

Vestoj

O-p-u-l-e-n-c-e!

Say Yes to the Dress

Paris is Burning