25/27 India Gate-Triumphal Arch

Before I move on to my obsevations of India Gate for my project, I would want to share some more information of the same with you guys. As mentioned in my previous post, this gate was designed by Sir Edwyn Lutyens, a leading war memorial designer at that time. A member of the IWGC (Imperial War …

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25/26 India Gate

So me and my group we went to India Gate today and interacted with the people who work/ have come to visit the place. A little history about the place, India Gate is a War Memorial constructed in 12 February, 1931, to honor the dead British and Indian soldiers in World War 1. It is …

25/25 New Task

Hi guys! So I just had my third module of my second semester over and we started off with the fourth module and the last one. So like last time we had to visit art and craft places like Crafts Museum and Dilli Haat. This time my group has to explore India Gate. Stay tuned with C25 Craft …

25/24 Final outcome

So few days ago I posted about My Take on Chikankari, well here's the final product. Sorry I was little too busy with college submissions.

25/23 Mystery Blogger Award

Hi everyone! Time for another random post – The Mystery Blogger Award. Thank you so much Vikki@MeandMyMundaneLife for the nomination! Please do check out her lovely blog! Rules- Put the award logo/image on your blog List the rules Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog. Mention the creator of the award and …

25/22 My take on chikankari

So yesterday I thought of making some chikankari sample myself. So I borrowed my mom's embroidery frame and some anchor threads. She has a old rustic round box where she keeps all the "not-so-useful" stuff related to embroidery. Luckily she didn't throw all of it and now its coming of use to me. Sounds strange …

25/21 My Mood Board

A part of being in a design college is that you learn a new thing almost everyday. People think that design colleges are all about basic drawing and sketching practices. To be honest, in the past 6 months, I have done 0 sketching. Not because I didn't want to but because we were never asked …

25/20 Global Scenario

Chikankari, an embroidery form, originated in Mughal era with the landing of Persians. The golden days of chikankari were the days of mughal period. however, with the collapse of the dynasty, the chikan industry also fell apart. It experienced a major downfall during the British rule. It was only after the industrial revolution that Chikan begin …

25/19 Chikan in Bollywood

Bollywood's A-listers Ranbir Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Akshay Kumar and Siddhart Malhotra, walked on the ramp for 'Men for Mijwan' a charity fashion show by manish Malhotra, featuring the amazing chikan work of Mijwan workers. In 2015, the show was adorned by patronage of big bollywood families. Amitabh Bachchan lead the show with his ever …

25/18 Chikan in Hollywood

Dame Judy Dench was spotted wearing a Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla's creation at the 70th International Venice Film Festival. She wore chikankari on pure georgette dress. She also wore a powder grey coat embroidered with white chikankari in floral motifs with cigarette pants to the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards on November 25 References- [1]Pinto, …