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Project Embrace Lookbook

I read a question on Quora, a boy asking the world if it would be okay for him to wear a saree. Afraid if the world would judge him, he continued describing his "imperfect" features: dark skin, spots on face, skinny silhouette, creating a not so "masculine" body. The simple question gave birth to this project's idea of making garments that would celebrate a man's body the way it is, a human's body the way it is, the acceptance of the inner soul that does not have a gender at all, the curiosities that have no border.
To achieve this color palette, the silk fabric is woven from two types of threads, sourced from Varanasi itself, woven in Varanasi, pleated over the linen layers which is the collected industrial waste. To complete the garment, I used Jute for the bodice which again is an industrial waste, adding Chanderi Silk, another natural fabric. The idea was to cut everything synthetic from the process to achieve the natural and the original in it's rawest form.
Project Embrace Lookbook
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Project Embrace Lookbook

People's Choice Award winner, i-D.

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