This week i scrolled through hundred of photos of glamorous models strutting their stuff for the LFW. They were perfectly styled, dressed in the most beautiful clothes and of course their own beauty was of course flawless. Even when the designers and artist were polished, curated , an elevated version of their art themselves. And then I came across these last few pictures from the Anita Dongre Grassroots show and I was literally moved to tears.
I have spent all week for many different reasons questioning if I am "fashionable enough", "pretty enough", artistic enough" and this photo was just a lightbulb moment for me. Art and Artists come in many different forms. Beauty is in the most simple and profound of places and above all like Shakespeare said "in the eye of the beholder.
Dia Mirza and Anita Dongre are beautiful, strong women and artists but so are the traditional artisans in their vibrant handwoven blouses and the white cuff bracelets. While we present their art in a curated stylized form for consumers. They wear their art everyday, they live and breathe it and build their livelihoods on it and who then says thats not beautiful. Kudos to Anita Dongre for showing beauty in all is avatars
I still don't think I've put my pulse on why exactly I am so moved by these photos and I definitely have a lot to think about this weekend.
Happy weekend friends. Let the inspiration take you
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