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Forgotten Recipes – Share & Win!
The smells have wafted across grandma’s kitchen and the years alike, warm and luring, always so reassuring… They were just the same when mama attempted it years later, one hand on the ladle, one on the opened diary, lest she miss a step… Today these smells lie forgotten between the pages, waiting to be chanced…
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How to Accessorize your Saree?
Listen up saree fanatics! Whether its bold Baroque or opulent brocade, ornate details or simple designs, add a touch of elevated elegance to any saree with the glimmer of these beautiful accessories. So, slip on one of these stunning septum rings, hair accessories and saree belts etc. to rock an ethnic-chic look today. Did we…
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Reborn: Recycled Designs for a Sustainable Lifestyle
Gudri is a fine layered coverlet which was originally created in Gujarat by putting together patches of fabric, usually old saris that were carefully saved for the purpose. The fabrics are layered and held together by the use of a running stitch, painstakingly done by hand in parallel lines running from end to end. The…
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In Harmony with Nature: Bina Rao Talks Textiles and More
Designer and scholar Bina Rao, of Creative Bee, talks to Jaypore about her organic dye farm, collaborating with her artist-husband Kesav Rao, and starting off in Hyderabad at a time when it sorely lacked facilities for the creative folk… here are snippets from our conversation with her. Creative Bee’s textiles and apparel are produced by…
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A Garage Converted into a Workplace: Inside Dhvani Behl’s Studio
Not having had enough of artist Dhvani Behl‘s illustrations and its adaptations in textiles, garments and art, we even dared to show up at her studio for a peek. (We’d heard it was a garage turned into a printing studio/ workplace, now who can resist that?!) Raw, industrial and bare, yet so romantically detailed, this…
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Indian Craft Meets International Design
The rich cultural heritage and exquisite craft forms of India have always been a source of inspiration for global fashion and international designers and the latest thing to add on to this list are the beautiful embroideries done at a workshop called ‘Aditiany’ in Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, India. Finding their way to the red carpets…
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Jaypore’s Vintage Playlist
The monsoon season rained on all your plans? Stay in and make the most of your peculiar urges of having a hot cup of tea & savory snacks beside the window sill, while listening to our vintage English & Hindi playlist that celebrates some of the most renowned musicians/bands of the past decades. The Beatles…
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Indigo Musings
Since the day Jaypore’s Bagru-printed clothing range got into the studio, this one indigo-dyed, open-fronted cotton jacket from the collection has been the object of a lot of eyeing and trying amongst the office-folk, which is when its capacity for versatility and the idea for this post struck us! So, here are four different looks,…
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6 Home Décor Trends of 2015
Are you thinking up ideas for a home makeover or adding a dash of color to your interiors? Cause we are too! Discover the home décor trends and styles of 2015 that will instantly revamp your living space and give it a modern, eclectic transformation. 1. Shades of blue There is something so soothing about…
Storytellers of Wonder 