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How debt bondage traps workers in the silk factories of Karnataka.
For millennia, trade between the East and the West trodden upon a network of routes known as the Silk Road. Of the many commodities that were traded, few galvanised peoples from Asia to Europe the way silk did. We follow in the footsteps of the adventurous traders who were seduced by finery, often at great risk.
Discover serenity to the sound of sweet melody as Gayle drifts along the Ganga, wearing dresses by Eka.
Get your hands on functional finery, from brocade pouches to merino wool throws, handspun by our weavers in craft clusters tucked away in inconspicuous villages across India.
Our maiden issue: high gloss, high fashion and dare we say, highbrow. Object is available for sale at select bookstores around the world and in our online shop. Limited prints on paper glossier than your glossiest lipgloss, we we hope it rests safely on your coffee table as India’s first coffee table magazine. To preorder your copy, subscribe to the box and make sure you get yours first!
From Karnataka to Assam, Ladakh to Lake Como—join us on a journey of peace as we uncover ahimsa, conflict and age-old connections along the storied of most routes, the Silk Road.
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Each month Object curates a list of designers that resonate with the theme of the box. These designers stand out in their field by their techniques, fabrications and ideas. Come discover their finery with us.
In his pieces, there is a celebration of Indian arts and crafts—from traditional weaves to high art, from ancient sculptures to their renderings in modern silhouettes.
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Mapping the visual language systems of the Himalayas and intermingling these with Buddhist iconography is the sort of stuff that Lhanzey Palden does with Mapcha. If there was a wearable ode to Ladakh and Tibet, Mapcha is its bard.
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Shirin Salwan’s garments, with its clean lines and muted colours, embody the Esprit Nouveau of Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh, the designer’s home city.
Adheera crafts garments that are earthy and free-flowing with delicate shibori designs, in a process that is deeply rooted in sustainability.
Voluminous yet sustainable, Ka-Sha works on the blank canvas of kora kapda or the plain white cloth. With her brand, designer Karishma Shahani brings back the maximalist urge, although with restraint.
With her brand being a process laid out in the first letters of the words ‘Seeker, Wander, Gatherer and Thinker’, Shweta Gupta is a master of moving forms, as the body moves, there is a kind of fluidity inspired by the sharp light and shade one observes in the Himalayas.
The pure freedom of free visualisation is the name of the game for Rini Agarwal, the founder of O’Frida. Her process is a painstaking recreation of a visual dream.
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