Doyenne of Design
Oct 17, 2020
3 minutes
By JAHNAVI CHAKRAVARTY
Fashion was the last thing on Ritu Kumar’s mind as a fresh Art History graduate from Lady Irwin College in Delhi. In the 1960s, the fashion industry was nonexistent in India; the extent of couture extended to asking one’s local masterji to copy designs torn out from magazines or inspired by movies. It was at this time that Kumar, who was then 22, started working with hand block printers in Bengal where the
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