100-year-old Rakodis and Art Deco bracelets: Inside the heirlooms worn by Chennai’s fashion-forward crowd

What gives an inheritance its power? Is it the know-how behind a room-the beautiful thread of a sari Kanchipuram woven by hand or artistic talent in a Meenakari pendant, brilliant in brues or bright pink? It is perhaps the lasting beauty in the cup and the clarity of a diamond tennis bracelet of the 1970s. Sometimes, it is the story that travels with, like a golden ring of hiding during the score, transported through borders as the only value of value. This can also be the memory of the person who wore it before you – a ruby ring of a grandmother, his initials engraved inside the group, or a silver bracelet of an aunt, carried daily until he oxidizes. Most often, that is all the above.

At the editor’s high tea in Chennai – a prelude to the vogue wedding workshop presented by HSBC – The Heirlooms were at the heart of the evening. Held at the Palais Leela Chennai and hosted by Rochelle Pinto, responsible for editorial content at Vogue India, the rally brought together some of the most elegant crowds in the city for a celebration of the inheritance. The setting, decorated with flowers by the A-Cube project, mixed tradition with luxury. The guests left with organized gifts – from the courtesy of Nicobar – and darling memories.

In front of the Chennai fashion crowd tells Vogue India about their precious inheritances.

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