“I never like anything at first,” admits Anamika Khanna laughing, “I’m going to say no to a hundred things before saying yes to one, but all of this is part of the process.” It is this sequence of perfectionism, a constant balance between the instinct of thinking too much and the creation, which led the…
VI: The quality of the inheritance goes into conceptions. How did you balance this kind of poetry with practice? AK: There is a room that I like, a phone case stretching to adapt to any phone. I have reached a point where I don’t even wear a whole bag. I just want to wear my…
The edition of the 25th anniversary of the Lakmé Fashion Week, in partnership with FDCI, opened with an incredible showcase by AK | Ok Anamika Khanna at the Jio World Convention Center in Mumbai on March 26, 2025. The kick was the pace of the brand of Lakmé Ambassador Ananya Pandette and Blue Panders. Instagram…
For Khanna, this collaboration was both about the spirit of Mumbai and the growing ubiquity of Starbucks, but also about a creative process that resonated with her emotionally. “The best thing about working on a collaboration like this is that it challenges you. I can step out of my comfort zone, beyond the conventional space…
