Victorian-era coins and Kanjeevaram saris: Inside the heirlooms worn by Bengaluru’s fashion-forward crowd
Some inheritances are put together – skulls, pearls or silver pearls transmitted during generations. Others are woven in fabric – saris from from hand and hand -kicked dupattas who have survived their original owners. But what makes a special heritage is not only its beauty or its age. This is also how it has time. Like old photographs, inheritances can freeze for a moment.
They become an archive of family stories, wedding days and memorable milestones. Like the sari of Arpita Mehta-a gift from his grandfather to his wife, his grandmother, during their first wedding anniversary. More than 60 years, the play is not satisfied with heritage, it also bears a love story, wrapped in silk and memory. Or take the Anvitha Rao necklace, where Victorian inscriptions on British gold Guinea were eroded by time and touch. The pieces, dating back to 1805, were collected by its great-grandfather during its years of negotiation through India and Australia. Used now as a jewelry, they recall both inheritance and love.
Before the Vogue Wedding Workshop presented by HSBC, Rochelle Pinto, manager of editorial content at Vogue India and Kulsum Shadab Wahab, social entrepreneur and philanthropist, cohossed the high tea of a publisher in the Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru in Embassy One. Surrounded by the beautiful Farrerr flowers, the best dressed people in Bengaluru have had an intimate evening of seam and conversation. They left with darling memories, a full heart and sugary memories graciously of Bombay Sweet Shop.
Below, the most elegant Tell in Bengaluru Vogue India on their precious inheritances.
All images: Israni photography
Kulsum Wahab Shadab
