Suhani Parekh: Designer with a global outlook
Suhani Parekh is designing jewellery at the intersection of sculpture and architecture
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Last Updated: Feb 06, 2018, 15:24 IST1 min
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Parekh launched her label Misho in 2016, and recognition and awards soon followed. In March 2016 she bagged the Grazia Young Fashion Award followed by the Elle Graduates award in January 2017. Parekh and her brand also twice made it to the pages of Vogue Paris and her jewellery, worn by Rihanna, was on the cover of Vogue Arabia. She also won the Elle Style Awards 2017.
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“I feel I have overcome a massive barrier in the way aesthetics, fashion and jewellery are perceived in our country. My approach to design is experimental and unconventional,” says Parekh. From people saying, “It looks really good, but I don’t know if I could pull it off”, to a lot of people becoming open to experimenting and wanting something unique and customised has been a happy journey for Parekh.
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Fashion designer Gaurav Gupta, who got an ear cuff custom-designed by Parekh, says, “I think Suhani is a contemporary Indian designer with a global outlook. I like her sense of avant-garde, and there is an edge to her sensibilities. The jewellery she makes has a very simplistic yet differentiated appeal to it.”
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First Published: Feb 06, 2018, 15:24
Subscribe NowA design graduate from NID, Ahmedabad, Benu Joshi Routh is Creative Director at Forbes India. She writes from time to time on design, fashion, sustainability and any other subject that piques her inte
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