Nandini Baruva keeps her line of fashion elegant, classy and natural
There is a plane of convergence where passion, peace and prosperity meet for the creation of something beautiful, timeless and natural, something that does not in any way disturb the Natural equilibrium. It comes from years and years of quiet penance, practice and immeasurable patience. For Nandini Baruva, that is a process that has crystallised over two
decades of unwavering endeavor, and the intent to blend art with pristine environment. She calls it Kirameki. That’s ‘glitter and glimmer’ in Japanese. In Nandini’s line of couture, her visualization of sheen is a reflection of Mother Nature in all her quiet, peace and grandeur.
“The Oxomiya fabrics I use to create my line comes out of textile that that has been woven without harming anything in Nature,” she says, quietly sipping her mug of her ginger tea at a posh and amazingly tasteful, Guwahati hotel. Nandini collection ‘Upakarma’ is the genesis of her commitment to a “responsible , sustainable and
plant-based lifestyle”. She preferts to keep her work; her use of whites, beige and gold arise from compassion, her roots and strength. “She believes in a world where “You can be anything, anybody but be kind to all beings, co-exist and live kindly”.
‘Upakarma’ is the result of a 10-year journey as an animal rights activist. Her attire stands testimony to her belief that fashion must be cruelty free.
coming off her quiet drawing board can quite naturally set the darkest evening aglow…
With her parameters of kindness thus strictly drawn, she creates clothes that are the classiest and some of the most contemporary, crafted out of textile such as Ahimsa Eri , cotton , linen , chanderi , refined jute, and bamboo fabric. “I also work with manmade fabrics such as tissue, viscose, rayon , velvet , satin , georgette, crepe and chiffon…” Her garments are striking in style yet without the shock-and-stun that one can expect to see on fashion runways. The warm undertones of gold that are the signature of Oxomiya couture,
A committed animal rights worker of Oxom and a flag bearer of the region’s vegan movement,
Nandini has turned her craft into a fine art of her own, stamped with her signature seal of elegance… In short, Nandini’s is fashion at its humane finest…
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