DHIVYA BALA

✨Look 7 - Le Smoking Suit

Yves Saint Laurent’s 1966 Le Smoking gave women the Tuxedo — and with it, a language of power that womens’ fashion had never known before.

The bold color and high luster of this silk sari give that authority a new dimension: power dressing that carries the weight of two cultures.

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✨The worlds of fashion, art and technology colliding to create something entirely new!

Guests at the Draped in History Showcase got to take home a piece of art that encapsulated all that the collection stood for; fusion, heritage and creativity.

The art prints were created in collaboration with Bhavishya Lingam, an artist whose favorite medium is pen and ink .byb . This collaboration was especially fun and special to me because Bhavishya and I are friends from high school!

Since the collection was a fusion of east and west, I wanted the art prints to be a fusion piece as well; a cross between Victorian silhouette art and Indian miniature paintings. She used a combination of hand-drawn sketches and AI editing to create this unique art print!