India Today – October 08, 2018

D

ESIGNER KARISHMA

SIDDIQUE ROY’S, free-

wheeling music-loving

indie soul inds expression through

her designs in Studio KSR. Roy, 36,

a stylist and manager to folk and

bluegrass band No Strings Attached,

and an RJ, takes inspiration from

music for her creations. Take a cue

from the Ella dress (inspired by

Ella Fitzgerald) or Baezed (Joan

Baez) or the Norah dress (Norah

Jones) which have all been a hit with

Kolkata’s young and famous.

The fabric of her choice is nearly

always khesh. “I have grown up with

a love for all things handloom but

it was in my third year of design

when I worked with weaving clus-

ter in Shantiniketan, when I fell in

love with khesh,” says the NIFT

Kolkata graduate. Because the fabric

is woven with new yarn as warp and

strips of old saris as weft, there is a

certain “unpredictability to the look.”

“I love the surprise element. You can

never tell what colour the stripes will

be before it is woven,” says Roy. For

the festive season, pick up some of

her khesh blouses that you can also

wear as crop tops or layer with saris

and jackets for a traditional yet styl-

ish look.

Indie

Vibes

Only

STUDIO KSR

PRICE `2,500 onwards

TEL 9836915050

AT Studio KSR, 10, Sourin Roy

Road, Behala

Karishma is in a khesh sari
with Pushpo tunic
Make up MALAY ROY
Location BIKRAMPUR
HASHARA GHOSH'S PUJO
BARI IN BAGHBAJAR,
28/4 NIBEDITA LANE