Elle India – July 2019

ELLE.IN 22 JULY

35 EDITOR’S LETTER

36 10 THINGS TO DO THIS

MONTH

38 LOVE LETTER

40 VOICES

42 ELLE MAIL

44 ELLE ONLINE

FIRST LOOK

48 SMART BUSINESS Let

singer-songwriter Rachel

Varghese show you the new

commandments of workwear

dressing. Photographed by

Neha Chandrakant. Styled

by Rahul Vijay

54 LABEL TO KNOW:

MASTANI This Australia-

based label aims to

conserve the perishing

crafts of India

55 ROOTED IN Lecoanet

Hemant seamlessly brings

wellness to sustainable

fashion through its homegrown

collection, Ayurganic

56 GREEN THUMB Caroline

Scheufele talks about

FEATURES

72 INTO THE LIGHT

Traditional animation meets

cyberpunk in a film set in a

dystopian Pakistan

73 TAKE THE STAGE Meet

Manali Datar, who plays the

fiery Rose Granger-Weasley

in the Australian rendition

of Harry Potter And The

Cursed Child

76 PARADISE LOST While

working on her debut novel

on Kashmir, author Madhuri

Vijay found inspiration in

the unlikeliest of places—

Hawaii. She writes on how

their similar histories of

accession and violence

influenced her book

78 THE GOOD FIGHT As

she navigates questions on

race and belonging from

her Jewish-Indian son, Mira

Jacob talks to Anjali Kumar

about her graphic memoir

Good Talk, a piercing

observation into what it

means to be brown in a

polarised America

82 MONEY MATTERS

Leading consultant

and advisor Roopa

Venkatkrishnan is on a

mission to bring financial

literacy and independence

to all women

84 MISSION CONTROL

Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan,

founder and CEO of

AI-forward company

Drawbridge, lists the

tech essentials she can’t

do without

leading Chopard towards

a sustainable future

58 COLOUR CODING Match

your gelato flavour with

these sugary baubles

59 HOT SHOTS Up your

style game with these

athletic timepieces

60 BIG FOOT These ‘ugly’

dad sandals are fashion’s

new cool accessory

61 WRAP UP Bring the

playfulness of the scarf

prints to your wardrobe

64 A WALK TO REMEMBER

The annual Bata Fashion

Weekend took place in the

historic city of Prague this

year, and was a celebration

of the shoe giant’s 125-year

heritage, and emerging

design talent

66 SKETCHY DIGITS Practise

your brush strokes as

manicures find inspiration

in abstract art

69 FASHION UPDATES

CONTENTS

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THE COVER:
RANAUT WEARS:
Silk twill dress,
Gucci. 18K gold,
emerald and
enamel ring,18K
gold, tourmaline
and enamel ring,
18K gold, rose
quartz and enamel
ring; all Sapna
Kumar. Vermeil
earring, Charlotte
Chesnais.
‘Formula 1 lady’,
TAG Heuer

Photograph:
Ricardo Abrahao;
Styling: Malini
Banerji; Hair: Ali
Pirzadeh; Make-up:
Anil Chinnappa;
Fashion editor:
Rahul Vijay;
Assisted by: Pujarini
Ghosh (Styling);
Location courtesy:
Aurélienne House
on Frejus city
Région Var, France;
Special thanks to
Grey Goose